Belgian Navy Achieved Initial Operational Capacity for its First Three NH90 NFH Maritime Helicopters
Posted On
a
Naval
Forces News - Belgium
Belgian
Navy Achieved Initial Operational Capacity for its First Three NH90
NFH Maritime Helicopters
The
Belgian Navy declared the Initial Operational Capacity (IOC) for its
frist three NH90 NFH (Nato Frigate Helicopters) on Friday. The new generation
maritime helicopters will eventually replace the 5 ageing Sea King Mk.48
by the end of 2018 for Search and Recuse (SAR) missions.
Belgian Navy NH90 NFH Maritime Helicopter
IOC
was officialy declared when the commander of Belgian Air Component,
Major General aviator Frederik Vansina, awarded the IOC certificate
to the unit commander of the Beauvechain 1st wing (where all Belgian
NH90 are based).
Three NH90 NFH are now operational with the Belgian Navy for SAR missions.
The fourth and last NH90 NFH on order will be delivered early next year.
In 2007 Belgium signed on for an order of 10 aircraft, 4 TTH (for the
Army), 4 NFH (the the Navy) and an option for 2 TTH.
According to the Belgian Navy, the NH90 NFH main missions include:
- Tactical transport of troops (up to 20 fully equipped soldiers)
- Logistics transport e
- SAR on land and at sea
- Anti-submarine and Anti-surface warfare (ASW / ASuW)
( his capacity should be achieved in future standards).
Our site Navy Recognition uses cookies to perform visit statistics, share content on social networks and improve your experience. By refusing cookies, some services will not function properly. We store your choice for 30 days. You can change your mind by clicking on the 'Cookies' button at the bottom left of every page of our site. Learn more
Cookies settings
×
Functional Cookies
This site uses cookies to ensure its proper functioning and cannot be deactivated from our systems. We don't use them not for advertising purposes. If these cookies are blocked, some parts of the site will not work.
Session
Please login to see yours activities!
Other cookies
This website uses a number of cookies to manage, for example: user sessions.