10th Tactical Wing

10th Tactical Wing
Active December 1951
Country  Belgium
Branch  Belgian Air Force
Garrison/HQ Kleine Brogel
Motto Fortuna favet fortibus
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Paul Desair
Notable
commanders		 Major General Count Ivan Du Monceau de Bergendal
Aircraft flown
Fighter F-16 Fighting Falcon

The 10th Tactical Wing (Dutch: 10 Tactische Wing) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is based at the Kleine Brogel Air Base, in the municipality of Peer. It employs approximately 38 F-16 Fighting Falcons and 1700 staff.

It is organised into three groups, the Flying Group, the Maintenance Group and the Defence and Support Group, and is supported by a medical detachment, a territorial maintenance team and the 701st Munitions Support Squadron, 52d Fighter Wing, United States Air Force. The 701st Munitions Support Squadron maintains U.S. tactical nuclear weapons for use by Belgian aircraft in wartime under the NATO Nuclear sharing policy. The Flying Group comprises the 31st Squadron, the 349th Squadron and an Operational Conversion Unit.

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