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Florennes Air Base
Base aérienne de Florennes
Base Jean Offenberg, 5620 Florennes, Wallonia in Belgium
3,388 m × 45 m (11,115 ft × 148 ft) asphalt concrete
08R/26L
2,248 m × 22.5 m (7,375 ft × 74 ft) asphalt concrete
Source: Belgian Aeronautical Information Publication[1]
Florennes Air Base (French: Base aérienne de Florennes),[2] also known as Base Jean Offenberg, (ICAO: EBFS) is a Belgian Air Component (formerly the Belgian Air Force) military airbase, compliant to STANAG 3712 category 8 (and category 5 during quick reaction alert operations), located 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometres; 2.3 miles) east-south-east of Florennes,[1] in the Walloon municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 2nd Tactical Wing, operating two squadrons of the General Dynamics F-16. The Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP), a joint training programme for NATO members, was based at Florennes from 1989 to 2009.
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