15th Air Transport Wing

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15th Air Transport Wing
An Airbus A310 of the Belgian Air Component
Active	August 1946
Country	Belgium
Branch	Air Component
Garrison/HQ	Steenokkerzeel
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Bernard Flamang

The 15th Air Transport Wing (Dutch: 15 Wing Luchttransport, French: 15 Wing Transport Aérien) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces.

The wing comprises two operational squadrons, the 21st Squadron and the 20th Squadron, and a Training & Conversion Unit. 21st Squadron is also known as the Liaison and Long-Haul Flight. It currently operates several types of aircraft: two Airbus A310, two Embraer 135, two Embraer 145, one Dassault Falcon 900 and two Dassault Falcon 20. 20th Squadron operates 10 Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft and consists of about 72 crewmembers, making it one of the largest units in the Belgian Air Component.