Wing Heli

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Wing Heli


caption=An Agusta A109 attack helicopter of the Wing Heli
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country=flagicon|Belgium Belgium
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branch=Air Component
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garrison=Grâce-Hollogne
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equipment=Agusta A109
Alouette II
equipment_label=Helicopters
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commander1=Colonel Olivier Colmant, Ir.
commander1_label=The Wing Heli is a helicopter wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces.

Mission

The mission of the Wing Heli is to intervene in order to provide aid to the nation, urgent humanitarian aid and armed support on the national territory, to evacuate Belgian nationals from areas of crisis and to participate in peacekeeping operations.

Equipment

*Agusta A109
*Alouette II

Battle honours

The standard of the Wing Heli bears the following battle honours:
*Campaign 1914-1918
*Yser 1917
*Flanders 1918
*Antwerp-Liège-Namur

These battle honours were obtained by the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron ( _fr. 6ème Escadrille d'observation) during the First World War. This standard was presented to the Belgian Army Light Aviation by King Baudouin I on 17 May 1979.

External links

* [http://www.mil.be/aircomp/units/index.asp?LAN=en&FILE=&ID=617 Section of the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence about the Wing Heli]