- Wing Heli
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Wing Heli
caption=AnAgusta A109 attack helicopter of the Wing Heli
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country=flagicon|BelgiumBelgium
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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=Helicopter s
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commander1=Colonel Olivier Colmant, Ir.
commander1_label=The Wing Heli is ahelicopter 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 inpeacekeeping operations.Equipment
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Agusta A109
*Alouette IIBattle honours
The standard of the Wing Heli bears the following
battle honour s:
*Campaign 1914-1918
*Yser 1917
*Flanders 1918
*Antwerp-Liège-NamurThese 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]
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