EBBR 17-12-2021 MIL C-130 Hercules Farewell

[Worldnis]

The C-130 Hercules Farewell Tour of Belgium (intention 3x C-130H BAF & 3 C-130 of international guests) was split up in two two-ship flights due to weather. One flight departed westbound, the other eastbound.

Guests arriving:
USAFE 16-5830/RS "Herky61" 16DEC - flew with CH-07/Herky01 - 17DEC dep "Herky61"
Polish AF (SP) 1503 "PLF251"16DEC - flew with CH-05/Herky02 - 17DEC dep "PLF251"
AMI MM62177/46-50 "IAM4681" 17DEC ARR/DEP same callsign

Live from 13:20:
CH-07 "BAF675/Herky01" went out 13:21 with 16-5830 to do the Florennes & Liege flypast - 'adieu Wallone'
CH-05 "Herky02" went out 13:19 with 1503 to do a farewell covering Flanders incl KB - 'tot de volgende Vlaanderen'

RAF ZH865 "RRR5996" 17 DEC inbound EBBR for a flypast - one pass at 16:19 & return home
RNLAF G-275 "Rogue21" was in the area... did not join the party
A BAF A-400M CT-05 flew formation as a photoship with the Herky01 formation

Herky01 & 02 flights lined up near Brussels at 15:30 and both came in for a full stop around 15:45 ending almost 50 years of Belgian C-130 operations.