Schaffen Air Base
Airport in Flemish Brabant, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Schaffen Air Base is a Belgian Air Force Base, located 2.1 km (1.3 mi) north-northeast of Diest in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Belgian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
Location | Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium | ||||||||||
Built | 1914 (1914) | ||||||||||
In use | 1918 (1918)-1940 (1940) (pre-WW2) 1945 (1945)-Present (post-WW2) | ||||||||||
Occupants | Belgian Air Component Special Operations Regiment | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°00′07″N 005°03′52″E | ||||||||||
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The airfield is currently the Training Center for Parachutists (TrgC Para) of the Belgian ParaCommandos.