Lockheed C-130H Hercules CH-13 (c 382-4047, ex CH-14, N130EV) sports a commemorative colour scheme to celebrate 40 years of service by the type with No.20 Squadron/15 Transport Wing of the Belgium Defence-Air Component. The first of 12 C-130Hs (CH-01 to CH-12) arrived at Melsbroek Air Base on July 25, 1972, and the last ir April 1973. One (CH-06) was lost in a fatal accident on July 15, 1996, following multiple bird strikes while landing at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands. A second Hercules was destroyed on May 5, 2006, in a hangar fire at Brussels Airport, where the aircraft was undergoing deep maintenance with SABENA Technics; CH-13, its replacement, was displayed at an open day at Melsbroek Air Base on September 21 and 22, held to celebrate 65 years of the formation of Nos. 20 and 21 Squadrons on May 1, 1948.
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机译：洛克希德C-130H大力神CH-13（c / n 382-4047，前CH-14，N130EV）采用纪念配色方案，以比利时国防部20中队/ 15运输联队的类型庆祝40周年-空气成分。 12架C-130H中的第一架（CH-01至CH-12）于1972年7月25日抵达梅斯布鲁克机场，最后一架1973年4月抵达爱尔兰。一架（CH-06）在7月15日的致命事故中丧生。 1996年，降落在荷兰埃因霍温空军基地时遭到多次鸟击。第二架大力神于2006年5月5日在布鲁塞尔机场的机库大火中被摧毁，飞机当时正由SABENA Technics进行深度维修； CH-13的替代品于9月21日至22日在梅尔斯布鲁克航空基地的开放日展出，为庆祝1948年5月1日第20和21中队成立65周年而举行。
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