Belgium

Belgium
is providing one officer to the Coalition Intelligence Center (CIC) at
CENTCOM and one officer to the Regional Air Movement Control Center (RAMCC)
as deputy chief of operations.
Belgium
Air Force C-130 aircraft delivered a high protein food supplement (UNIMIX)
from Denmark to Dushanbe, Tajikistan and an A-310 (Airbus) delivered
250,000 vaccinations for children under the United Nations Children's
fund (UNICEF) program.
Belgium
led the largest multinational Humanitarian Assistance (HA) mission,
which included Belgium, Spain, Netherlands and Norway. This mission
provided 90 metric tons of UNIMIX to feed starving children in
Afghanistan and set the standard for follow-on HA operations.
Belgium
contributed four people to Operation Noble Eagle supporting U.S.
homeland security efforts at Tinker AFB.
In
support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a
Belgian C-130 with aircrew and maintenance crew (25 people) arrived in
Karachi on April 10, 2002. They will stay in Karachi and execute part
of the 400 dedicated C130 flight hours for ISAF. The crew and aircraft
are working on a one-month rotation schedule.
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