Sabena Aerospace Engineering
Sabena Aerospace Engineering is a Belgian company specialising in the maintenance and repair of military and civil aircraft. It was formed from the technical services of the former Belgian national airline Sabena, which ceased operations in 2001. Its work includes servicing F-16 fighter jets, making it one of the firms responsible for scheduled maintenance on aircraft of this type in Europe.
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Over half of Ukraine's F-16s grounded as Belgian maintenance lags up to 40 weeks
More than half of Ukraine's F-16 fighters are non-combat-ready due to maintenance delays at Belgian contractor Sabena Aerospace Engineering, with phased inspections reportedly taking up to 40 weeks versus two to six weeks in the United States. The backlog comes as Russia scales up jet-powered drone strikes and Ukraine leans on F-16s as its main counter to that threat.