The Basic Flying Training School is a unit of the Belgian Air Component located at Beauvechain Air Base

Beauvechain Air Base

Beauvechain Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located south of Beauvechain ; east-southeast of Brussels...

. It consists of 5th Squadron and 9th Squadron

9 Squadron (Belgian Air Force)

9 Squadron is a training squadron of the Belgian Air Component, constituting the Basic Flying Training School together with 5 Squadron.-The squadron's origins:...

. Both operate the SF 260 "M" & "D" models.

The main mission of the school is to provide Phase II pilot training to the student pilots of the Belgian Air Component. After successfully completing this course, the students are assigned to one of three possible "tracks"

Tracking (education)

Tracking is separating pupils by academic ability into groups for all subjects or certain classes and curriculum within a school. It may be referred as streaming or phasing in certain schools. In a tracking system, the entire school population is assigned to classes according to whether the...

: fighter, transport or helicopter.

The school also provides a number of courses for confirmed pilots.