SANICOLE AIRSHOW 2025
Sat, Sep 13
|Hechtel-Eksel
An annual spectacle for young and old that brings aviation in all its different dimensions to the fore. ISA honors the rich aviation heritage and bundles the power and magic of flying to inspire young people!
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – Sep 14, 2025, 11:00 PM
Hechtel-Eksel, Kamperbaan 165, 3940 Hechtel-Eksel, België
About the event
With the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War as one of its main themes in 2025, the International Sanicole Airshow could not miss the opportunity to invite an absolute legend of that era. The Hellenic Air Force will offer a retrospective of a generation of fighter aircraft that has almost completely disappeared, thanks to two F-4E AUP Phantom IIs that will perform a few passes.
The twin-engine McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II first flew in 1958 and was one of the most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft of the 1960s. It was used all over the world. It could operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers and could use a wide range of weapons to tackle threats in the air and on the ground. It also had specialized variants for reconnaissance and suppression of enemy air defenses.
American F-4s faced Soviet-made aircraft over Vietnam, exposing some of…