Once operating well over 120 Vipers with six fighter squadrons, the Belgian Air Component was subject to continuous budget restrictions over the past decades. Fighter reduction plans resulted in the withdrawal of numerous airframes and political efforts to palm off redundant fighter stocks led to only mediocre success. With Jordan acquiring 14 ex-Belgian MLU Vipers at the end of last year (2007), Aero Topics takes a look at the history of Belgium's dwindling F-16 fleet.