On Saturday on the 23rd and Sunday the 24th of June 2012, the 2nd Tactical Wing have organized the Air Component annual international Air Show that has taken place on Florennes Airbase. Florennes is the homebase of 1 sq.and 350 sq. with F-16AM and F-16BM. Such an opportunity only occurs once every ten years! The last meeting organized by the 2nd Wing took place in 2001. The theme for 2012: "70 years of military aviation at Florennes".

Florennes was built by the German forces in 1942 to complete the defense line and seal the existing gap against the RAF and USAF bombers, that flow in this corridor to bomb Germany. The base was built by the famous Todd organization. As soon as the installation was ready in 1943, the Luftwaffe based the 1. Gruppe/ Nachtgeschwader 4, from August 1943. The unit was equipped with Me 110s, until these were replaced by Do 217s in September 1943. During the following year the unit operated the Ju 88, Me 410 and Fw 190 in fast succession. As the allied progressed, the base was abandoned by the Germans and it was taken over by the USAF. On September 28th 1944 the 370th Fighter Group, equipped with the P-28 Lightning, the P-61 Black Widow and the A-20, deployed to Florennes. In January 1945, the 365th Fighter Group "Hell Hawks" equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts were operating out of the base, US presence at Florennes ended in August 1945 with the withdrawal of the 344th Bomber Group, consisting of four squadrons of B-26s Marauder.

To commemorate the WWII history of the base, period vehicles and reenactors dressed in WWII uniforms were present, during the event. The public could see a wide range of activities, flight demonstrations and static demos and recreational stands. The public enjoyed an outstanding flying program with solo displays that included the famous colourful Belgian F-16 and the A 109. Rarely seen four different solo displays of F-16s from The Netherlands, Turkey, Greece and of course from Belgium. All together the spectators could see 7 display teams. A surprise was the presentation of two Su-22 Fitters from the Polish Air Force together in a demo. The Slovak MiG-29 was also very impressive.