Editing Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet (section)

===Belgium===
[[File:Belgium Air Force Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet 1B Lofting-1.jpg|thumb|A Belgium Air Force Alpha Jet 1B at [[Beauvechain Air Base]], Belgium, 2004]]
On 13 September 1973, the Belgian defence minister announced that 33 Alpha Jets had been ordered in two batches of 16 and 17 aircraft.<ref name = "lamb 265"/> These aircraft were given the designation ''Alpha Jet 1B'', the assembly work being performed by Belgian aircraft manufacturer [[SABCA]]. Deliveries took place between 1978 and 1980.<ref name = "flight 1978"/> By April 1981, the Belgian Air Force had reportedly accumulated 10,000 flight hours on their 33 Alpha Jets during training operations.<ref name = "bel train 1981"/> The introduction of the Alpha Jet led to the retirement of Belgium's [[Fouga CM.170 Magister]] fleet; changes to the training syllabus included the adoption of a new discipline, ''combined flight'', as well as a greater use of [[flight simulator]]s.<ref name = "bel train 1981">[https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201091.html "Belgian Air Force Alpha Jet training."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803145212/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201091.html |date=2016-08-03 }} ''Flight International'', 18 April 1981. p. 1109.</ref>

During the late 1990s and 2000s, SABCA performed a number of upgrades on the Belgian aircraft to the ''Alpha Jet 1B+'' configuration; improvements made included the addition of a laser-gyro [[inertial navigation]] system, a [[GPS]] receiver, a [[Head-up display|HUD]] in the front cockpit and a HUD repeater in the rear, a video recorder and other more minor improvements.<ref>Penny, Stewart. [https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/belgium-updates-alpha-jet-fleet-57861/ "Belgium updates Alpha Jet fleet."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803142800/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/belgium-updates-alpha-jet-fleet-57861/ |date=2016-08-03 }} ''Flight International'', 3 November 1999.</ref> In 2000, the initial Alpha Jet 1B+ was re-delivered to the Belgian Air Force.

The Alpha Jet was phased out in 2019. The next year 25 airframes and several spare parts were sold to the Canadian company [[Top Aces]] which provides adversary air combat training.[https://skiesmag.com/news/top-aces-acquires-belgian-alpha-jets/ Top Aces acquires 25 Belgian Air Force Alpha Jets]