The base of Koksijde is located at the Belgian Coast and has his origin back into the beginning of the first World War. After both World Wars, Koksijde was used as a fighter school, which was disbanded in 1958. In 1961, the heliflight was set up which name was changed into '40th Squadron' in October 1974. The Squadron had the duty to search victims of aerocrashes and rescue them. From 1961 till 1986 these duties were done by the sikorsky HSS-1, which was later replaced by the Westland Sea King MK48. Since 1976, three Alouette III's are in use with the heliflight Marine, which is also based at Koksijde. Nowadays are five Sea Kings and three Alouette III's based at Koksijde.

To know more about the airbase or the airplanes that are based here, you can look at the following pages:

	Sea King MK.48
	Here you can find some more information about the famous helicopter used for SAR.

	SA.316B Alouette III
	When you want to know more about the navyflight with the alouette III, follow this link.

	Preserved aircraft and helicopters at Koksijde
	At this page you can find everything about the airplanes and helicopters stationned at Koksijde.

	Spottersplaces
	Do you like watching the airplanes at the fence of Koksijde? Here you find the best places around the base with a little word of explanation.