about time I introduced myself here...
Koen, 39 by now, made in the summer of '69, born some 9 months later
Married to
Karine for 1.5 years, sharing the bad and the good for 8.5 years, who gave me an extra of 2 daughters for free, included in the package
Karine having a beer in Bazel last weekBy now those 2 daughters gave me
4 granchildren...yep...4 times grandfather without having a child of my own
l to r: me, Karines oldest daughter, Lise, Luna and my future son-in-law (
, not my brother..)
my grandson Jarse, great mini-guy
the 2 grandchildren from Karines youngest daughter: Jilka and Jarse
Karines youngest daughter KennyI live in a small town in Belgium, 2 miles beyond civilization....
Most of the time I worked in the carbusiness but there are plans for a 360° turn!
I'm looking into the possibility to return to school. (short term but with other professional career possibilities and certainly more 'fun at work')
I was an NCO in the Belgian Air Force from 1988 to 1995.
1988-1989 was school where I scored a degree 'airplanetechnician'
1989-1990 was a 2nd year at school where I scored again...F-16 engine specialist
1990 I went to Kleine-Brogel for practical training with the F-16
1991 Then it was time to start working and I moved to Bevekom with the 1 Wing where I got redirected to 349 squadron (LINK) as a crew-chief.
There I served until I retired in 1995.
This period was not my best period in life.
The plan was to join the ground forces but my brother convinced me, being a member of the groundforces, to join the airforce.
After some time I realised that I was simply a technician in an army and not a soldier/NCO who had a technical function. In those 7 years I probably only fired 5 times a weapon. Never went on REAL exercises to crawl through the mud, sleep in a tent or other REAL soldiers-stuff. When we went on exercise they loaded a C-130 with beer and food to keep us entertained.
The most fun was on some of the international meetings I worked for NATO being able to express myself in English, French and German I was rapidly appointed to interpreter with the free beers and BBQ stuff!
(got some nice pictures from then but I need to digitalize them)
I went to Corsica for a 6 weeks BAF exercise, went to the UK for a small NATO exercise (on the Vulcan RAF base), had fun on a NATO exercise at Florennes (B) and participated at a NATO exercise on the homebase at Bevekom.hobbies?
WaT
World War II: books, films etc
photography
profession?
clients advisor in an Audi workshop
so, hope you have a better on who I am and what I do
feel free to ask me questions
Koen
aka Boss 
