In the last days of the Delta era, this Chinook came out to play at the Slopes South at Gilze-Rijen Air Base. The CH-47D Chinook will be replaced by the CH-47F Chinook in the Royal Netherlands Air Force in 2021 and 2022. The D-667 which is know as “Rodney” is still going strong and is one of the las...
An AH-64D Apache and an CH-47D Chinook of the RNLAF are flying together during an exercise on the Oirschotse Heide GLV-V. The Apache is guarding the Chinook during its intervention. The Chinook is dropping off soldiers of the 11th Air Mobile Brigade in the Landing Zone. The Apache is fulfilling the ...
On November 3, 2021, a special occasion took place at the Dutch airbase Volkel. The Royal Netherlands Air Force carried out a preparedness exercise in which they managed to launch no more than fourteen F-16s. For this special occasion, a photo opportunity was also planned at the base. The fourteen a...
In this video the last C-160D Transall of the German Air force (Luftwaffe) is seen during its final visit to Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands as part of a visit to the EATC. The aircraft came in during some heavy rain showers. The 50+40 is the last operational Transall and is assigned to the la...
The last KDC-10 of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNALF) made its last flight over the Netherlands on Thursday October 7th during a special goodbye flight. The flight departed from Eindhoven Air Base and the aircraft flew over Nieuw-Milligen, Leeuwarden Air Base, Texel Airport, De Kooy Maritime Ai...
Now that the days are over for the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) last KDC-10, it is time to look back. This beautiful aircraft made its last flight in service of the air force and is sold to the American Omega Air Refueling Company. This video is showing one of the last landings of the KDC-1...
De Kooy Den-Helder Naval Air Station is the current home base of the Dutch NH90 fleet. The development of the NH90 was a difficult process. The development of the helicopter experienced many setbacks during the project. There are now twenty helicopters delivered to the Naval Air Station at the De-Ko...
In week 39 & week 40 of 2021 the final stage of the Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) took place at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands. During this large-scale final exercise the German Air Force came to Leeuwarden with six Tornado IDS & ECR aircraft and eight Eurofighter EF2000 aircraft. The fina...
It has been a long time ago that in the Netherlands multiple F-16s flew with a centerline tank configuration. Since the introduction of the MLU (Mid Life Update) version of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Dutch Vipers flew mainly with the ALQ-131 jamming pod under the centerline. For the sorties which...
Den-Helder Airport is one of the locations where many offshore helicopters are based. It is the only offshore location in the Netherlands and one of the major users of the airfield is CHC helicopters. CHC Helicopters (Canadian Helicopter Corporation) is a large helicopter services company, specializ...
In this video several participants of the Sanicole Airshow 2021 are shown. Next to this airshow there was also a spotter day at Kleine-Brogel Air Base. It is a tradition that planes which perform their demonstration at Sanicole will fly from Kleine-Brogel as Sanicole doesn't have a decent runway for...
The Dutch 11 Airmobile Brigade of the Royal netherlands Army started the international exercise Falcon Leap in week 36 of 2021. The unit specializes in the rapid deployment of troops by air and for this task it practiced the so-called cargo droppings. With tactical transport aircraft from the no 336...
The only squadron left at Volkel Air Base flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon is the no 312 Squadron. This unit is also known as Bonzo and has a French Bulldog as its mascote. Bonzo was the name of the dog of Major Flinterman. He was the first commander of the 1st Tactical Fighter Group, of which the no...