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OOOPS! First Dutch F-35A Accidentally Gets Foam Party Instead of Water Salute.
Fire Crews Were Supposed to Use Water, But Apparently Selected Foam Instead. In an embarrassing gaff by the Dutch military, the first operational F-35A Lightning II for the Royal Netherlands Air Force...
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Take A Look At The Crazy Cool Shots Of A Dutch KDC-10 Tanker Refueling Polish...
Here are some great aerial refueling shots taken with a telescope. To maintain currency the pilots have to train numerous procedures so that they simply do not forget how to execute them. Aerial...
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Dutch Government Agrees To Sell 12 F-16s To Draken International For Use In...
Draken International is about to expand its fleet of fighter jets already used for Combat Air Force/Contracted Air Support (CAF/CAS) program in the U.S with ex-RNlAF F-16s. The Dutch Parliament was...
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Belgian F-16 Damaged in Ground Incident At Leeuwarden AB. Pilot Successfully...
A Belgian Air Force F-16 hit a building shortly after start-up. On Jul. 1, 2021, a BAF (Belgian Air Force) F-16 was involved in an incident at Leeuwarden Air Base, in the Netherlands. According to...
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F-35s, F-16s Take Part In WIC 2021 at Leeuwarden Air Base
Our contributor Edwin Schimmel went to Leeuwarden Air Base, the Netherlands, to observe the activity related to the WIC (Weapons Instructor Course) 2021 currently underway. Last week we reported about...
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Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s Successfully Complete Ex. ‘Gioia Falcon’...
11 Dutch F-16s deployed to Gioia del Colle Air Base to practice operations in non-familiar areas and fly COMAO missions. The Royal Netherlands Air Force deployed 11 of its F-16 Fighting Falcons to...
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Draken International Acquires Soon-To-Be Retired F-16s From Netherlands And...
The 24 Vipers will join the company’s fleet of fighter jets used for the Combat Air Force/Contracted Air Support (CAF/CAS) program in the US. Draken International announced last week two contracts to...
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Dutch F-35As Deployed In Response To Russian Invasion of Ukraine Spotted Over...
Following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has deployed two F-35As that initially planned to move to Bulgaria in March-April, along with two F-16s (including the one that...
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Two New F-35As For The Royal Netherlands Air Force Have Made Their First...
Two new Lightning II aircraft destined to the RNLAF have flown for the first time in Italy. The Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force), has already been delivered 24 F-35A Lightning II...
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Four Dutch F-35A Aircraft Have Deployed To Bulgaria To Reinforce NATO’s...
The RNLAF F-35s have landed at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. Four F-35A of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have deployed to Bulgaria, on Apr. 6, 2022, the Dutch MOD announced. The...
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The Netherlands Selects The Embraer C-390 As New Tactical Cargo Aircraft
The C-390 will replace the four aging C-130Hs of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Dutch Ministry of Defense identified the new tactical cargo aircraft, that will replace the current fleet of four...
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F-35s From Italy, U.S. And The Netherlands Train Together During ‘Falcon...
The large-scale exercise focuses on fifth and fourth-generation integration, with F-35s flying both as Blue and Red Air. From November 15 to 28, 2022, F-35s from Italy, United States and the...
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U.S. And Dutch F-35s Have Flown Without Radar Reflectors During First Week Of...
Some of 5th gen. aircraft have operated in “full stealth mode” to train in the most realistic scenarios. As we already reported, F-35s from Italy, United States and the Netherlands are training...
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Lessons Learned In Ukraine Helped Shape Falcon Strike 22, The 5th Gen-Centric...
Designed for 5th gen fighter jets, Falcon Strike 2022 increased interoperability and cooperation to obtain the air dominance, taking also into account the lessons learned from the current situation in...
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First Batch Of US-Based RNLAF F-16s Return To Europe
RNLAF F-16s deployed to Tucson to train Viper pilots, are on their way back. On Jul. 29, 2022, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) flew the last F-16 mission from Tucson International...
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