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Leeuwarden Air Base was one of two Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon bases, which are being replaced by F-35A Lightning II, the first of which arrived at Leeuwarden on 31 October 2019. [4] The base is the location of the Fighter Weapons Instructor Training (FWIT) and the annual multinational NATO exercise "Frisian Flag".
Exercise Frisian Flag Is a major NATO multinational aerial exercise, held annually at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, over the North Sea [3] and in the skies above the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
A military C.6 airplane crashed near Soesterberg Air Base during a test flight. The pilot was injured. [19] 8 August 1933 1 French glider pilot R. Huizinga crashed at Soesterberg Air Base during a test flight and was killed. [20] 9 October 1933 4 Two military airplanes had a mid-air collision above Lienden. One caught fire and both planes crashed.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was created in 1953 to succeed its predecessor, the Luchtvaartafdeling (English: aviation department ) of the Dutch Army, which was founded in 1913.
Upon its return to the Netherlands in 1962, the unit was disbanded. [4] In April 1964, No. 322 Squadron was reformed at Leeuwarden Air Base, Friesland, with the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter and assigned the air defence mission. [4] [5] Probably the most unusual mission in the squadron's history was performed on Saturday morning 11 June 1977 at ...
They took over the orange F-16, J-015. In 2012 and 2013 the team was based at Volkel Air Base and returned to Leeuwarden Air Base in early 2014. [2] The team was established in September 1979 with the first demonstration of an RNLAF F-16 during an air show at Twente Air Base (now Enschede Airport Twente).
The Provisional IRA carried out two separate attacks on the same day on 1 May 1988 against British military personnel in the Netherlands which resulted in the deaths of three RAF members and another three being injured. [1] It was the worst attack suffered by the British security forces during The Troubles from 1969 to 1998 in mainland Europe ...
On 20 November 1960 a F-84F Thunderstreak of the Royal Netherlands Air Force crashed at 7:50pm into a farm in Lutjelollum between Wjelsryp and Franeker, the Netherlands. The pilot and the family of six people who lived at the farm were all killed. The farm was destroyed and burned down and the livestock was killed. [2] [3] [4] [5]