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By Khalem Chapman 7th July 2023

… support services. The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is already an established operator of the MQ-9A Block … contract was inked with GA-ASI on March 21, 2019. The RNLAF’s first MQ-9A Block 5 (serial M-001) was accepted into … Defence (MOD) first announced its intention to double the RNLAF’s Reaper fleet in a Defence White Paper that was …

By Khalem Chapman 13th April 2022

… Systems Inc (GA-ASI), the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is now set to launch operations with the Reaper before … the end of April. GA-ASI confirmed on April 12 that the RNLAF’s first three MQ-9A Block 5s will start operating from … within the Dutch Caribbean region – in late April. The RNLAF has so far received three of the four MQ-9As on order, …

By GIOVANNI COLLA 3rd May 2023

… the end of January, eight Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35A fifth-generation fighter jets have been deployed … duty in Bulgaria in 2022. As confirmed by ‘Shackle’, the RNLAF detachment deputy commander: “We brought a lot of … air policing and enhanced vigiliance sorties – is that the RNLAF brought eight aircraft instead of four. Four are …

By Khalem Chapman 8th June 2023

… it will replace the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF’s) ageing fleet of Aérospatiale AS532U2 Cougar … the Netherlands will begin in 2028 – two years before the RNLAF's 12-strong AS532U2 Cougar fleet is expected to be … province. The Cougar entered operational service with the RNLAF’s No 300 Squadron ‘Wildcats’ in May 1996, with 17 …

By Frank Visser and Ludo Mennes 31st March 2022

… itself, Maj Prins of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) decided to sign up as detachment commander (detco). … the various sub-units, but also come directly from the RNLAF headquarters. The planned activities are then added to … started his career in the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) in 2000. After completing the officer training in …

By Khalem Chapman 15th May 2023

… from the USAF, RDAF and Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to support air and ground crew training at the Arizona …

By Khalem Chapman 3rd April 2023

… procured to replace the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF’s) ageing Gulfstream IV in the VIP transport role, a … will likely absorb the G650ER once it formally enters RNLAF service this summer. Having been delivered to the Dutch … half of July, when it is expected to enter operational RNLAF service. The Dutch MOD has been seeking to replace the …

By Khalem Chapman 29th March 2023

… considered transferring the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF’s) already retired CH-47D fleet to Ukraine now that … cockpit setup of these CH-47Ds – which is only used by the RNLAF and Republic of Singapore Air Force – it was ultimately … currently in storage at San Bernardino in California. The RNLAF’s No 298 Squadron at Gilze-Rijen Air Base withdrew its …

By Khalem Chapman 23rd May 2023

… Airbus Netherlands and Draken held a meeting with the RNLAF at its headquarters in Breda to discuss the …

By Babak Taghvaee 21st April 2023

… as those used by the USAF’s 148th Fighter Squadron for RNLAF pilot training, the 24 examples currently airworthy … has begun studying the acquisition of at least 12 former RNLAF F-16AM/BMs as an interim solution until the first … arrived in Belgium a few days later. Additionally, the RNLAF has a further 24 F-16AMs in good condition which it …

By Dino Carrara 21st July 2023

Tony ‘Brick’ Wilson is Lockheed Martin’s Chief of Fighter Flight Operations, and also an F-35 test pilot. In the first of three videos he gives Key.Aero’s Dino Carrara an exclusive insight into the work of the company’s test pilots on the cutting-edge F-35 programme.

By Leonard van den Broek 20th July 2023

For the first time in more than 70 years, there is a flying Fokker D.XXI in the Netherlands. Leonard van den Broek speaks to those behind the project

By Joe Campion 8th February 2023

… part in FS22, more than 180 from USAFE and almost 110 from RNLAF visited Italy for the exercise. Two waves were … CAJ A Dutch Perspective The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) attended FS22 with six jets from No. 322 Squadron … Squadron pilot and the FS22 detachment commander of the RNLAF, said “Even though the timeline to prepare for FS22 was …

By Joe Campion 10th January 2023

… Read about a Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35A pilot's time flying a training mission during … from enemy SAM systems and a Navy cruiser vessel.   The RNLAF attended Falcon strike (FS) 22 with six F-35As from No. … Squadron pilot and the FS22 detachment commander of the RNLAF, Maj ‘Haipa’ van Meerlant told Key.Aero his unit …

By Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije 19th January 2023

… Command (DHC), part of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This most recent iteration enabled the unit to work … Colonel Roy Hemmelder, the officer commanding 300 Sqn RNLAF and a Cougar pilot, said of Falcon Autumn: “This is the … for as long as possible. Those staffing the FARPs are RNLAF staff with specific knowledge of helicopter types and …