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16th May 2019

… country’s future fighter. The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) received its first examples in 1962, and it was as … but as early as 1967 a hunt was under way for a successor. RNLAF chief of staff Lt Gen Bertie Wolff planned to join … total production run. Fokker delivered the final RNLAF F-16 (serial J-021) on February 28, 1992. 1 2 3 1: In …

16th May 2019

… Air Base – one of two Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16 facilities in Europe – has been home to an annual … the base is found. The station is currently home to the RNLAF’s 322 Squadron flying the F-16AM/BM and 306 Squadron, … ranges were available in the same area, including the RNLAF range at Vliehors on the island of Vlieland. Swiss …

31st May 2019

… combat machines with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), including the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and F-16 … new venture – which followed in the slipstream of former RNLAF demonstration teams including ‘Whiskey Four’, with its … spirit is the same ‘can do’ attitude I was used to in the RNLAF. The flying is very special; it adds the third …

2nd May 2019

… aircraft (RPAs) to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). The project includes four mobile ground control …

18th April 2019

… MODERNISATION OF the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) CH-47F fleet will begin shortly, following shipment of … CAAS (Common Avionics Architecture System) standard. The RNLAF plans to standardise on this latest configuration of … 2005. Between 2008 and 2012, six new CH-47Fs joined the RNLAF fleet. In 2015 it was decided to purchase 14 more …

15th November 2018

… last being upgraded for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) by Pilatus Aircraft in Switzerland. The trainer was … digital equipment and will increase the lifetime of the RNLAF aircraft. The work takes around three months to … of 12,000 flying hours or 24,000 landings per airframe. … RNLAF PC-7 upgrades continue …

18th April 2019

… realistic threat setup at Spadeadam. Westleigh Bushell The RNLAF arrived at Carlisle Airport in Cumbria for two weeks of … serviceability and weather. The ‘business end’ of an RNLAF AH-64D Apache – callsign ‘Redskin’ – over the Spadeadam …

21st March 2019

… RNLAF F-35A F-003 takes off from Luke AFB on February 25. RNLAF/NODF-35 TWO ROYAL Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35As have been delivered to Luke Air Force Base, …

7th March 2019

… F-16Cs and two dualseat F-16Ds. DUTCH F-16s FLY ON BIOFUEL RNLAF ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR Force (RNLAF) F-16s at Leeuwarden Air Base have been using … routine basis since January 14 this year. Back in 2010 an RNLAF AH-64D Apache flew with biofuel. The test was …

21st February 2019

… The first operational RNLAF F-35A, F-003, during the formal hand-over ceremony at Fort Worth. RNLAF LOCKHEED MARTIN formally handed over the first … the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force, RNLAF) on January 30. The Lightning II, F-003 (AN-03), the …

7th March 2019

… WORLD FIRST OPERATIONAL RNLAF LIGHTNING II HANDED OVER F-35A F-003 will be … operational F-35A to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) during a ceremony at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility …

21st February 2019

… when Belgian Fighting Falcons handled the mission), the RNLAF’s Air Task Force Middle East (ATFME) F-16s flew more …

By Joe Campion 7th March 2019

… their home at Eindhoven, two Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) C-130Hs — serials G-988 and G-781 — arrived at their …

21st February 2019

… F50 the sam e year. The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), a long-term user of m ilitary F-27s replaced them … of the Fokker 50 UTA and was specially designed for the RNLAF – which was the type’s only custom er. The m … & W hitney F100-PW turbofan engine, which powered the RNLAF’s F-16 Fighting Falcons. It could carry up to 58 …

21st March 2019

… Sovereign. Two of the three Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) CH-47D Chinooks at Carlisle Lake District Airport on … range for Exercise TACUK. These helicopters, plus three RNLAF AH-64D Apache Longbows and two AS 532 U2 Cougar IIs …