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Market Garden is commemorated every year. The airborne landings that had to conquer the bridge at Arnhem during the second world war. Prior to this commemoration there was an exercise with, among other things, air cargo droppings from military cargo planes.

Various air forces took part during the parachute drops on the Ginkelse Heath near Ede. In addition to the Dutch, British, Romanian and German air forces, the Italian air force was also among the participants this year with a C130 Hercules.

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Last Sunday was the arrival of four F22 Raptors from Alaska at the Leeuwarden Air Force Base. Earlier on Friday, F35 Lightning II and F15 E's from Lakenheath had already arrived.

It was the first visit to the Netherlands for the F22s, so there was a lot of media attention for the arrival. The F22s participated in the exercise from Leeuwarden for two days and then returned to the temporary European base at the Lask Air Force Base in Poland. During the exercise the aircraft flew in various compositions.

Due to the bird migration that takes place in this period, some bird hits took place. This affected the flight operations in the past day's.

In these days of busyness at the Leeuwarden air force base, it happened that seven different types of aircraft operated from Leeuwarden. Quite a difference with the daily routine where the Dutch F35 Lightning II are the main user of the Frisian tarmac

We look forward to another visit to F22 Raptors. The aircraft has impressed by its shape and performance !

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Yesterday at nightfall, this Canadian C130 flew into Schiphol in the last evening light. This CC130-J had had a long working day. Started at Prestwick to Brize Norton, on to Rzeszov, Amsterdam Schiphol and back to Prestwick. That's why the C130 Hercules is called the workhorse of the Air Force. Two Canadian Herculesses are based in Europe and fly back and forth in support to guard the NATO borders.

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One of the most special visitors at Rotterdam Airport since times. This HC-130J of the 130 RQS. Came from Djeddah via Dubrovnik and will stay until next Friday.

The HC-130J Is Used For CSAR Command And Control, Airdrop Of Pararescue Forces & Equipment, And Is Also Capable Of Aerial Refueling Helicopters.

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Last week, Eindhoven airbase received two well-known visitors from the 37th airlift squadron from Ramstein. Well-known visitors because they often fly along with the annual Market Garden commemoration. During this commemoration various countries, that also took part in the airdrops on Ginkelse Heide during world war 2, fly together for letting the paratroopers jump of the transport planes.

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Given the flight pattern of both C-130J Hercules, we assume that they dropped paratroopers around Ede and then flew on to Eindhoven airbase. A place where they are expected again in September, together with other Allies of that time, for the 2022 commemoration of operation Market Garden on September 17 2022.

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The F15 Eagle turns 50

With deliveries still going on, this week marks 50 years since the first flight of the F15 Eagle.

The F15 with her iconic double tail is still a big part of the backbone of many air forces. Despite the fact that more 5th generation fighters are entering service in the Air Force, there remains a role for the F15 Eagle.

Predictions are that these will continue to fly until 2040, for models like the F15 Eagle EX.

The F15 Eagle, 50 years after her first flight with a long future ahead of her.

We share some of our oldest Eagle's, not the best, but the oldest to match the service years of this iconic aircraft

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Last week a new air tanker was delivered to Eindhoven airport. The NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) is partly stationed at this airport. In total, it will receive eight new A330 MRTTs. Five of these will be stationed at Eindhoven Air Base, the other three will have Cologne/Bonn as their home base.

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A-10 Warthog turns 50

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of this type. 50 years and still flying. We recently saw her landing at Ramstein airbase during a deployment to Europe. She is experiencing turbulent times where the US Air Force has to prove time and again that she is still the best prepared for its task, despite the fact that there are now 5th generation fighter planes and drones are increasingly used. If you've been securing the skies and the grounds for 50 years and if even 5th generation fighter jets can't take your place, we admire you Warthog! May we see each other peacefully more often.

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This afternoon this Czech Casa stopped at Rotterdam Airport for a short lunch stop. Nice color scheme between all the standard gray these days

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Last Thursday there was a command transfer from the Elementary Pilot Training (EMVO) at Woensdrecht Air Base. The formation flight of PC7s was to celebrate this. Finally, a quick fly-by of Cowboy01 an F16 J-003.

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We felt privileged to be invited as a guest for the exercise Iniochos 2022. Despite the dark weather, the stop of a first wave by emerging Sahara sand, we were able to get a good view of the exercise.

An exercise on the south side of the NATO area brings together many special participants. In addition to the Greek host country, there were participants from America, Israel, Slovenia, Cyprus and Italy.

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Cyprus was special, they do not often participate in this type of exercises, which ensured rapid interventions in case of accidents with an AW139 search and rescue helicopter. Slovenia's Pilatus planes provided the slow moving roll between all the fast jets.

Despite the bad weather we had a very nice time and we felt very welcomed by the Greek Air Force.

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In the Royal Air Force since 2013. Before that, this BAe 146 CC3 was employed by TNT Airways as a parcel carrier. After 9 tough years in the Air Force, this BAe146 CC3 will continue to fly civil again. Here just before landing at Rotterdam The Hague Airport on one of its last Royal Airforce flights.

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The end of an era.

Last week, the D type of the Chinook CH47 flew an last official flight for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The flight went to the training area on the Oirschotse heide, the GLV5, but also to its future owner, the National Military Museum, the NMM.

A representation of 298 Squadron took this opportunity to hand over a number of documents with information about this workhorse to Paul van Vlijmen, Director-NMM. The Chinook then left for the Logistiek Centrum Woensdrecht, where it will be prepared to be included in the collection of the NMM at the end of 2022 and exhibited to the public.

The end of an era, the CH47D Chiniook in the service of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

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While the 1st Army Combat Aviation Brigade traveled via Gilze Rijen to the port of Vlissingen. The US Army deployed the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade helicopters to Europe for the “Atlantic Resolve” deployment exercise. Whereby the Brigade and it’s helicopters will deploy all over Europe for 9 months.

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The disembarkation took place in the port of Vlissingen, after which the helicopters flew to Woensdrecht Air Base. The helicopters gathered there and traveled on to eastern Europe in the following days.

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At the beginning of December, the US Army exchanged a helicopter brigade in Europe. This switch is part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Every 9 months a helicopter brigade is exchanged from Eastern Europe. The 1st Army Combat Aviation Brigade traveled via Gilze Rijen to the port of Vlissingen. In the port of Vlissingen the helicopters were prepared for shipment and embarked for the journey back to the USA.

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This week we saw a part of the Joint Falcon exercise on the Rucphen heath in Rucphen. The exercise Joint Falcon practiced the cooperation, planning and action of the Airmobile Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army with the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Almost all types of the DHC participated in this integrated exercise.

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The Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) is the training to become a weapons instructor. The training lasts more than 6 months and will be given at Leeuwarden Air Base from May 2021 to the end of October 2021. Only the most talented and experienced pilots and officers are allowed to follow the training.

Participants in 2021 will came from Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. The WIC is thé place for the 4th-5th generation integration fighters with F-16 and F-35. Participants in the WIC for this course are 7 F-35 pilots, 6 F-16 pilots, 3 C-130 hercules pilots, as well as Intel and Patriot specialists.

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