The Dutch - Nippon connection, more to come The Dutch - Nippon connection, more to come From 23 March 2026 until 3 April 2026, five Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force) F-35As are participating

The Dutch - Nippon connection, more to come

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Zonnetje doet vandaag een voorzichtige poging en hangt verdacht laag. Dacht ik nog.

Er verschijnt een enorm gevaarte voor mijn appartement. Geen pakketbezorger, geen verhuiswagen, maar een brandweerauto van de #RNLAF. Indrukwekkend.

En jullie? Nog iets bijzonders meegemaakt vandaag? 😉
#vrijdag13

Dutch Air Force to Deploy F-35 Stealth Fighters to Schiphol for Unprecedented Civil-Military Exercise AviationNews – The Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force has announced a rare training exercise involving four F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters and a Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Scheduled for January 27 and 28, 2026, the operation aims to test the military's ability to maintain high-tempo flight operations from a primary civilian hub during a simulated crisis.

#Schiphol #F35 #RNLAF #AviationNews #MilitaryTraining #Luchtmacht #MRTT #AmsterdamAirport #AviationDaily #NATO

Additional NH90 helicopters for the Netherlands Additional NH90 helicopters for the Netherlands On 9 December 2025, the Dutch Ministry of Defence signed a contract to acquire three new NH90-NFH maritime helicopters, with an opti...

Additional NH90 helicopters for the Netherlands

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De Koninlijke Luchtmacht maakt op X bekend dat er een QRA is uitgegaan. Toch vreemd, mijnheer De @vreij.bsky.social, je zou juist verwachten dat #RNLAF zich al veel eerder in filiaal @bsky.app zou hebben gevestigd?

Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social informe que la force aérienne néerlandaise #RNLAF a dû tirer sur des drones inconnus au-dessus de sa base où sont stockées les bombes nucléaires B-61.

Embraer Begins Production of First C-390 Millennium for Royal Netherlands Air Force AviationNews – Embraer has officially commenced production of the first C-390 Millennium aircraft for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). The milestone marks the beginning of a significant fleet modernization program, as the Netherlands prepares to replace its long-serving C-130H Hercules aircraft with the advanced Brazilian-made tactical transport. The formal start of assembly takes place at Embraer's main production facility in…

#Embraer #C390 #KC390 #RoyalNetherlandsAirForce #RNLAF #Aviation #MilitaryAviation #DefenseNews #Airlift #NATO

Assembly of Royal Netherlands Air Force C-390 begins Assembly of Royal Netherlands Air Force C-390 begins In November 2025, Embraer officially began the structural assembly of the first C-390 Millennium for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht...

Assembly of Royal Netherlands Air Force C-390 begins

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Romania takes ownership of 18 Dutch F-16s for training and operational use Romania has formally taken ownership of 18 F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcons previously operated by the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The transfer agreement between the two governments was signed on November ...

Romania now officially owns 18 F-16s from the Netherlands 🇷🇴🇳🇱
The jets are part of the European F-16 Training Center at Fetești and will support both pilot training and operational missions.

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Formal transfer of KLu F-16s to Romania Formal transfer of KLu F-16s to Romania On 3 November 2025, eighteen Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) F-16AM/BM fighter aircraft operating in Romania were ...

Formal transfer of KLu F-16s to Romania

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Fokker S-11.1 PH-SLO in Royal Netherlands Air Force colours. It flew there as E-38 since 1951 for elementary flying training. During the late 1960s it joined Vliegtuigsquadron 9 of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and from 1970 it was serialled 198 until it was finally retired in 1973. It became PH-SLO in 1975 at stationed at Stadtlohn, (West-)Germany. In 2010 it moved to Teuge. The new owner will restore the aircraft back to flying condition (been grounded since 2024) and move it to Lelystad. In the picture, I fly the aircraft over the Veluwe while being photographed by Bob Fischer from a SA Bulldog.

Post #100: for over a decade I have co-owned and flown this vintage Fokker S-11. Last summer, we have sold it to a new owner. Happy memories! Me at the controls, pic by Bob Fischer.

#avgeek #aviationhistory #fokkeraircraft #fokkerS11 #rnlaf

Dutch F-35 Receives Drone Kill Marking Following the Russian drone incursion in Poland, a RNLAF F-35A has received a drone kill marking below the canopy rail. A Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35A of the 313th Squadron has received a drone kill marking after shooting down one of the Russian drones which entered Polish airspace in the night between Sept. 9 […]

Dutch F-35 Receives Drone Kill Marking Following the Russian drone incursion in Poland, a RNLAF F-35A has received a drone kill marking below the canopy rail. A Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35A of the 313th Squadron has received a drone kill marking after shooting down one of the Russian drones which entered Polish airspace in the night between Sept. 9 […]

Dutch F-35 Receives Drone Kill Marking Following the Russian drone incursion in Poland, a RNLAF F-35A has received a drone kill marking below the canopy rail. A Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35A of the 313th Squadron has received a drone kill marking after shooting down one of the Russian drones which entered Polish airspace in the night between Sept. 9 […]

First Drag-Chute landing for Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A First Drag-Chute landing for Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A On 7 August 2025, the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) performed its first drag-chute landin...

First Drag-Chute landing for Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A

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#RNLAF royal netherlands air and space force F-16 fighting falcon seen on the flight radar, aircraft popping up briefly to the east of romania. #VM11 #48043E

#Monday with Afterburner #Airshow Photo

Dominating the tarmac with unmistakable presence is this #RoyalNetherlandsAirForce ( #RNLAF ) CH-47F ( #CH47F ) #Chinook #helicopter (serial D-605) from the #298Squadron, Gilze-Rijen Air Base, captured at the 2024 #TagderBundeswehr event.

KLM Pilots To Fly The F-35 As Reservists In New Military-Civilian Partnership As global tensions rise, the Netherlands turns to commercial aviation to reinforce its F-35 pilot pool. A new agreement between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the Dutch Ministry of Defense will allow airline pilots to serve as reserve F-35 pilots in the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This marks a pretty interesting initiative that could blur […] The post KLM Pilots To Fly The F-35 As Reservists In New Military-Civilian Partnership appeared first on The Aviationist.

📸 Photo of the Day: Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II over the North Sea during exercise Ramstein Flag! 🇳🇱⚡

📍 By: Martin Boschhuizen
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#F35 #RNLAF #RamsteinFlag #MilitaryAviation #AvGeek

I have this one, too 🙂

#PhotographersofBluesky #UKPhotographers #PhotographersUnited #photo #photograph #avgeek #AviationPhotography #Aviation #MilitaryAviation #F-16 #Viper #RNLAF #CrazyDutch

ICEYE Partners with Royal Netherlands Air Force for Space-Based ISR Systems ICEYE, a leading European space tech firm, partners with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to establish sovereign ISR capability via SAR satellites, enhancing national security.

ICEYE Partners with Royal Netherlands Air Force for Space-Based ISR Systems #Netherlands #Amsterdam #ICEYE #ISR #RNLAF

Embraer (K)C-390 orders at the Paris Air Show Embraer (K)C-390 orders at the Paris Air Show This week, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced new orders for its (K)C-390 Millennium tanker/transport plane during ...

Embraer (K)C-390 orders at the Paris Air Show

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There is no #Monday without Afterburner #airshow photo. And today we return with memories to #TagderBundeswehr 2024 and the AH-64D #Apache #helicopter of the Royal Netherlands Air Force on static display. By the way, it is a pity that the story of the #RNLAF Apache demo team is now over.

Royal Netherlands Air Force and Lockheed Martin Showcase F-35 Breakthrough Interoperability The Royal Netherlands Air Force and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have achieved a historic milestone in F-35 interoperability during the Ramstein Flag exercise, enhancing joint defense capabilities.

Royal Netherlands Air Force and Lockheed Martin Showcase F-35 Breakthrough Interoperability #Netherlands #Lockheed_Martin #F-35 #RNLAF #Leeuwarden

RNlAF F-16AM #J-063 Mig-kill marking. This Dutch F-16A shot down a Serbian Mig-29 on March 24th, 1999 over Serbia. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]

From the "F-16 Hall of Fame": A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM #J-063 MiG-kill marking. This Dutch F-16A shot down a Serbian MiG-29 Fulcrum on March 24th, 1999 over Serbia.

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F-35’s halen drones neer boven Oostzee Twee Nederlandse F-35-gevechtsvliegtuigen hebben gisteren meerdere oefendrones neergehaald boven de Oostzee. Dat deden ze door er AIM-9 Sidewinder-raketten op af te vuren. Het ging om een training in ...

Two Dutch F-35s shot down multiple training drones over the Baltic Sea using AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The exercise took place in controlled airspace and was organized by the Netherlands and Estonia.

🏷️ #rnlaf #europe #militaryaviation

Vraagje; wat hebben we aan de F35 ?

CNI en MADL zijn systemen die het toestel de overhand in de lucht geven. En de VS leveren de data.

Als dat wegvalt heb je een toestel wat minder is dan de Rafalle of Gripen.

#RNLAF #Luchtmacht @luchtmacht.bsky.social

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The control tower of the Cornfield NATO aircraft gunnery range on Vlieland, the Netherlands got accidentally hit by about 17 projectiles during an air-to-ground strafing exercise. To two occupants of the tower got away unharmed. Photo by Dirk Bruin https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirk_bruin_vlieland/10744310623/

Callsign o/t day: "RIOT" - Rolled In On Tower
Dutch F-16 pilot who misidentified the target and accidentally strafed the control tower a/t Cornfield range in 2013. Miraculously nobody was injured, despite multiple direct hits to the tower.

More callsigns: f-16.net/callsigns.html
#rnlaf #vliehors

Another #Monday means another #airshow photo from Afterburner - #Boeing CH-47F #Chinook of the #RNLAF at Tag der Bundeswehr 2024.