Furnished with a colourful tail "70 years 312 squadron", turing to the runway in a so-called high-key landing. The squadron, named Bonzo, was established in 1951 and has a swing-wing role, giving air support to ground troops as well as air defense. The squadron has reportedly also a more secretive task, its nuclear capable. 312 started to fly with Thunderjets, swapped to Thunderstreak in 1956 and transited to Stargighter in late 1965. On 27 July 1984 the first F-16A arrived for 312sq and these be part of the squadron up to 2024 when the F-35A will make its appearance.

22 December 2021 saw the final test flight - and possibly the final flight - of the sole test Fighting Falcon of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force). The J-066, named Orange Jumper, only recently moved from Leeuwarden air base to Volkel air base, is marked with a Volkel tail fin and the colours of the province of Brabant on the stabilizors. The Orange Jumper is seen here with eight live (yellow painted rings on the weapons) Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) underneath the wings, as well as two training AIM-120s on the fintips as well as an ALQ pod underneath the fuselage.

On 22 December 2021, the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) said goodbye to the CH-47D Chinook after near 25 years of operations with the type. The Delta workhorse is now replaced by the CH-47F MYII CAAS of which the KLu will get twenty on strength. D-667 was the final CH-47D, and is shown here during its final flight over GLV-5, (Gebied Laagvliegen, military low flying area), just before it made a tour over the Netherlands and its final landingspot Logistiek Centrum Woensdrecht (LCW, Logistical Center at Woensdrecht air base).

The last Netherlands CH-47D on her last flight. Next destination is the National Military Museum at Soesterberg.

One of fourteen new CH-47F MYII CAAS (Common Avionics Architecture System) Chinooks for the replacement of the eleven older CH-47Ds of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) turning towards the platform at its homebase Gilze Rijen in last light. This D-480 (FMS serial 16-07480) was delivered to the KLu on 31 August 2021.

One of fourteen new CH-47F MYII CAAS (Common Avionics Architecture System) Chinooks for the replacement of the eleven older CH-47Ds of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) turning towards the platform at its homebase Gilze Rijen in last light. This D-472 (FMS serial 16-07472) was delivered to the KLu on 31 August 2021.

This G-988 is former a former EC-130Q of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 4 (BuNo 162313). and was stored at AMARG as 2G0016 from Sep'91. It became N9239G with Airplane Sales Int'l Co and was moved from AMARG in 2005. The aircraft was acquired by the KLu in nov'05, flown to Marshalls in Cambridge in Jun'06 for a mayor update to KLu standard. It was first seen in KLu grey colours while performing testruns at Cambridge Feb'09. Its first flight as C-130H was on 2 Jul'09. It is named Willem den Toom since late 2010. The aircraft is assigned to 336sq at Eindhoven air base.

The Spyker V.2 trainer was the first aircraft type designed and built in series in the Netherlands, by the Trompenburg company which also made cars under the famous brand name Spyker or Spijker. Ordered off the drawing board, the V.2 first flew in March 1918. 58 V.2s were built for the Dutch army and 20 for the navy. In 1924, nine of the navy's surviving aircraft were transferred to the army, which must have replaced the type with the Fokker S.IV soon thereafter. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

Delivery of the first F-16 to the R. Neth. A.F.

Checking the 20mm Vulcan canon.