K-3009 is seen here shortly after delivery to 315 Sqn. The aircraft later went to 313 Sqn and was lost on 1 November 1974 when it crashed in a field south of Akkrum in the Netherlands, following a mid-air collision with K-4001. K-4001 landed safely at Leeuwarden Air Base.

This 19 June 1970 delivered NF-5A was part of the Vliegend Uit Dienst (VUD, Fly Away from Service), also reported as Vervroegd Uit Dienst (Early Retirement from Service), section at Gilze Rijen. K-3012 was kept in flyable storage after its operational career with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) before it was sold and flown over to Greece as 3012 on 11 April 1991. It Freedom Fighter is here seen in the hangar next to the cross servicing platform of Gilze Rijen.

Delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Forced) on 17 October 1970, this NF-5A was withdrawn from use in 1986. It was kept in a flyable storage for possible sale but was eventually stored and became an instructional airframe at the Anthony Fokker School in The Hague in the early 90s. It then moved to the National Aviation College in Hoofddorp in the mid-90s. After the NF-5 became useless, it was transported to the National Military Museum at Soesterberg for preservation from early 2019. Of notice on this picture is the grey (new?) wing attached the camouflaged fuselage.

Vliegend Uit Dienst (Fly Away from Service), also reported as Vervroegd Uit Dienst (Early Retirement from Serrvice), this K-3035 was kept in flyable storage after its operational career with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) before it was sold and flown over to Türkiye as 3035 on 20 December 1991. Because of the fyable storage, the NF-5A/Bs with the VUD markings were sometimes seen outside.

Preserved at Eindhoven from 1992.

With K-3039

The last squadron exchange for 313 sqn flying the NF-5 was with RAF 12 sqn Buccaneers and Hunter XL616/P.

With K-3001 and K-4026

With its nse gear a little pumped up, the Freedom Fighter is seen taxying to the runway of Twente. The aircraft was sold to Turkey as 3042 and departed Dutch soil on 26 July 1990.

Later sold to the Turkish AF as 70-3041; cockpit section preserved at the Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Istanbul.

R.Dan.A.F. Esk-730 Zap

K-3003 together with K-3019