Royal Netherlands Air Force

From Scramble - The Aviation Magazine

Koninklijke Luchtmacht
Description
Motto	Parvus Numero, Magnus Merito (Small in numbers, great in merit)
Established	16 April 1913
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Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft Types 2.1 Current and future types 2.2 Types operated in the past 3 Units 3.1 Current units 3.2 Disbanded units 4 Serials 5 More information 5.1 External links 5.2 Sources 6 Images

History

Originally established in 1913 at Soesterberg. Became independent from the Army (Luchtvaart Afdeling) in 1953.

Aircraft Types

Current and future types

AB412SP Boeing AH-64D Apache Eurocopter AS532U2 Cougar Fokker 50 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Gulfstream IV

Lockheed C-130 Hercules McDonnell Douglas KDC-10-30 NHIndustries NH-90 Pilatus PC-7 Sud Aviation SE3160 Alouette III

Types operated in the past

Auster AOP3 AVRO Anson Airspeed Oxford Beechcraft T-7 Navigator Boeing AH-64A Apache De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth De Havilland DH-89 Dominie De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Douglas C-47 Dakota Fokker 60 (see Fokker 50) Fokker F27 Fokker S-11 Fokker S-14 Gloster Meteor Hawker Hunter Hiller H-23 Raven

Lockheed F-104G, RF-104G & TF-104G Starfighter Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Lockheed 12 Lockheed Hudson Northrop NF-5 Freedom Fighter MBB Bo105CB North American B-25 Mitchell North American F-86K Sabre Harvard Percival Proctor III & IV Piper L-18C,L-21A & L-21B Super Cub Republic F-84G Thunderjet Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Republic RF-84F Thunderflash Sud Est SE3130 Alouette II Supermarine Spitfire

Units

Current units

131 Squadron 298 Squadron 300 Squadron 301 Squadron 303 Squadron

306 Squadron 311 Squadron 312 Squadron 313 Squadron 322 Squadron

323 Squadron 334 Squadron 334 Squadron Det 336 Squadron Kantoor Test Vliegen

Disbanded units

299 Squadron 302 Squadron 314 Squadron 315 Squadron 316 Squadron

324 Squadron 325 Squadron 326 Squadron 327 Squadron 328 Squadron

700 Squadron 701 Squadron 702 Squadron Jachtvliegschool Transitie & Conversie Afdeling

Serials

The serial system used by the RNlAF is discussed in depth in this article.

More information

• Dutch Military Aircraft Roundels, an article on the markings of Dutch military aircraft.
• Air bases in the Netherlands

External links

• Royal Netherlands Air Force - Wikipedia
• Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Wikipedia
• Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Royal Netherlands Air Force
• Ministerie van Defensie - Ministry of Defence

Sources

• Vlucht door de tijd (75 jaar Nederlandse Luchtmacht), 1988 (no ISBN)

Images

Dutch F-16 during Air Show Radom 2005, Poland.

Chinook D-664 at Leeuwarden 2006