RNLAF
Netherlands purchases second-hand Gulfstream G650
Following the decision to buy five C-390 Millenniums as a replacement for the C-130H(-30)s, six additional F-35As and four additional MQ-9s, the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) has purchased one more additional aircraft
No 312 Squadron: Inside the last Dutch F-16 unit
AirForces Monthly visits No 312 Squadron, the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s only fully operational fighter unit and sole remaining employer of the F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon, as it prepares to transition to the F-35A Lightning II
Exercise Report: RNLAF carry out Ex High Blaze
To maintain mountain qualifications within the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s helicopter force, Exercise High Blaze was executed last September. We spoke to the commander of the exercise
Inside the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Cougar operations
Carlo Kuit and Paul Kievit of Bronco Aviation delve into the world of Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Aérospatiale Cougar operations with 300 Squadron out of Gilze-Rijen Air Base
RNLAF marks new milestones with latest F-35A delivery
The RNLAF has received two more F-35A Lightning IIs in a delivery that marked the arrival of the final example for No 322 Squadron and the first aircraft destined to be operated from Volkel Air Base in North Brabant
Behind-the-scenes with the RNLAF's 298 Squadron and its new CH-47F fleet
We recently visited the Royal Netherlands Air Force's No 298 Squadron at Gilze-Rijen Air Base to see how the air arm's new CH-47F Chinook fleet is gaining more traction with the Defence Helicopter Command
Netherlands reaches IOC with F-35
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence and Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) declared initial operational capability (IOC) for its F-35A fleet on December 27
RNLAF F-16s travel to Italy for training exercise
Between November 12-26 the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)/Royal Netherlands Air force (RNLAF) sent multiple F-16AM (MLU) Fighting Falcons over to Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy, for Exercise Gioia Falcon
RNLAF's final KDC-10 tanker leaves the Netherlands
The Royal Netherlands Air Force sole remaining McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 tanker - serial T-235 - departed Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands for the US on October 25, as it heads to its new civil-based owner on the other side of the Atlantic
Farewell Orange Jumper: The RNLAF's one-of-a-kind F-16 test vehicle
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is getting set to say goodbye to its one-of-a-kind Lockheed Martin F-16BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon test vehicle, as we explain