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Woensdrecht Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Woensdrecht) (IATA: WOE [1], ICAO: EHWO) is a military airport between the villages of Woensdrecht and Huijbergen, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the city of Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. It is located near the A58 motorway and the border with Belgium.
Dutch Topographic map of Woensdrecht, June 2015. Woensdrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋunzdrɛxt] ⓘ) is a municipality (named after the village) in the southern Netherlands. Woensdrecht is the home of the Woensdrecht Air Base, which is located to the north-east of the village of Woensdrecht and to the north-west of Huijbergen.
Woensdrecht was home to 792 people in 1840. [5] During the 20th century, Woensdrecht and Hoogerheide merged into a single urban area. [4] In 1935, a little airfield was built near the village. During World War II, Woensdrecht Air Base became a large military airport, and remained a military airport after the war. In 1944, it was severely ...
The Royal Netherlands Air Force Military School at Woensdrecht Air Base is the training institute for all Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel, except officer candidates, which are trained at the Royal Military Academy. The base also houses a Fire Fighting Exercise and Training Centre, and the Joint Meteorological Group, which provides ...
Pages in category "Royal Netherlands Air Force bases" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Woensdrecht Air Base; Y. Ypenburg Airport
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was created in 1953 to succeed its predecessor, the Luchtvaartafdeling (English: aviation department ) of the Dutch Army, which was founded in 1913.
Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen is a military air traffic control centre and has a single helipad for military use. After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles the airports on Bonaire , Saba and Sint Eustatius became a part of the Netherlands, however they use the TN prefix instead of EH which is used for other Dutch airports.
Woensdrecht Air Base, Netherlands; Planned BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile base (Closed 1988, never made active) Eastern Europe.