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Volkel Air Base is located near the village of Volkel.It is one of several military airfields in the Netherlands, and one of the three major operational bases of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), the other two being Leeuwarden Air Base and Gilze-Rijen Air Base.
Volkel is known for Volkel Air Base of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) as well as the amusement park BillyBird Park Hemelrijk . Volkel used to be a little village. In 1455, a chapel was built, but the village did not get a church until 1855. [4] In 1940, a military airport was built near Volkel by the Germans.
Volkel Air Base was one of two Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM Falcon bases, which are being replaced by F-35A Lightning II. [4] As part of NATO's nuclear sharing the US Air Force 's 703rd Munitions Support Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing stores B61 tactical nuclear weapons at Volkel for use with Dutch F-16AM Falcon.
On 7 December 2007 military use of Twente Air Base ceased. The aerodrome is now known as Enschede Airport Twente. Flying officially ended at Soesterberg Air Base on 12 November 2008. The last jet ever to take off was a Hellenic AF F-4E. The base closed on 31 December 2008. The 298th and 300th squadron moved to Gilze-Rijen Air Base. A part of ...
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In 2023, Crane was arrested at Volkel Air Base in The Netherlands. She was interviewed about this direct action protest by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now in August that year and was quoted as saying, "We're very concerned about the legality of the United States sending nuclear warheads to the five countries in Europe, particularly to the Netherlands and to Germany, because it's against the Non ...
The vault is within a Protective Aircraft Shelter General Roger Brady being shown a dummy nuclear weapon in a Weapons Storage and Security System at Volkel Air Base Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3) is a system including electronic controls and vaults built into the floors of Protective Aircraft Shelters (PAS) on several NATO military ...
Leeuwarden Air Base is also one of the three military airbases (together with Gilze-Rijen Air Base and Volkel Air Base) that organise the twice-in-three-years Luchtmachtdagen ('Air Force Days') of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, consisting of air shows and static exhibits. In 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016 Leeuwarden Air Base hosted these public ...