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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.
Leeuwarden Air Base was one of two Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon bases, which are being replaced by F-35A Lightning II, the first of which arrived at Leeuwarden on 31 October 2019. [4] The base is the location of the Fighter Weapons Instructor Training (FWIT) and the annual multinational NATO exercise "Frisian Flag".
The Dutch F16 demo team moved to another squadron and/or base every two years, season 2007-2009 having been the exception. From 2005 until 2009 the demo team was based at Volkel Air Base. In 2010 the team consisted of members of operational squadrons from Leeuwarden Air Base. They took over the orange F-16, J-015.
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Odiliapeel (Brabantian: De Piejel) is a village in the Netherlands.It is situated in the northeast corner of the province of North Brabant, south of Volkel Air Base.It used to be part of the municipality of Uden, but merged into the municipality of Maashorst in 2022.
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