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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 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.
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.
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.
Pages in category "Royal Netherlands Air Force bases" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Volkel Air Base; W. Woensdrecht Air Base; Y ...
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In the afternoon of 22 September 1956, a Lockheed T-33 training plane of the Royal Netherlands Air Force departed from Volkel Air Base. [3] According to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the pilot was instructed to make a reconnaissance flight, followed by a few landings at Volkel Air Base. [4]
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have F-35 aircraft at Volkel Air Base or Leeuwarden Air Base on high alert. They intercept once notified by the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen, near Apeldoorn in Gelderland.