The F-16 made its final flight in Royal Netherlands Air Force service on Friday, with six F-16s departing Volkel Air Base for a formation flight lapping the Netherlands. While the… Continue reading "F-16s Make Final Flight In Dutch Service Following F-35 Full Operational Capability Annoucement"
The European F-16 Training Center in Romania was formally inaugurated on Monday, with the facility intended to provide training for Romanian and Ukrainian pilots for the F-16. The inauguration ceremony… Continue reading "European F-16 Training Center In Romania Officially Opens"
The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee announced on Thursday that its gendarmes had arrested a man from Apeldoorn municipality in the center of the country, on suspicion of shooting at a Royal… Continue reading "Dutch Man Arrested For Shooting At Apache Attack Helicopter"
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has announced that it plans to purchase the Embraer C-390M to replace its C-130H Hercules fleet. Secretary of State for Defense Christophe van der… Continue reading "Netherlands Selects Embraer C-390M To Replace C-130H Fleet"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We welcome New Year with a raft of interesting articles focused on… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 January)"
The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announced the Initial Operational Capability of 4 F-35A multirole jet fighters belonging to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht). The Netherlands is… Continue reading "Netherlands Declare Initial Operational Capability of Its F-35s"
The Dutch Ministry of Defense reports that the pilot and crew chief of a Belgian Air Force F-16 have been taken to hospital, following an incident during the startup of… Continue reading "Two Injured In Belgian F-16 Startup Incident At Dutch Air Base"
On 31 October, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) received its first Netherlands-based F-35A at Leeuwarden Air Base. The F-35A, tail number F-009, landed at 1530 local time after performing… Continue reading "Royal Netherlands Air Force Receives First Netherlands-Based F-35"
The Netherlands is to buy 8 or 9 more F-35s on top of the 37 already on order, Dutch Minister of Defense, Ank Bijleveld, said in an interview with Dutch… Continue reading "Netherlands to Buy 8 or 9 More F-35s"