Mad Viper Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) On June 10th and 11th the Royal Netherlands Air Force Days were held at Leeuwarden AB. Close to home so both days were visited. The airshow and static weren't that exciting, not really much exotic, interesting or new things on them. But these days were all about the F-35A's from the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Yes the first Air Force in Europe, if i'm correct, that shows the F-35 to the public. And they did that with a lot of action. Both F-35's participated in the Air Power Demo. An impression, Part 1: 1. Dutch B-25 in take-off 2. Black Cats with their new Wildcats 3. RNLAf Herc during the Air Power Demo 4. Flares! Flares! Flares! 5. F-35 with Flares :thumbsup:/> 6. Vapor during pull up 7. Little shockwave on this Typhoon 8. Mig-29 with flares :woohoo: 9. Battle of Britian Memorial Flight and Dutch Air Force Historic Flight spitfire together 10. Polish F-16D with CFTs Edited June 19, 2016 by Mad Viper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Viper Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 And Part 2 11. M346 Master, we'll be seeing this more in the future I guess. 12. March AFB C-17 13. Dutch Dakota Association DC-3, familiar site both this time the KLM titles were replaced with own DDA titles 14. Highlight of the Air Power Demo on saturday, the F-35 with hugh vapor cloud. 15. KLM A330 with 2 F-16's. 16. Around closing time on saturday the two F-35's were placed on the static 17. And the Highlight of the Air Force Days for me, the Spitfire, F-16 and F-35 in formation. That was it, for full report please visit my website Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Djack Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Beautiful pictures, even with the gloomy skies! This show is on my wish list one day. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) What is this "OT" on the dutch F-35. Eglin AFB, FL ??? Finally low vis RNLAF roundels and I swear seeing one used on a ducth F-16 in afghanistan. Edited June 22, 2016 by cag_200 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Viper Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) Those F-35's are based at Edwards AFB, first it was Eglin. 323 Test and Evaluation Squadron, former 323 F-16 Sqn, does the OT&E together with the USA and UK at Edwards, IIRC. The low viz roundels were already applied on the C-130's and new CH-47F's from the RNLAF. F-16's I can't tell for sure, never seen low viz on them, only tail markings. Edited June 22, 2016 by Mad Viper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoops Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Very nice photos, thank you for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeeJee Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Very Nice Michel ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Very nice Michel! Looked like a great day! Even on gray days aviation is exciting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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