Due to a defect this Chinook was abandoned at the beach at the Vlieland Cornfield armament range. Later on personnel were flown in by Cougar to fix the problem. It departed late in the afternoon.

Dropping some cargo near Aussie special forces near a Taliban occupied territory in Uruzgan province

wearing sticer "75 jaar 298 sq" t/s Arrival to support the firebrigade at the wildfire of Deurnsche Peel

Hilarious: This Dutch Chinook had a bird strike over Afghanistan. That caused a clear visible dent in the black radome. The little damaged and robust built Chinook could continue its flight. Later during my deployment to Kandahar, I told this story to an F-16 pilot on QRA duty. With a complete astonished but spontaneous look he said: "Huh, how's that possible?? Birds can only hit the rear of a Chinook in flight!!". On the picture, the concerning H-47 is seen over one of the few lakes in Kandahar province. Chinooks stole my heart during the deployment. So versatile and such a dangerous mission!

With machine guns sprouting out of the doors and ramp

Flying from Kandahar Air Field to Tarin Kowt (Uruzgan) over war-torn Afghanistan during a deployment in 2008. 298sq was then assigned to the 1(NLD)ATF ISAF that stands for (1st (Neterherlands) Air Task Force International Security Assistance Force that was operating from Kandahar.

Departing from the beach of the Cornfield shooting range. As requested they made a fly by for the photographers on the control tower.