A pair of Fighting Falcons going for the afterburner on the runway at Twenthe. J-208 as delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) on 25 July 1985. After serving most - if not all - Dutch F-16 squadrons including the one in the States, it was retired in September 2012. The F-16BM was placed in storage at Leeuwarden and eventually sold to the Royal Jordanian Air Force as 237 on 29 November 2017.

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One of the Cessna 150's of Vliegschool Zestienhoven

A very rare visit of a jet fighter to the relative short runway of NAS Valkenburg (the Netherlands). The Lockheed built TF-104G was delivered to the Luftwaffe as KF210, it became later JA375 and was transferred to the Marineflieger (German Naval Aviation). It was retired in 1986 and sold to Greece as 5910 on 12 July 1988.

K-3003, one of the first Dutch NF-5As made its last flight on this day in 1986. It is seen here in 313sq markings arriving at the x-servicing at Gilze Rijen. It was soon after dismantled and transported by road to the Luchtmacht Electronische en Technische School (LETS, Air Force Electronic and Technical School) at Deelen on 22 Jan 1987. K-3003 was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) on 25 Apr 1970. The aircraft served as a gate guard at Eindhoven since 11 Apr 1991. A year later, the NF-5A was moved to Gilze Rijen and reserialled to K-3066 as a gate guard.

FMS serial 161378, delivered to the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation) on 10 April 1984 and served 320sq from that moment. It was modified to P-3C-II½ and was later handed over to Portugal as 14811 in January 2003.

The City of London, arriving at Zestienhoven while operating the return leg LHR-RTM

Sadly this aircraft was written off after a landing accident at Borkum Airfield, Germany, on 14th September 2020. The accident summary says: "On landing at Borkum airfield, the Cessna T210N Turbo Centurion II took off again after initial contact with the runway and then fell over on the right wing. It crashed to the ground in the adjacent grassy area next to the runway and a fire started on the aircraft. The pilot sustained serious burning injuries and was airlifted to hospital by Airbus H135 PH-DOC "Lifeliner 4".". (With thanks to Aviation Safety Network).

A-007 and A-018 were present for a week-long squadron rotation with the Dutch 315sq that operated NF-5A/B's. Both Drakens are seen here in a beautiful late-fall sunshine at the runway of Twenthe.

Previously: EP-AHK, G-5-11

A dual seat Harrier of 4sq visiting Twenthe. The aircraft - then based at RAF Gutersloh (Germany) - made its first flight as a Harrier T2 on 24 November 1970 and was delivered to the RAF on 10 March 1971. It was last seen as an instructional airframe at Coventry university in 2017