Supplied to Greece

Devoid of any markings apart from it's serial is this Alouette III A-246 of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht. It was present at Schiphol to bring Prince Bernhard to some festivities at the Dutch Dakota Association.

Pretty F27-100 C-1 of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht was already a classic when it was photographed at Schiphol on a rainy January day in 1996.

Those huge 100 meter+ windmills just make the Chinook like a toy

The very last transatlantic crossing with Dutch F-16As. 312 Squadron was the last to covert to the F-16AM and this was about to start after they returned from Maple Flag in Canada. Because of the historic significance, all aircraft received full colour squadron markings prior of their departure from Goose Bay. A last minute request for a nice formation over Greenland was honoured, to much delight of all the passengers in the KDC-10! From front to back: J-199, J-617, J-870, J-871, J-877 and J-202.

An unmarked Dutch Fighting Falcon awaiting its turn to take-off from Leeuwarden air base. The J-360 was sold to Chile in June 2007 as 723

This J-211 taxied to the runway of Leeuwarden air base during a squadron rotation with Greek Mirage 2000s. The dual seat Fighting Falcon started its service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force on 29 April 1986 and was eventually sold to Chile as 738 on 3 June 2007.

Spare aircraft for J-055 (Demo Flight).

Dutch Apache being prepared for another mission over Uruzgan province (Afghanistan)

With Deny Flight mission markings on the fin. Operation Deny Flight was held over Bosnia to protect the Bosnian population against air attacks by Republika Srpska, Serbian and Croation air forces.

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!