F-011 (FMS serial 18-5405) made its first flight on 15 June 2020 and was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) and assigned to 322sq at Leeuwarden air base on 14 July 2020. Here the aircraft is seen returning to Volkel air base from a twelve strong Dutch Lightning II deployment in Norway. F-011 was one of a formation of four that arrived in the evening hours.

he Dutch F-35A Lightning IIs started their first deployment early to mid-November 2020. Although they deployed only fifteen minutes of flight away from their northern home base Leeuwarden to the southern base Volkel, it's a necessary step for the squadron to become fully operational at the brand-new aircraft. Here F-011 departs Volkel in Indian Summer conditions for a mission over the northern part of the Netherlands.

First flight of the third KLu F-35A built/assembled in Italy at FACO Cameri plant