Soesterberg Air Base

ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE VISITORS

The monument, the visitors and of course the F-27's of 334sq, they seemed to belong  to Soesterberg

Air Base forever. Unfortunately since December 2008 the monument is the only thing remaining...

        For years these gracious Friendships were a common sight at Soesterberg Air Base.

During the Open House of 1981 this Maritime version of the F-27 (M-2) was seen just before

                     heading to the West-Indies to patrol the Caribbean waters.

It took a long time before this type of aircraft appeared i.f.o. my camera while visiting Soesterberg,

                                        but finally at 30 June 2007 it happened.

    It didn't happen too often that NF-5 's operated out of "Camp New Amsterdam". In this case

    this dual "freedom fighter", together with some colleagues, taxied on the southern taxitrack.

This Rescue version of the Alouette III was present during the Open House in September 1981.

AB414SP Tweety bird, as part of the fly past on 29 May 2008. For the last time over Soesterberg.

                 Gulfstream IV  V-11  in take off at Soesterberg Air Base on 24-11-04.

   KDC-10 T-264 with callsign "NAF41" made 3 approaches at Soesterberg on 22-08-06.

         Dutch  DC-10 climbing out over Zeist after making approaches at Soesterberg AB.

    Once again with nice winter weather; T-264 making touch and go's at EHSB on 15-02-08.

     F-60's came quite regularly at Soesterberg. Also this one on 04-04-05 (U-04).

                           PC-7's are one of the most frequent guests. (09-03-05)

The last couple of years the fighter power usually remained restricted to Dutch F-16's. In this case it was an

extraordinary example of 313 Sq which departed with full afterburner after a short visit in May 2005.

Revival of the fifties; Hunter of the Dutch Hawker Hunter Foundation at Soesterberg on 15 September 2007.

             This Apache Q-15 was a guest at the party of 298sq. on 30-05-06.

   So now and then a Lynx helicopter shows up to train with the Marines in Doorn. (04-05-05)

This Lynx was one of the participants of the Isacar Rally 2008, which ended at Soesterberg (07-06-08).

         Unfortunately an image from the past; A Dutch Orion at Soesterberg. (17-09-04)