Category: Military
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Exercise Orange Bull 2025
Exercise Orange Bull 2025 is a military training operation conducted by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) from March 24 to April 4, 2025. The exercise focuses on practicing tactical landings, cargo drops, and parachute operations across various locations in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant, Overijssel, Groningen, and parts of Belgium. As part of…
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Saviours of the North
In the north of Italy, nestled between the Lago Maggiore and the Lago di Como, lies the airfield of Venegono. Besides being the location where Leonardo Aircraft constructs their training aircraft, this place is also the base for the Sezione Aerea Varese of the Guardia di Finanza (Italian fiscal police). This small unit, which is…
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Hold the Line
Last September the Fallschirmjägerregiment 31 of the Bundeswehr held a week-long exercise on and near the small airfield of Karlshöfen, which is north of Bremen. During one of the days, a Super Lynx of Marinefliegergeschwader 5 joined the action in order to exercise sling operations with the Super Lynx. Purpose of the exercise on that…
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Throwback – Exercise Cerberus Guard
In March 2013 the area around the former Twenthe Airbase was the scene of a large exercise called Cerberus Guard where airmobile forces had the objective to capture the airfield.
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Exercise Blue Wings 2020 – There’s a first time for everything
In August 2020 a truly unique exercise took place in Germany: Exercise Blue Wings 2020. This exercise marked the first time that aircraft from the German Luftwaffe and Israeli Air Force (IAF) operated jointly in German skies. After the Luftwaffe had already taken part twice in Exercise Blue Flag, which took place at IAFs Ovda…
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Sleeping beauties in the morning sun
In August 2020 some work needed to be done in the depots of the Dutch Nationaal Militair Museum. Because of this, several sleeping beauties (otherwise not visible to the public) were parked outside in the morning sun on the platform of the former Soesterberg Airbase.
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Year Overview 2019
The annual overview is now online. Enjoy 12 minutes of sights and sounds.
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Exercise Épervier 2019
From August 23 to 30, 2019, six Mirage 2000-5 of the Groupe de Chasse 1/2 “Cigognes” participated in the exercise “Épervier”, from Payerne air base in Switzerland. This is an air training that allows French air defense pilots, to perform complex missions with the Swiss F/A-18 Hornet.
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75 years Market Garden commemoration
The month of September is traditionally the period when Operation Market Garden is commemorated in the Netherlands. This year was the 75th anniversary of this failed operation. On Friday the 20th of September the Ginkelse Heide area was the scene of the rehearsals for the 75 Years Market Garden commemmorations.Since I had the idea that…
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Exercise Orange Bull
Between 1 and 5 July 2019 exercise Orange Bull was held at Twente Airport.