Comment(s):
For an overview of squadrons (including the former Marine Luchtvaart
Dienst) from the 1990 please visit:
Royal Netherlands Air Force and Naval
Air Service squadrons 1990 - present
7 squadron:
Borrows helicopters from 860 squadron when required.
299 squadron deactivated as an operational squadron (BO-105) on January
13, 2003 and was activated again on July 4, 2008 as a training squadron.
Helicopters from colleague 298, 300 or 301 squadrons are borrowed when
needed.
306 squadron reactivated at Leeuwarden Air Base on Friday September 14,
2018. Four MQ-9 Reapers are purchased which will be delivered from mid
2020. Currently the squadron (since December 2016) employs image
analysts and intelligence specialists.
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| An USAF MQ-9 Reaper on static display at Luchtmachtdagen
2013 held at Volkel Air Base. |
NODF-35 (Nederlands Opleiding Detachement F-35):
Will be integrated in the 308th Fighter Squadron which will be activated
at Luke AFB as the fourth F-35A training squadron within the 56th
Fighter Wing. Eight F-35As - six to be delivered by Lockheed Martin Fort
Worth, Texas plant in 2019 and two F-35As assigned to 323 TES stationed
at Edwards AFB, California - will be assigned to NODF-35.
NDTA (Netherlands Detachment Tucson Arizona):
Integrated into the 148th FS, 162 FW of the Arizona ANG. Responsible for
training new F-16 pilots, training of F-16 instructor pilots and
proficiency training for current F-16 pilots.
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