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Latest update: October 2024
 
Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)
 
Command Wing Group Squadron Aircraft
DHC     7 squadron NH90-NFH
      131 EMVO squadron PC-7
DHC     298 squadron CH-47F
DHC     300 special operations squadron AS532.U2
DHC     301 squadron AH-64E
DHC     302 squadron CH-47F, AH-64E
ACC     306 squadron MQ-9A
ACC     312 squadron F-35A
ACC     313 squadron F-35A
ACC     322 squadron F-35A
      323 TES F-35A (from 2024)
AMC     334 squadron G650
AMC     336 squadron C-130H, C-130H.30
DHC     860 squadron NH90-NFH
      EFTC F-16AM/BM
      NMI CH-47F
AETC 56th FW   NODF-35 F-35A
         
 
Comment(s):

Command Full name     Comment  
ACC Air Combat Command   RNLAF ACC  
AETC Air Education and Training Command USAF AETC  
AMC Air Mobility Command   RNLAF AMC  
DHC Defensie Helikopter Commando      
EATC European Air Transport Command      
EFTC European F-16 Training Center      
ENJJPTP Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program    
HAW Heavy Airlift Wing      
NAEW&CF NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force    
NDTA Netherlands Detachment Tucson Arizona. Last mission 29.07.22  
NMI NATO Mission Iraq.   First Chinook arrived 05.04.24
NODF-35 Nederlands Opleiding Detachement F-35.    
SAC Strategic Airlift Capability      
           

302 squadron: is based in the United States for training of air- and ground crews.

312 squadron: will her last F-16 missions on 27 September 2024.

313 squadron: made her last flight with the F-16 on December 18, 2020. They transitioned to the F-35A at Leeuwarden Air Base from January 1, 2021. On June 30, 2022 the squadron flew four F-35A's to Volkel Air Base.

323 TES: lost her two F-35's to the NODF-35. Is reported to receive two F-35's and continue test and development from Edwards AFB, California from 2024.

EFTC: was activated on November 13, 2023. Both Romanian and Ukraining pilots will be trained. All F-16's assigned to retained their Dutch serial and roundel.

NDTA / 148th FS: flew her last F-16 mission on July 29, 2022.

NMI: The Netherlands contibution to the NATO Mission Iraq. Three CH-47F's assigned to 298 squadron are assigned to NMI.

NODF-35: is based in the United States for training of air- and ground crews. The squadron is embedded within the 56th Fighter Wing, 308th fighter squadron "Emerald Knights". 308th FS also trains Danish F-35A crews.
 
Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF): reports
 
Squadrons 1990 - present Squadron anniversaries RNLAF "elsewhere"
 
Comment(s):

The squadrons 1990 - present report contains the activation and inactivation dates of all squadrons, including the Marineluchtvaartdienst (MLD - RNLN naval aviation service), operational from June 1990.