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Latest update: July 2024

Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)

Command Wing Group Squadron Aircraft Code Base DHC     7 squadron NH90-NFH   De Kooy       131 EMVO squadron PC-7   Woensdracht DHC     298 squadron CH-47F   Gilze-Rijen DHC     300 squadron AS532.U2   Gilze-Rijen DHC     301 squadron AH-64E   Gilze-Rijen DHC     302 squadron CH-47F, AH-64E   Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood), TX ACC     306 squadron MQ-9A   Leeuwarden ACC     312 squadron F-16AM   Volkel ACC     313 squadron F-35A   Volkel ACC     322 squadron F-35A   Leeuwarden       323 TES F-35A (from 2024)   Edwards AFB, California AMC     334 squadron G650   Eindhoven AMC     336 squadron C-130H, C-130H.30   Eindhoven DHC     860 squadron NH90-NFH   De Kooy       EFTC F-16AM/BM   Fetești (86th Air Base), Romania       NMI CH-47F   Al Asad Airbase, Iraq AETC 56th FW   NODF-35 F-35A   Luke AFB, Arizona

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.