Volkel Air Base (The Netherlands) Air Force Days flying display 2013-06-14

[Anton Homma]

Hi there,

here's part two of my impression of the Dutch Air Force Days at Volkel. This thread will be with some more action shots; the flying display.

1. The action started with the arrival of this great looking F-4 Phantom of the German Air Force. The plane is wearing a special livery to commemorate the phasing out of the F-4 later this month.

F4-GAF-3701-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

2. The only flying MiG-15 in Europe was also present.

MIG15-PVT-SPYNZ-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

3. The show continued with this great AJS37 Viggen, owned by the Swedish Historical Flight. What a beauty!

AJS37-SHF-SEDXN-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

4. The mighty Viggen landing after its demo.

AJS37-SHF-SEDXN-VKL14jun13-3 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

5. The Royal Netherlands Air Force is still operating three Alouette 3 helicopters, all three were present.

SE3160-KLU-A301-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

6. Nice little Saab Gripen of the Czech Air Force.

JAS39-CZAF-9235-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

7. Followed by this mean looking Mirage 2000N of the French Air Force.

Mirage2000-FAF-350-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

8. Belgium showed off their F-16 Solo Display:

F16A-BAF-FA84-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

9. The Patrouille de Suisse was also present with their nicely liveried F-5s.

F5-SWF-UNK-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

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F5-SWF-UNK-VKL14jun13-5 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

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F5-SWF-UNK-VKL14jun13-7 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

12. This nice Avro Anson was also displayed to the public.

Anson-RAF-WD413-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

13. Helicopter power! This NH-90 and AS332 Cougar helicopters of the RNLAF dropped of some Vips, before moving to the static.

NH90-KLU-N227-VKL14jun13-3 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

14. Historic formation made by the Dutch B-25 Mitchell and Spitfire.

Spitfire-KLU-3W17-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

15. Nice formation by the Dutch solo teams.

F16A-KLU-J015-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

16. The Apache demo was, as always, impressive with the use of flares.

AH64D-KLU-Q17-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

17. A nice F-16B with Arizona markings blasting off for the base attack demo.

F16B-KLU-J368-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

18. KDC-10 showing off its refueling capability.

KDC10-KLU-T235-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

19. After which the base attack began, with this Chinook dropping soldiers at the scene.

CH47-KLU-D101-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

20. This Herky dropped of some terrain vehicles, covered by Apaches.

C130H-KLU-G275-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

21. One of the participating F-16s of the base attack returning to earth.

F16A-KLU-J196-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

22. The Finnish Air Force showed off one of its F-18 Hornets.

F18-FIN-HN452-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

23. And our Italian friends were also present with the Frecce Tricolori.

MB339-ITA-UNK-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

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MB339-ITA-UNK-VKL14jun13-3 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

25. Some helicopter power was shown by this Czech Mil Mi-24.

Mi24-CZAF-3361-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

26. Another Gripen, this time a Hungarian one.

JAS39-HUAF-42-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

27. As always on these days, the Red Arrows were also present. Here they are flying the Concorde-formation.

Hawk-RAF-UNK-VKL14jun13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

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Hawk-RAF-UNK-VKL14jun13-5 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

29. Great raw fighter performance by two Polish Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters!

SU22-PLF-8309-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

30. And the airshow ended, for me, with this Turkish F-16.

F16C-TUAF-910011-VKL14jun13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

I left the airbase during the demo of the French aerobatic team; Patrouille de France, meaning I could leave the car park without any delays...

Hope you liked them!

Cheers!

[yankees368]

Mighty impressive!

[JZ]

Very impressive, how often do you get Red Arrow, Frecce Tricolori, and Patrouille de Suisse all in the same air show.

[Anton Homma]

Very impressive, how often do you get Red Arrow, Frecce Tricolori, and Patrouille de Suisse all in the same air show.

Well... Every two years in The Netherlands... In 2009 we had the Turkish Stars (F-5s), Patrulla Aguila (Casa 101s), Patrouille de France (Alpha Jets) and the Red Arrows (Hawks) in the same weekend and in 2011 we had the Red Arrows and Patrouille de France, only two because the airshow was late in the season. This year I even left before the Patrouille de France started, so common...

Mighty impressive

Thanks!

Cheers!