Frank & Gijs & Hans

KLu : F-16B

No less than 213 F-16 fighter aircraft were delivered to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (K.Lu.) in…

KLu : Hawker Hunter T.7

Twenty Hawker Hunter T.7 side by side two-seat jets of British origin were in service with the Royal Netherlands…

RF-84Fs of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu)

  No 306 Sqn KLu received its first RF 84F Thunderflash at RAF Laarbruch (G) on…

KLu: Lockheed T-33

As a two-seat jet trainer the Lockheed T-33 – commonly known as ” T-Bird” – was developed from the…

In ITALY the Thunderstreaks equipped 8 air force squadrons: 5th at Rimini, 6th at Ghedi, 8th at Cervia, 36th…

Thunderstreaks of the KLu (out of service)

After their operational service about 30 Streaks were temporarily used as eye-catchers (“decoys”) at air-bases of the KLu: about…

KLu : Alouette III (Search and Rescue)

In 1966 the Royal Netherlands Air Force acquired five Alouette III helicopters from the French Sud Aviation-factory (nowadays :…

Bierset Airshow (Belgium), June 20 – 21, 1969

In June 1969 we all three visited the Internationale Vliegmeeting at Bierset AB, Belgium, home of the 42nd recce…

Kleine Brogel (B) Open Day / Tiger Meet, June 1978

The 1978 Tiger Meet was held at Kleine Brogel AB (Belgium) from 19-26 June. Participating were the air arms…

Brustem-St .Truiden (Belgium) Airshow, June 22 – 23, 1968

The Airshow at Brustem AB in 1968 , attended by the three of us ,was a very special event:…