The Royal Netherlands Air Force acquired thirty NF-5B tandem seat fighter-bomber-trainers , license-built in Canada , with serials K-4001 to K-4030.
They entered service in 1969 and went out of service ultimately in 1991. A few remained in the Netherlands as instructional airframes , one was added to the collection of the National Military Museum of Soesterberg and others went to Greece ,Venezuela and notably Turkey for further operational use. The aircraft of the Turkish Stars -demoteam are in fact (single seat) Freedom Fighters that once were in the inventory of the Dutch air force!
(This type of K.Lu aircraft has been frequently seen by us in active operational service and therefore we composed this photo gallery )
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- K-4001 before touchdown at Twente
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- K-4002 (coll GH)
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- K-4003 (coll GH)
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- K-4004 at Eindhoven in 1970 (HE)
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- K-4005 (coll GH)
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- K-4006 (+2) at Soesterberg in 1970 (first visit) (HE)
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- K-4007 at Eindhoven in 1971 (HE)
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- K-4008 at Twenthe in 1975 (HE)
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- K-4009 (coll GH)
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- K-4010(coll GH)
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- K-4011 at Soesterberg in 1972(HE)
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- K-4011at Gilze Rijen in 1972 (FK)
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- K-4012 (coll GH)
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- K-4013 date and location unknown (CHE)
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- (K-)4013 in Turkish colours (FK)
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- K-4014 (coll GH)
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- K-4015 (coll GH)
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- K-4016 at Volkel in 1989 (HE)
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- K-4017 at Soesterberg in 1984 (HE)
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- K-4017 coming in at Eindhoven AB (FK)
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- K-4018 (coll GH)
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- K-4019 at RAF Wildenrath , Germany in 1975 (HE)
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- K-4020 at RAF Greenham Common , U.K. in 1983 (HE)
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- K-4020 at Gilze Rijen in 1972 (FK)
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- K-4021 at Volkel in 1983 (HE)
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- K-4022 brandnew in Canada in 1969 (CFK)
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- K-4023 at Twenthe in 1975(HE)
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- K-4023 at Soesterberg AB (FK)
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- K-4024 at Gilze Rijen in 1972 (HE)
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- K-4025 at Twenthe in 1975 (HE)
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- K-4026, Leeuwarden 1975 (FK)
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- K-4026 in Turkish livery at Twente (FK)
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- K-4027 at Twenthe in 1975 (HE)
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- K-4028 at Gilze Rijen in 1972 (HE)
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- K-4028 is now in the Soesterberg museum (FK)
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- K-4029 at Twenthe in 1975 (HE)
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- K-4030 (coll GH)
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