Until 2008 Soesterberg Air Base , the Netherlands was in use by the KLu. and in that year the base was closed for operational flying activities.The American 32nd “Wolfhounds“ squadron already disbanded back in 1994.
In 2014 the entire aircraft collection of the M.L.M., the Dutch Military Aviation Museum (see elsewhere on our site), previously at nearby Kamp van Zeist ,moved to the former Air Base and went either into depot or into exhibition.
In the meantime a huge building-construction came into being at the Air Base , situated on the grounds of the (former) platforms and hangars , which opened its doors as the new National Military Museum (N.M.M.) by the end of 2014. This new housing became the home of a part of M.L.M.’s aircraft-collection but it is also an Army Museum and generally dedicated to the history of War and Peace. Quite impressive !
Hans visited the new Museum several times since the opening and shows you some of the pictures he took on location. He visited the Museum often during Special Events when a number of aircraft that normally are in depot are being displayed out-doors. The most recent date was September 5th , 2021.
- F/104 KLu July 2019 (FK)
- F/86K K.Lu. July 2019 (FK)
- MIL MI/2 July 2019 (FK)
- F/84F July 2019 (FK)
- Hawker Hunter F.4 2018(HE)
- Gloster Meteor F.4 2016 (HE)
- F-16A 2016 (HE)
- Neptune (+ F-86F + F/102 2016 (HE)
- Neptune 2016(HE)
- Alouette III February 2016 (FK)
- F-15, February 2016 (FK)
- NF-5A February 2016 (FK)
- Curtiss Hawk 2014 (HE)
- North American Sabre (ex Portuguese AF) 2014 (HE)
- NF/5B K.Lu. 2021 (HE)
- F/4E Phantom II (ex USAF) 2021 (HE)
- Alouette II (ex BAF) 2021 (HE)
- RF-84F 2018 (HE)
- NF-5B 2018 (HE)
- Grumman Tracker 2018 (HE)
- F-86K (ex Italian AF)2018 (HE)
- Fokker S-14 2018 (HE)
- Cessna T-37 2018 (HE)
- Beechcraft 18 (ex civil) 2018 (HE)
- Lockheed 12 2015 (HE)
- Hawker Sea Fury 2015 (HE)
- Fokker D.7 (replica) 2015 (HE)
- Dornier DO-24 (ex Luftwaffe ex Spanish AF) 2015 (HE)
- Tiger Moth 2015 (HE)
- Spitfire (replica) 2015 (HE)
- F-102 (ex Hellenic AF) 2014 (HE)
- TF-104G (2021) (HE)
- TF-104G (2021) (HE)
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