Gilze-Rijen Runway 28, 2009

Gilze-Rijen Air Base in 2009; Text and Photograph's by Alex van Noye

The year of 2009 was an active year for me at my home base Gilze-Rijen. I spent many hours along the fence and therefore I made a number of spectacular photographs at the main runway. The year started very well in January when an Apache landed in front of my lens. The pictures of this helicopter were outstanding because of the white landscape; it was one of my best pictures ever. Also a number of French Alpha Jets passed by this yeas and they regularly stayed overnight. In April, I made a very nice series of photographs of two Italian F-16s that arrived for an unknown reason. 2009 was an eventful year at the head of the main runway.