F-16’s Operate from Eindhoven; Eindhoven, June 4, 2019

Volkel F-16s Operate from Eindhoven; Text and Photograph's by Alex van Noye

From Monday June 3, 2019, until Wednesday June 5, 2019, eight Dutch F-16s from Volkel Air Base flew daily from Eindhoven Air Base. At their home base Volkel, with a view to the Dutch Air Force Days, some necessary repairs were made to the main runway. The F-16s flew from the Mil East platform and would fly missions twice a day, just like at Volkel. It was a few years ago that Dutch F-16s operated from Eindhoven Air Base. In the past, F-16s from Volkel Air Base and Leeuwarden Air Base regularly came to Eindhoven Air Base to do out of area exercises in which planes flew from an airfield other than their home base. The exercises lasted an average of one to two weeks.