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In this video some special attention for the French participants. This year’s edition of Frisian Flag brought next to the French Mirage 2000 fighters also some Rafales of the Aeronavale to Leeuwarden. The Mirage 2000D’s from Nancy are a known sight at Leeuwarden during Frisian Flag. In total four Mi...

The annual exercise Frisian Flag will take place at Leeuwarden Air Base (ICAO:EHLW) in the Netherlands from Monday March 28, until Friday April 8, 2022. Also this year there are many foreign participants involved in the exercise. Here a video of made during this exercise which is back after 2 years ...

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On Tuesday March 22nd, 2022, a media flight was planned in an Airbus A330 MRTT, flying from Cologne-Bonn airport (ICAO: EDDK). The flight was organized by both the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) and NATO Allied Air Command. The air refueling flight would deliver fuel to aircraft...

In this video the 101st Airborne Division is leaving Europe via Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands. The helicopters are on it way from locations in Germany towards the harbor of Rotterdam. They will be loaded on a ship to sail back to the United States. The 101st Airborne is a very famous divisio...

The Sea-King is a very iconic helicopter. In this video a German Sea-King is showing off its capabilities during the SAR meet in Koksijde in Belgium. For the Belgians the Sea-King is a familiar sight as the Belgian Air Force operated five of these helicopters in the past on this airbase. The Germans...

A country like France has quite a large transport fleet. In the last few years this fleet was drastically renewed. A few new types entered service which are shown in this video. The A330 Phenix is replacing the aging C-135FR in the role of aerial refuelling plane. The Airbus A400M entered service as...

At the beginning of the year Volkel Air Base had a few weeks of night flying operations. The aircraft would depart just after sunset for the first wave of the day. That means that aircraft were departing around 17:00LT in these winter weeks. In this video a four ship of F-16s is departing. The light...

This year it was the first time that during the exercise Flacon Leap 2021 helicopters participated. In total two American US Army Chinooks and one Czech Air Force Mi-171 “Hip” helicopter joined the international training exercise. It was for the first time that these helicopters would drop paratroop...

Next to the RNLAF, Eindhoven is also a civilian airport in the local region. Wizzair is one of the airliners which is using the airport structurally during it daily operation. The Hungarian airline is flying daily from Eindhoven Airport to several mostly Eastern European destinations. This video sho...

One of the most popular participants in the SAR meet 2021, was the Norwegian Air Force AW101 SAR helicopter. The 330 Skvadron is a helicopter unit of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and is Norway's military search and rescue service. The squadron operates the Westland Sea King helicopter and s...

In this video mainly a few Tornado's are shown which participated during the WIC at Leeuwarden. Two German Tornado ECR planes are lining up at the runway at Leeuwarden Air Base. The two Tornado's belong to the TLG-51 of the Luftwaffe. One of the aircraft reported a technical issue before take-off an...

Here a video of an AS532U2 Cougar of the 300 Squadron of the RNLAF at Oirschot. The video was made during cold weather conditions and with some nice soft sunlight.

In this video a mass launch is seen at Volkel Air Base. A total of 14 F-16s of the RNLAF are taking off in one big wave. This was in the early days normal, nowadays it is a rare sight as the number of operational F-16s is dropping drastically. The last aircraft taking off is the Orange Jumper (J-066...

In this video two helicopters of the Czech Air Force are shown. The Mi-24 "Hind" and the Mi-17 "Hip" are leaving Kleine-Brogel in Belgium for a demonstration flight at the Sanicole airshow. The video contains the start up sequence and some nice close up shots of these remarkable ...