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exercise march 1993

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Does anyone know if there was an exercise going on at Leeuwarden in March 1993? I saw lots of Volkel and Twenthe F-16s on the 25th of that month and I'm curious if these were just regular visitors or if they were there because of an exercise.
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Wasnt the DWIC (Dutch Weapons Instructor Course) around that time ?.
Whit Flankers at EHLW in April !!.
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Correct. I was there on the 21st of April and among the Russian stuff F-16's from Volkel and Twente were seen all in relation the DWIC exercise.
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Were the Twenthe and Volkel F-16s based at Leeuwarden during the DWIC?
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I guess so. They flew local missions so took off and recovered into EHLW. Don't know for how long these periods were or if there were any changes in between. I only visited one day, so the presence of the Ruskies might have attracted some folk from other bases.
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