MILAVIA Air Shows - Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Days 2004 at Volkel AB

Air Show Report : RNLAF Open Days 2004 Volkel AB

On friday 18 and saturday 19 of June 2004, the annual open days of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF or KLu) were held again. This time at Volkel Main Operating Base. The RNLAF celebrates this year its 25th year of F-16 operations. For this special occasion the original General Dynamics F-16A demonstrator was put on display. The traditional (since a few years) RNLAF air power demo was not as impressive as normal because of the deployment of AH-64D Apaches, CH-47D Chinooks and Cougars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The following pictures were taken on friday:

RNLAF AH-64D	BAC Alpha Jet	AMI AMX	AMI AMX	AMI AMX	Bulgarian An-30
Bulgarian An-30	Heeresflieger BO105	AMI C-130E/H	RAF C-130J	RAF C-130J	RNLAF CH-47D
RNLAF Cougar	RNLAF Cougar	NATO E-3A	NATO E-3A	Heeresflieger EC135	USAF F-15E
USAF F-15E	preserved F-16A	preserved F-16A	AMI F-16A ADF	AMI F-16A ADF	AMI F-16A ADF
BAC F-16AM	BAC F-16AM	RNLAF F-16BM	RNLAF F-16BM	Luftwaffe F-4F	RN Harrier T.8
RN Harrier T.8	RN Harrier T.8	AdlA Mirage 2000	AdlA Mirage 2000	RAF Nimrod MR.2	RAF Nimrod MR.2
RN Sea Harrier FA.2	RN Sea Harrier FA.2	RN Sea Harrier FA.2	RN Sea Harrier FA.2	RN Sea Harrier FA.2	BAC Sea King Mk48
AMI Tornado ECR	AMI Tornado ECR	AMI Tornado ECR	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4
RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4	RAF Tornado GR.4
Marineflieger Tornado IDS	Marineflieger Tornado IDS	Marineflieger Tornado IDS	Marineflieger Tornado IDS	Luftwaffe Tornado IDS	Luftwaffe Tornado IDS

Report and photos by Niels Hillebrand ( view portfolio )

First Published: 29 June 2004
Last Modified: 30 July 2011

Update log:
07/30/11 Upgraded layout
07/14/04 Some fixes

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