{"id":11541,"date":"2021-09-17T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katsudo.nl\/aviation\/?page_id=11541"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:58:53","slug":"lockheed-f-35a-lightning-ii-in-dutch-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katsudo.nl\/aviation\/lockheed-f-35a-lightning-ii-in-dutch-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed F-35A Lightning II in Dutch service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The era of the F-35 has begun. The 1st new Dutch fighter aircraft landed on October 31, 2019 at Leeuwarden Air Base. They will replace all F-16s from this air base in Friesland and from 2024 they will also replace all F-16s from Volkel Air Base in Brabant. F-001 to F-008 are produced by Lockheed and will remain in the USA for training and testing purposes, F-009 and up are produced in Cameri (Italy) and are delivered to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-001 (308 FS, Luke AFB), June 10th 2016 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-002 (308 FS, Luke AFB), June 10th 2016 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-003 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-004 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-005 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-006 (308 FS, Luke AFB), April 20th 2022 Luke AFB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-007 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-008 (308 FS, Luke AFB), April 20th 2022 Luke AFB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-009, November 13th 2025 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-010, November 17th 2020 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-011, August 18th 2020 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-012, February 23rd 2023 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-013, November 25th 2020 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-014, September 16th 2021 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-015 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-016, April 8th 2025 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-017, September 16th 2021 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-018, March 31st 2022 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-019, October 5th 2023 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-020, July 28th 2022 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-021, November 13th 2025 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-023, March 31st 2022 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F- 024, July 28th 2022 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-025, October 5th 2023 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-027, November 17th 2022 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-028, October 5th 2023 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-029, September 10th 2024 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-030, September 9th 2023 Kleine Brogel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-031, October 5th 2023 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-032 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-033 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-034 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-035, March 18th 2025 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-036, September 10th 2024 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-037, May 7th 2024 Volkel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-038 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-039 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-040, April 8th 2025 Leeuwarden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F-041<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-043 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-044<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-045 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-046 (308 FS, Luke AFB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-047<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not yet delivered: F-048, F-049, F-050, F-051, F-052<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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