KLu F-16B Fighting Falcon from 322 Squadron.
Registration: J-065.
Manufacturer: Fokker.
This General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon two-seater has just landed after completing a training mission.
This picture was taken on 5 April 2019 during exercise Frisian Flag at Volkel airbase.
The era of the F-16 within the Royal Air Force is almost over. At Leeuwarden Air Base, the F-16's have left and have been replaced by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets of 322 Squadron.
Since June 2022, the first F-35's have arrived at Volkel as part of the 313 Squadron.
In the summer of 2024, the last F-16's of 312 Squadron at Volkel Air Base will be withdrawn from active service.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…