Take-off of a Norwegian F-16BM Fighting Falcon.Registration: 691.The aircraft features a special colour scheme to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day (1944-2019).The Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) was established in 1944. Like the Netherlands, Norway also purchased the F-16 in the late 1970s. All Norwegian F-16s were built under licence by the Dutch company Fokker, and by 2022 all Norwegian F-16s were withdrawn from service. Like the Netherlands, the Norwegians also chose the F-35 to replace the F-16. This picture was taken on 14 September 2019 at Kleine Brogel airbase.
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…