Dutch F-35As to conduct circuit flying at Leeuwarden and Volkel Air Base this spring

The Royal Netherlands Air Force says its F-35A will be flown back home this spring to conduct circuit flying at Leeuwarden and Volkel Air Base.

RNLAF F-35 F-001 01
By US Air Force / Ministerie van Defensie (bron: Ministerie van Defensie.) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Each time, the jet will be accompanied by a F-16 to provide comparison data on the level of noise generated by the two aircraft.

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