Dutch F-35As departing for home next week

A press release from Edwards Air Force Base has revealed that Dutch F-35As will depart for Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands next week.

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

Supported by two RNLAF KDC-10 tankers, the two fighters will make a refueling stop at NAS Patuxent River before proceeding for their seven-hour flight across the Atlantic.

They will remain there for three-weeks to conduct tests before returning back to Edwards. Dutch F-35As will arrive home permanently in 2019.