Lelystad airport tipped as home base for F-35 fighter jets - DutchNews.nl

Lelystad Airport will most likely be the location from which the Netherlands will fly with F-35 fighter jets. This was confirmed by sources to the NOS and the regional broadcasters after a report in De Telegraaf. The final decision will be made later this month in the cabinet. Nieuwsuur previously reported that Lelystad had the best credentials, because the number of people affected by aircraft noise is the smallest there. There is also sufficie…

Lelystad Airport will not only get a commercial aviation branch, but will also become the base for the new F-35s. That plan is on the table in the cabinet and will probably be approved within two weeks, insiders from The Hague tell De Telegraaf.

Lelystad airport tipped as home base for F-35 fighter jets - DutchNews.nl

Lelystad airport, redeveloped to handle commercial traffic but still closed due to political wrangling, is set to become the new...

Congratulations Flevolandje! Serious flying is about to start again over our youngest province. A squadron of F35s will be stationed at the beautiful centrally located airport in the polder to protect us from "geopolitical threats", XR, Islam, safe countries and other idiots who think they are in charge here in the Netherlands. Have fun practicing with thermobaric bombs on the Marker Wadden, aiming high explosive rockets at the already starving …

Lelystad Airport will definitely be the base for the seventeen additional F-35 fighter jets that the Netherlands is going to purchase. Woensdrecht Air Base and the former De Peel Air Base are therefore no longer in the picture. Gilze-Rijen, Eindhoven and Volkel were already out of the picture. Several sources confirmed this to the NOS after reporting in De Telegraaf. Least nuisance At the end of last year, State Secretary Gijs Tuinman of Defence…