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Inventory Dutch armed forces

1. Air Force
2. Army
3. Navy



1. Royal Netherlands Air Force
Airplane/Helicopter In service since Purchased Numbers (Mch 23) Remarks
F-16A/B MLU M5 1979 213 48 will be replaced by the F-35A
24 in storage, 24 in operational usage
F-35A Lightning II 2019 2
46
6 (2022)
>22 8 in USA for training purposes
MQ-9 Reaper   4
4 (2022)
4

 
Gulfstream IV 1996 1 1 will be replaced
Gulfstream VI (G650ER) 2023 1 1  
C-130-H30 Hercules 1994 2 2 will be replaced by C-390
C-130H 2011 2 2 will be replaced by C-390 
PC-7 Pilatus 1989 (10x) & 1997 (3x) 13 13 Will be replaced
AH-64D Apache
AH-64E Apache
1998
-
30
28
+/- 15
6
2 crashed. Fleet in remanufacture to AH-64E
First 2 delivered on december 13, 2022
CH-47F MYIICAAS 2021 14 (+6 updated) 20  
AS532 Cougar MkII   17 17 will be replaced by EC725
EC725 / H225M 14 0  
NH90-TNFH / NFH 2010 20 19 1 crashed
         
Multi-national pools
A330MRTT 2020 10 7 Pool with Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Chez Republic and Hungary
E-3A Sentry 1982 18 17 NATO property, planned for upgrade
Out of service        
Airplane/Helicopter In service since In service till Purchased Remarks
Bo-105 Bölkow 1975    30  
SH-14D Lynx   2012 +/- 22
F-104 Starfighter 1962-1984 1984 138  
NF-5A / B 1970   105 Sold to Turkey
Fokker 50 1996 2014   Sold to Peru 
Fokker 60   2011  4 Sold to Peru 
Fokker 27
Fokker 27 Maritiem
1960
1981
  12
2
 
DC-10 2011 2014 2 Flown to Newquay, UK for dismantling
SA316 Alouette III 1964 2015    
AB412SP 1994 2015 3  
KDC-10 1995 2019 3 2 sold to Omega
CH-47D Chinook 1995 / 1998 2021 13 2 crashed, all replaced by F models. One or more airframes sold to Germany for ground training
CH-47F(NL) Chinook 2012
0 0 all being updated to F-CAAS-model
AH-64D Apache 1998 - 30 Being remanufactured to Echo models
 

Current RNLAF aircraft deployments



2. Royal Netherlands Army
Weaponsystem In service since Purchased Numbers (2016) Future Comments
Boxer     44    
CV9035N MkIII     88    
M577     21    
YPR-765     162    
Fuchs     20    
Bushmaster     70    
Fennek
Fennek with stinger
    347
18
   
PzH2000     18    
120mm mortars     18    
81mm mortars     63    
60mm mortars     33    
Leopard 2 recoverytank     34    
Leopard 1 engineers tank        
Leopard 1 bridge tank        
Motor cycles KTM     115     
SCANIA / TROPCO     654    
Airmobile special vehicles/ quads     150    
Stinger          
NASAMS     6 launchers    
Patriot     20 launchers   Untill 2012 part of the Air Force
           
RQ-11B Raven (UAV)     25    
ScanEagle (UAV)     2    
           
Out of service
  In service since In service till Purchased    
Sperwer (UAV)   2012      
PRTL Cheetah          
M109 Houwitscher          
Leopard 2A6 MBT   2011      
Hawk (SAM)          
Patria          
Gill anti-tank          
Panzerfaust anti-tank          


3. Royal Netherlands Navy
Ship In service since Purchased Numbers (2016) Future Comments
LCF frigates
Zeven Provinciën class
  4 4 4  
Multipurpose frigates
Karel Doorman class
  - 2 2  
Landing Platform Docks   2 2 2  
Joint Logistic Support Schip   1 1 1 in production
Patrol ships
Holland class
  4 4 4  
Submarines
Walrus class
  4 4 4 will be replaced
Mine sweepers
Alkmaar class
  26 6 6  
Hydrographic ships   - 2    
Torpedoworkship   - 1    
Dive vehicles   - 4    
Support ships   - 1    
Landingvehicles   - 6    
 
Out of service
Schip/Vliegtuig/Helikopter In service since In service till Purchased   Remakrs
Command frigates          
ASW frigates          
Standard frigates          
Air-defence frigates     2    
Supply ships     2    
Ships for Oceanographics     1    
P-3C Orion     13    sold to Portugal and Germany
Supply ship

  Military Music
Air Force
- Royal Air Force Band (52 professional musicians)

Navy
- Royal Navy Marines Band (54 professional musicians)

Army
- Royal Military Band Johan Willem Friso (52 musicians)
- Drumfanfare Regimentsfanfare Garde Grenadiers and Jagers (21 musicians)
- Fanfareorchestra Royal Army Bereden Wapens (44 musicians)
- Drumfanfare Corps National Reserve (44 musicians)

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