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((Short description|Military airport in Friesland, Netherlands))
((More citations needed|date=May 2009))
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'''Leeuwarden Air Base''' (((lang-nl|Vliegbasis Leeuwarden))) is a [[military base|military]] [[military airbase|airbase]] used by the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] (RNLAF) - ((lang-nl|Koninklijke Luchtmacht)) (''KLu''), ((airport codes|LWR|EHLW|)).  The airbase was formerly one of the two [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]] bases of the RNLAF.  The airbase lies northwest of the capital of [[Friesland]], [[Leeuwarden]].

Leeuwarden Air Base is also one of the three military airbases (together with [[Gilze-Rijen Air Base]] and [[Volkel Air Base]]) that organise the twice-in-three-years Luchtmachtdagen ('Air Force Days') of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, consisting of [[air show]]s and static exhibits. In 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016 Leeuwarden Air Base hosted these public demonstration days.

==History==
[[Image:Alouette 3 KLu (22966670934).jpg|thumb|left|Sud-Aviation SE3160 Alouette III. These were used in the Search and Rescue (SAR) role at Leeuwarden until 1994. The aircraft is preserved at [[Soesterberg Air Base|Soesterberg AF Museum]].<ref>((Cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1320258,5.276121,3a,24.3y,30.51h,101.79t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOjM5zx99n2gk738qkBarjdtypdakTyEkl1fF0j!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOjM5zx99n2gk738qkBarjdtypdakTyEkl1fF0j%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya245.37985-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en |title = Google Maps))</ref>]]
The airport of Leeuwarden was built in 1938, and was used as an airport between [[Schiphol]] and [[Groningen Airport Eelde|Eelde]]. The airport was used only infrequently at first, but that changed after the [[Battle of the Netherlands|Germans invaded the Low Countries in 1940]]. The [[Luftwaffe]] used the airport as a base for their [[fighter aircraft]] (including the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]]) and [[bomber]]s. From the airbase the Germans could reach [[Great Britain]]. During [[World War II]], and especially on the 16th and 17 September 1944, the airbase was heavily bombed by the [[Royal Air Force]].

After the liberation of the Netherlands the airbase was repaired, and during the first post-war years it was used as a civil airport, and [[KLM]] ran a commercial line to Schiphol.  In 1949, Leeuwarden became a dedicated military airbase.

During the 1970s Vliegbasis Leeuwarden was used as a temporary home of the [[32nd Air Operations Squadron|32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron]] of the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]. Normally stationed at [[Soesterberg Air Base|Soesterberg airbase]], they needed to move temporarily in order to allow repairs to the runway.<ref>Member of US Air Force</ref>

Two F-16 squadrons were based at Leeuwarden Air Base: the "swing-role" [[322 Squadron RNLAF]] and the Tactical Training Evaluation and Standardisation (TACTES) [[323 Squadron RNLAF]]. 323 Squadron stood down as an F-16 Squadron on 31 October 2014 (passing the TACTES task to 322 Squadron on the same day) before being reinstated as the F-35A Test Squadron on 5 November 2014 at [[Eglin Air Force Base]].

In addition, Leeuwarden Air Base was the home base of [[303 Squadron RNLAF]] (Search and Rescue), part of the newly formed Defence Helicopter Command (DHC). It employed three [[Agusta|Agusta Bell]] [[Bell 412|AB 412SP]] helicopters before its stand-down on 1 January 2015.

==Role and operations==
((see also|Royal Netherlands Air Force#Structure of the Royal Netherlands Air Force))
[[File:Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon.JPG|thumb|A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon "J-135". Note the depiction of the Frisian flag and the 322 Squadron mascot Polley Grey on the tail.|left]]
Leeuwarden Air Base was one of two Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon bases, which are being replaced by [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35A Lightning II]], the first of which arrived at Leeuwarden on 31 October 2019.<ref name="Vliegbasis Leeuwarden">((cite web|title=Vliegbasis Leeuwarden|date=9 February 2018 |url=https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/luchtmacht/vliegbases-en-luchtmachtonderdelen/leeuwarden|access-date=17 May 2020|publisher=Koninklijke Luchtmacht))</ref>

The base is the location of the Fighter Weapons Instructor Training (FWIT) and the annual multinational [[NATO]] exercise "[[Exercise Frisian Flag|Frisian Flag]]". On 31 March 2015 six [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15C's]] from the [[125th Fighter Wing]] of the [[Florida Air National Guard]] landed at Leeuwarden Air Base to take part in Frisian Flag 2015.<ref>((cite web|url=https://theaviationist.com/2015/03/27/125th-fw-f-15-to-europe/|title=The U.S. Air Force is deploying 12 F-15 jets to Europe as first Air National Guard theater security package|date=27 March 2015|work=theaviationist.com|access-date=20 August 2016))</ref>

Four [[MQ-9|MQ-9 Reapers]] with a Ground Station will be fully air-deployable and self-supporting for global operations will be based at Leeuwarden from 2020.<ref>((Cite web|date=17 January 2019|title=First Dutch Crews Fly MQ-9 Reaper|url=https://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/199252/first-dutch-crews-fly-mq_9-reapers-as-delivery-nears.html|access-date=2 December 2020|website=www.defense-aerospace.com))</ref> Future use by public services related to homeland security and surveillance (including the National Police; and customs, naval and environmental surveillance) is also planned.

==Based units==
Units based at Leeuwarden.<ref name="Squadrons Leeuwarden">((cite web|title=Squadrons Vliegbasis Leeuwarden|date=9 February 2018 |url=https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/luchtmacht/vliegbases-en-luchtmachtonderdelen/leeuwarden/squadrons|access-date=2 December 2020|publisher=Koninklijke Luchtmacht))</ref>

=== Royal Netherlands Air Force ===
*No. 306 Squadron – [[MQ-9|MQ-9A Reaper]]
*[[No. 322 Squadron RNLAF|No. 322 Squadron]] – [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35A Lightning]]
*No. 323 Squadron - Air Combat Development Centre 
*No. 920 Squadron – Maintenance
*No. 921 Squadron – Logistics
*No. 922 Squadron – Base operations

==See also==
*[[The Netherlands in World War II]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Leeuwarden Air Base))
* [https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/luchtmacht/vliegbases-en-luchtmachtonderdelen/leeuwarden Vliegbasis Leeuwarden - official website] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]])

((Airports in the Netherlands))

((authority control))

[[Category:Royal Netherlands Air Force bases]]
[[Category:Airports in Friesland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Leeuwarden]]
[[Category:Transport in Leeuwarden]]

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