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EHVK Volkel Air Base VFR

  • Name
    Volkel Air Base
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    EHVK / UDE / EHVK
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    11:36 pm (CET)
  • Municipality
    Uden
  • Coordinates
    51° 39′ 25″ N 5° 42′ 28″ E
  • Elevation
    73 ft (22 m MSL)

About Volkel Air Base

Volkel Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Volkel) (IATA: UDE, ICAO: EHVK) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), located near the village of Volkel, Netherlands. It is home to one F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron, No 312 and a F-35 squadron No 313 and a maintenance, logistical, a base Squadron for the RNLAF.

Volkel also houses the 703rd Munitions Support Squadron, part of the 52nd Fighter Wing from the United States Air Force. After more than 50 years, former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers in 2013 officially confirmed the presence of 22 B61 nuclear bombs at Volkel. In 2021 training with the latest B-61-12 modification begun and in December 2023, 14 F-16 could be seen performing an elephant walk (aeronautics) before take off.

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