Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

Total 3,913 photos. 32 in this folder.  Contact Photographer

Aircraft and airport photos are sorted separately. Airport photos always shown after aircraft photos.

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K-3007 @ EHLW - Temp QRA force with NF-5's. These sidewinder equipped Freedom Fighters were in the sky for just a couple of months as interim solution between the Starfighter and F-16. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
K-3003 @ EHTW - This aircraft is now preserved at Gilze Rijen as K-3066. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHTW
K-3001 @ EHLW - K-3001 was the test aircraft of the Netherlands AF. The long pitot tube made it a special aircraft. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
K-3067 @ EHLW - One of the last Dutch F-5 I ever saw. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
K-3054 @ EHDL - In the twilight of its career the NF-5 became a performer for the crowds. Due to the 75th anniversary of the Dutch Air Force the display team Double Dutch was formed. The display was flown by a pair of NF-5's. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHDL
K-3005 @ EHLW - In the last years of its career the NF-5 was fitted with wing tip Sidewinders. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
K-3026 @ EHLW - After the F-104 was withdrawn from use the NF-5 had to take over the quick reaction alert duties until the F-16 became operational. Armed with live Sidewinders suddenly the NF-5 looked like a real fighter. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
K-4027 @ EHLW - The NF-5 used to be regular visitors. Overshadowed by the F-104 and F-16 it was the safest aircraft ever to serve in the RNlAF. - by Joop de Groot
Joop de Groot
@ EHLW
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