Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Registration: F-016.
The era of the F-35 has begun for the Netherlands. The first new Dutch fighter based in the Netherlands landed at Leeuwarden Air Base on 31 October 2019. The F-35 replaces the F-16 at Leeuwarden Air Base and Volkel Air Base.
This picture was taken on 28 May 2021 at Leeuwarden Air Base.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…