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INSIGNIARoyal Netherlands RNLAF Koninklijke Luchtmacht 322 Sqn at Kandahar AB AfghanistanThis is an OriginalINSIGNIARoyal Netherlands RNLAF Koninklijke Luchtmacht 322 Sqn at Kandahar AB AfghanistanSSI.Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Patch. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Please note that there are color variations due to settings on different PCs/Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color. Personal check payment is welcomed.
In October 2002 a tri-national detachment of 18 Dutch,DanishandNorwegianF-16 ground attack aircraft and one Dutch KDC-10 tanker deployed toManas Air BaseinKyrgyzstanin support of ground forces inAfghanistanas part ofOperation Enduring Freedom. TheRNLAFreturned to Manas AB in September 2004 withfive F-16and one KDC-10 in support of the presidential elections of Afghanistan. This time the aircraft flew under theNATOISAFflag. In February 2006 four Dutch F-16s were joined by fourRoyal Norwegian Air ForceF-16s in a detachment known as the 1st Netherlands-Norwegian European Participating Forces Expeditionary Air Wing (1 NLD/NOR EEAW). This was a follow up of the participation with the Belgian Air Force. As part of the expanded NATO ISAF mission in southern Afghanistan in August 2006, the Royal Netherlands Air Force had six F-16 ground-attack aircraft, three CH-47D Chinook of 298 Sq stationed atKandahar Airfield. Additionally, a detachment of fiveAH-64D Apachehelicopters had been stationed ofTarin Kowt, Uruzgan province.
No. 322 Squadron is the oldest operational squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). It currently operates the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II from Leeuwarden Air Base, Friesland.It was originally founded at RAF Woodvale, United Kingdom, on 12 June 1943 as No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron with Dutch personnel under Royal Air Force control. At the end of the war, 322e Jachtvliegtuig Afdeling of the Royal Netherlands Army was formed from the RAF squadron. Between 1980 and 2021, No. 322 Squadron flew the Fokker F-16A/B Fighting Falcon. It performed, much like the other Dutch F-16 units, a dual \'swing role\' task: having both ground support and interceptor duties. During the Battle of the Netherlands, many Dutch planes were destroyed by Nazi Germany\'s forces, but 350 German planes were shot down by the Dutch forces. After the battle, many pilots fled to the United Kingdom to continue the fight as part of the Allies. On 12 June 1943, No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron was formed at RAF Woodvale from a large contingent of Dutch crew who were part of No. 167 Squadron.[2] From then until the end of the Second World War, No. 322 Squadron actively participated alongside other allied forces. After the war, No. 322 Squadron was disbanded as an RAF squadron on 7 October 1945. On 27 September 1946, No. 322 Squadron was reactivated as part of the Dutch Armed Forces, operating the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX. There was a Dutch School in Langham (Norfolk). In September 1947, the squadron was sent to the Dutch East Indies. Based at Kalidjati Air Base and later Kalibanteng Air Base the unit operated in the Dutch East Indies before returning to the Netherlands and disbanding in October 1949. In 1951, No. 322 Squadron was reactivated at Twente Air Base, later relocating to Soesterberg Air Base. In July 1952, the squadron converted to its first jet aircraft – the Gloster Meteor F.4, further converting to the Meteor F.8 in 1953. The unit began to receive the Hawker Hunter in 1958. Between 1960 and 1962, No. 322 Squadron saw service in Dutch New Guinea between 1960 and 1962. Upon its return to the Netherlands in 1962, the unit was disbanded. In April 1964, No. 322 Squadron was reformed at Leeuwarden Air Base, Friesland, with the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter and assigned the air defence mission. Probably the most unusual mission in the squadron\'s history was performed on Saturday morning 11 June 1977 at 05:00 AM. With thundering afterburners, six of its F-104s flew several very low passes over a hijacked train, initiating a successful operation that ended the 1977 Dutch train hijacking In 1980, No. 322 Squadron converted to the Fokker F-16A/B Fighting Falcon. It became the first operational Dutch F-16 squadron on 1 May 1981. Since the 1990s, the squadron has taken part in several NATO and UN missions. During the Yugoslav Wars, No. 322 Squadron made several deployments to Villafranca Air Base near Verona. From there it flew NATO missions over the former Yugoslavia. In 1995, during the fall of Srebrenica, two of its F-16s delivered the only bombs on the advancing Bosnian-Serb troops. The occasion marked the first attack by a female combat pilot in NATO, who scored a direct hit on a rolling Serbian tank using an (unguided) Mark 82 bomb.Between 2003 and 2014, the squadron saw action over Afghanistan. No. 322 Squadron carried out its last flight with the F-16AM on 5 July 2021, when four F-16s departed Leeuwarden AB to Volkel Air Base. No. 322 Squadron received its first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (F-009) on 31 October 2019. On 27 December 2021, the squadron attained Initial Operation Capability (IOC). On 12 January 2022, No. 322 Squadron reached its full complement of fifteen F-35As when F-023 was delivered.[9].
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