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Prime Minister Rutte visits Patriot mission in Turkey
Prime Minister Mark Rutte paid a visit to the Turkish city of Adana today. Accompanied by Chief of Defence General Tom...
Minister Hennis lays wreath at war cemetery in Surabaya
Today Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert laid a wreath at the Karel Doorman monument at Kembang Kuning war cemetery in...
Dutch F-35 pilots to begin training
4 Dutch pilots and 20 technicians are soon to begin training on the F-35 Lightning II in the United States. This was announced...
Indonesia and Netherlands to strengthen cooperation
Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has strengthened the ties with Indonesia during a meeting with her counterpart Purnomo...
Air Force weatherman to assist during solar race
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is helping the Dutch Solar Team Twente during the World Solar Challenge, the...
Hijackers convicted after arrest by HNLMS Van Amstel
The Supreme Court of the Seychelles yesterday sentenced 11 Somali pirates to prison terms ranging from 18 months to 16 years....
Air Defence Command live-firing on Crete
This week, units of Defence Ground-based Air Defence Command are conducting firing exercises using live missiles on the Greek...
Engineers lay bridge over Scheldt river
Last Saturday, military personnel of 105 Engineer Company and their Belgian colleagues laid a bridge over the Scheldt river...
Seychelles soldiers train on Johan de Witt
HNLMS Johan de Witt was today the stage for a training exercise in which Dutch military personnel andmembers of the Seychelles’...
New commander for German-Netherlands Army Corps
After a tenure of over 3 years, Lieutenant General Ton Van Loon yesterday handed over command of the German-Netherlands Army...