The Netherlands Armed Forces are the military services of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The core of the armed forces consists of the four service branches:the Royal Netherlands Navy,the Royal Netherlands Army,the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. The service branches are supplemented by various joint support organisations. In addition,local conscript forces exist on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba (AruMil) and Curaçao (CurMil). These operate under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Netherlands Marine Corps. The armed forces are organisationally part of the Ministry of Defence.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was created in 1953;its ancestor,the Luchtvaartafdeling of the Dutch Army,was founded in 1913. The aerobatic display team of the Royal Netherlands Air Force,active from 1979 until 2019,was the Solo Display Team.
Maastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport in Beek in Limburg,Netherlands,located 5 NM northeast of Maastricht and 15 NM northwest of Aachen,Germany. It is the second-largest hub for cargo flights in the Netherlands. As of 2016,the airport had a passenger throughput of 176,000 and handled 60,000 tons of cargo.
Marshal of the Air Force W. D. M. J. Roshan Goonetileke,RWP and bar,VSV,USP,PhD (Hon),FIM (SL),ndc,psc is a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The current Governor of the Western Province,Goonetileke had served as the Chief of the Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal G Donald Perera VSV,USP is a Sri Lanka air officer who served as commander of the Air Force from 2002 to 2006 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 to 2009. He served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Israel.
Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody,RWP,VSV,USP is a Sri Lanka air officer who served as commander of the Air Force from 1999 to 2002. He served as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan.
Volkel Air Base is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch:Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu),and is located near the village of Volkel in North Brabant,Netherlands. It is home to two F-16 Fighting Falcon squadrons,No 312 and No 313. A third squadron formerly present at the airfield,No 311 Sqn,was officially disbanded on 27 September 2012. It also houses a maintenance,logistical,a base Squadron for the RNLAF,and also the 703rd Munitions Support Squadron,part of the 52nd Fighter Wing from the United States Air Force. Besides military use,a trauma helicopter operated by ANWB Medical Air Assistance on behalf of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre is based here. The Dienst Luchtvaart Politie also makes use of Volkel Air Base.
Petrus Johannes Mathias "Peter" van Uhm is a retired Royal Netherlands Army general. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 17 April 2008 until 28 June 2012. He previously served as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 5 September 2005 until 13 March 2008.
General Tissa Indraka Weeratunga,VSV was a Sri Lankan senior army officer. He was a former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and first General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH),he was later Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Canada.
The Solo Display Team was the aerobatics display team of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) and consisted of three elements. The disbanded F-16 Solo Display Team used the fighter jet F-16 and the AH-64D Apache Solo Display Team uses the helicopter AH-64 Apache. The PC-7 Solo Display Team flew the low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft Pilatus PC-7.
The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (C-LSK) is the highest-ranking officer of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. He reports directly to the Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff (CDS).
Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP,ndc,psc,qfi is a Sri Lankan fighter pilot and a former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
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Air Chief Marshal Dick Cuthbert Perera VSV was the 6th Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Andibuduge Walter Fernando,VSV,ndc,psc was a senior Sri Lanka Air Force officer,who served as the 7th Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force and thereafter Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence.
Air Chief Marshal Makalandage Johnny Terrence "Terry" De Silva Gunawardena,VSV (-2014) was the 8th Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Oliver Matthew Ranasinghe,RWP,VSV,USP,ndc,psc was the 9th Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Dambure Liyanage Sumangala Dias,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP is a senior Sri Lankan Air Force Officer who served as Commander of the Air Force from 2019 to 2020. He retired from his position as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force on 2 November 2020 and was replaced by Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana.
Lieutenant-General Christopher J. Coates CMM MSM CD is a former military officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force. In July 2020 he replaced Lieutenant-General Michael Rouleau as commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command. From July 2018 until July 2020,he was the deputy commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command succeeding Lieutenant-General Pierre St-Amand.
Onno Eichelsheim is a general in the Royal Netherlands Air Force serving as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed Forces since 15 April 2021. Prior to his post,he served as the Vice Chief of Defence from 1 July 2019 to 8 March 2021.
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