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Inventory Dutch armed forces

  Military Music
Air Force
- Royal Air Force Band (52 professional musicians)

Navy
- Royal Navy Marines Band (54 professional musicians)

Army
- Royal Military Band Johan Willem Friso (52 musicians)
- Drumfanfare Regimentsfanfare Garde Grenadiers and Jagers (21 musicians)
- Fanfareorchestra Royal Army Bereden Wapens (44 musicians)
- Drumfanfare Corps National Reserve (44 musicians)

Army    
Leopard 2 A6 will be withdrawn M-109 Howitzer Patria
Leopard 1 engineerstank PZH-2000 Howitzer Boxer
Leopard 1 recovertank 120 mm mortars CV-9035 MkIII
Leopard 1 bridge Airborne Special Vehicles  
Fennek Gill anti-tank weapons PRTL Cheetah
YPR-765 Panzerfaust anti-tank  
 

Air Force          
Airplane/Helicopter In service since Purchasd Numbers (2012) Future Comments
F-16A/B MLU M5 1979 213 68 68 will be replaced
F-35A Lightning II (JSF) n.v.t. 2 0 80 1 in production, 1 in test phase
Fokker 50 1996 2 2 0 out of operational service
Gulfstream IV 1996 1 1 1  
KDC-10 1995 3 2 2  
DC-10 2011 2 1 0 will be sold
C-130-H30 Hercules 1994 2 2 2  
C-130H 2011 2 2 2  
PC-7 Pilatus   13 13 13  
AH-64D Apache 1998 30 29 29 1 crashed
CH-47D Chinook
CH-47F Chinook		 1995 /1998
2012
13
6 		11
0 		0
20 (plannes)		 2 crashed, 11 will be updated or replaced
AS532 Cougar MKII   17 8 0 will be withdrawn
Bo-105 Bölkow   +\- 30 0 0  
SA316 louette III 1964 - 4 0 will be withdrawn
AB412SP 1994 3 3 0 will be withdrawn
NH90-TNFH / NFH 2010 20 6 20+2  
E-3A Sentry 1982 18 17, NATO property 17  
Patriot   - 4 / 20 launchers   in 2012 to Army
Stinger   -     in 2012 to Army
 

Navy  
Command and Air Defence frigates (4x)

Minesweepers (10x) will become 6
 

Hydrographic ships (1x)

Multi-purpose frigates (2x)

Torpedo workship (1x)

Submarines (4x)

Dive ships (1x)

Providing ships

Support ships (2x) will become 0
Amphibious transportships (LPD) (2x)

Coast Guard cutters
Landing crafts  
Westland Lynx Helicopters (21x, one is captured by Libya after a failed secret evacuation)  

 

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Last updated: May 19, 2012