page_title: Leeuwarden Air Base
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: Leeuwarden Air Base / Units
caption_attribution_description: English: A Royal Netherlands Airforce F-16 Fighting Falcon flies in support of Exercise Bold Avenger over the North Sea on 23 September 2009
context_page_description: Leeuwarden Air Base is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht. The airbase is one of the two F-16 Fighting Falcon bases of the RNLAF. The airbase lies northwest of the capital of Friesland, Leeuwarden.
  Leeuwarden Air Base is also one of the three military airbases that organise the twice-in-three-years Luchtmachtdagen of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, consisting of air shows and static exhibits. In 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016 Leeuwarden Air Base hosted these public demonstration days.
context_section_description: 303 Squadron Agusta Bell AB 412SP until 1 January 2015
  322 Squadron F-16 (TACTESS)
  306 Squadron MQ-9 UAV as of 2016
  920 Maintenance Squadron
  921 Logistics Squadron
  922 Support Squadron
caption: A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon "J-135". Note the depiction of the Frisian flag and the 322 Squadron mascot Polley Grey on the tail.
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