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Victims of air disaster flown to Eindhoven
On Wednesday 23 July, 40 coffins carrying the bodies of victims of flight MH17 arrived at Eindhoven Air Base. An Australian ...
Guidelines provide basis for integrated approach to missions
Experience in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq and Kosovo has taught us that modern-day crises are exceptionally complex and have ...
Airmobile Brigade incorporated into Division Schnelle Kräfte
From today, 11 Airmobile Brigade is part of the new German unit Division Schnelle Kräfte (DSK). Lieutenant General Mart de Kruif, ...
70th anniversary of D-Day commemorated in Arromanches
The Dutch servicemen who played a part in the liberation of Europe were remembered this morning in Arromanches, France. King ...
NATO talks on Ukraine and Afghanistan
During the course of yesterday and today, NATO Ministers of Defence held talks in Brussels about the situation in Ukraine and a ...
Minister Hennis visits Dutch troops in Mali
Yesterday and today, Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert paid her first visit to the Dutch contingent in Mali. Chief ...
F 16s to provide air support for Baltic states
Starting in September the Netherlands will provide four F 16s to patrol the Baltic states. The fighter jets will be responsible ...
Minister Hennis visits Israel
Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert arrived in Israel yesterday, where she will remain until tomorrow to confirm the ...
Crew of HNLMS Groningen train Cape Verdian coastguard
The crew of HNLMS Groningen, one of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s ocean-going patrol vessels, has given a number of maritime ...
Russian flotilla enters North Sea after 20-year absence
A Russian navy flotilla has entered the North Sea for the first time in 20 years. The Russian Carrier Battlegroup was sighted 2 ...