Netherlands Naval Aviation Service

Netherlands Naval Aviation Service



The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Dutch:Marine-Luchtvaartdienst; MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy.



 Netherlands



MVK Valkenburg



Naval air station Valkenburg is located between Wassenaar and Katwijk, near Leiden on the west coast of the Netherlands.



GMV 1, equipped with 8 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians ( used for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare ).

GMH 1, equipped with 12 KH-3 Sea Falcons (anti-submarine version).



MVK De Kooij



Naval air station De Kooij is located on the Waddenzee coast, just south of Den Helder (main naval base in the Netherlands).

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<p class="MsoNormal">GMH 3, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters (Training and Standards, Search and Rescue Unit).

<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 9, equipped with 9 Fokker S-15 Instructor IIs (Basic Training Unit).

<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 2, equipped with 2 Fokker F34 planes (Maritime Operations Training Unit)

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Netherlands East Indies

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<p class="MsoNormal">MVK Morokrembangan

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<p class="MsoNormal">Naval air station Morokrembangan is located on the Netherlands East Indies island of Java. Began flight operation in 1925 as a large airfield and seaplane base and as of 1982 is the largest Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service airbase in the Netherlands East Indies and also the headquarters of the MLD NEI.

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<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 3, equipped with 8 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians

<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 4, equipped with 9 Fokker F34 Troopships.

<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 5, equipped with 5 Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcers (used for fishery protection, search and rescue and other tasks).

<p class="MsoNormal">GMH 2, equipped with 12 KH-3 Sea Falcons.

<p class="MsoNormal">GMH 4, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

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<p class="MsoNormal">MVK Biak

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<p class="MsoNormal">Naval air station Biak is located on the island of Biak, off western New Guinea. The naval station is after MVK Morokrembangan the second Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service operated base in the Netherlands East Indies.

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<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 7, equipped with 4 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians.

<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 8, equipped with 5 Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcer.

<p class="MsoNormal">GMH 6, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Other Territories

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<p class="MsoNormal">MVK Hato

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<p class="MsoNormal">GMV 6, equipped with 4 Fokker F34 Maritime Guardians.

<p class="MsoNormal">GMH 5, equipped with 4 KH-3MR Falcon helicopters.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Explanatory notes

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<p class="MsoNormal">GMV is short for Groep Maritiem Vliegtuigen (comparable to a squadron).

<p class="MsoNormal">GMH is short for Groep Maritiem helicopters (comparable to a squadron).

<p class="MsoNormal">MLD is short for MarineLuchtvaartDienst, the naval air service of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

<p class="MsoNormal">MVK is short for Marinevliegkamp or in English marine naval air base.

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