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Volkel Air Base

Uden, Netherlands

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EHVK

Elevation

72 ft

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Uden · NB · Netherlands

Position

51.657°, 5.708° · 72 ft elev.

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Royal Netherlands Air Force tactical strike base in Brabant.

Opened

1940

Location

Uden, Netherlands

Volkel Air Base (ICAO: EHVK, IATA: UDE) is a military airfield located near Uden in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It serves as one of the primary operational bases of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) and is home to combat aircraft squadrons. The base is best known as the home of the RNLAF's F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet, which is being replaced by the F-35A Lightning II. Volkel is widely reported to store US B61 nuclear gravity bombs as part of NATO's nuclear sharing arrangement, though this has never been officially confirmed by Dutch or American authorities. The base is not open to civilian commercial traffic and has no public passenger terminal. It occasionally participates in open-day events and airshows for public engagement.

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›Home to Royal Netherlands Air Force fighter squadrons, including those transitioning from F-16 to F-35A.
›Widely believed to store US B61 nuclear weapons under NATO nuclear sharing, though never officially confirmed.
›The base was originally constructed during World War II and used by both German and Allied forces.
›Volkel hosts periodic open days and airshows accessible to the public.
›It is a strictly military installation with no civilian commercial air service.

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Volkel Air Base is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force (RNLASF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), located near the village of Volkel, Netherlands. Located in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, the air base is home to two F-35A squadrons, No. 312 and No. 313 and a maintenance, logistical, base squadron for the RNLASF.

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