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In the almost 100 years of existence of Soesterberg Air Base, thousands of missions were flown from and to this air base. This website provides insight into a large part of these flight movements from 1951 to 2008.
Soesterberg Air Base was the cradle of military aviation in the Netherlands. In 1913, the Aviation Department of the Dutch army made its first flights from what was then still a moorland. During the Second World War, the German Luftwaffe occupied the field and during the Cold War a US Air Force squadron was stationed at the base to protect Dutch airspace against intruders. Due to defense cuts, the base was closed and defunct in November 2008.
Soesterberg Air Base was an important part of the military history of the Netherlands. We believe it is important for historical awareness that information about flight movements is preserved. You can request information about this in various ways via the search engine.
We realize that this site is not complete. If you have additions in the form of movements or corrections, please let us know. You can submit your information via info@reccereports.com.
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12-01-2025 In July 1985 Phantoms from RAF Wildenrath were on rotation with the 32nd. Check out on of them (the XV462 U)
12-01-2025 On 18 May 1990 four IS Eagles visited. Check out one of them, the 80-043.
12-01-2025 In the early nineties C-23 Sherpa’s visited on almost daily base. This is the ‘Ramstein’ on a sunny 26 June 1990
12-01-2025 Five more C-130’s from the seventees were added (21-4-1970, 18-4-1973, 26-7-1973, 1-4-75, 20-10-77)
09-01-2025 Added a picture from Rick Versteeg of a C-130 in green camouflage scheme that visited on 29 March 1990
09-01-2025 In November 2001 twelve Dutch Vipers from Twente AB were stationed at Soesterberg. Henk de Ridder was present the sunny day they left home. Check out his great pictures.
05-01-2025 In the seventees USAF C-130’s were regular visitors. Five photos have been added (13-8-69, 27-4-71, 26-7-73, 10-6-74 and 9-8-1974)
05-01-2025 We added pictures of the F-15 CR-81-0047
05-01-2025 The 32nd lost its first F-4 on 14 November 1969. We added the information to the Accidents section.
05-01-2025 Four F-15 Eagle pictures have been added (28-3-80, 19-11-81 (1), 19-11-81 (2), 10-6-92)
04-01-2025 We added five more beautiful photos (16-5-80, 26-1-81, 16-11-83, 6-3-87 and 20-8-90)
03-01-2025 Three eighties black and white pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added (11-8-82, 13-8-82, 29-4-83)
02-01-2025 Henk de Ridder photographed four visiting German F-4Fs in the eighties (37+63, 37+99, 37+35, 38+03)
01-01-2025 We added pictures of the F-15 CR 81-0046
01-01-2025 Happy New Year to all of you visiting this website
31-12-2024 Pictures of the F-15 CR 81-0045 have been added
31-12-2024 Added a photo of the F-15 CR 81-0027
31-12-2024 On 2 August 1966 a F-102A that was on alert was destroyed during a fire in the Zulu hangar.
30-12-2024 Two pics of the Eagle CR 80-0060 have been added.
30-12-2024 On 22 August 1980 two uncoded Eagles left for Bitburg AB after being with the 32nd for only a few weeks.
30-12-2024 Four pics from Rick Versteeg have been added (12-10-82, 15-8-83, 27-5-86, 24-8-90)
29-12-2024 In December 1986 Lightnings from RAF Binbrook were temporarily stationed at Soesterberg. Rick Versteeg took this picture on 3 December 1986
29-12-2024 In the first week of July 1985 Phantoms from WIldenrath were deployed at Soesterberg. Robert de Jong provided some nice pics of them (XV424, XV435, XV468 and XV462)
24-12-2024 Wednesday 28 August 1985 brought two Seymour-Johnson F-4’s. Henk de Ridder was there.
(SJ 74-637 and SJ 74-665)
23-12-2024 Another two pictures from Rick Versteeg. The SAR Al.III on 28-5-90 and a German RF-4E on 30-8-82.
22-12-2024 Two pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added. Two nive visitors. An ANG Hercules on 13-5-80 and a US Navy HH-1K on 17-4-86
21-12-2024 Snow at Soesterberg and German F-4’s visiting. Henk de Ridder was there on 8 February 1979. (37+84 and 38+00)
20-12-2024 Hans Ragay was present on 16 September 1992 and caught some Soesterberg Eagles and five Spangdahlem F-16’s.
19-12-2024 Hahn F-16’s were regular visitors in the eighties. Henk de Ridder captured two visiting Vipers on the visitor platform on 23 July 1984.
18-12-2024 14 June 1990 marked the 45th anniversary of 298 Sqn. Gerrit van de Veen was there to photograph the foreign visitors.
17-12-2024 USAF visitors on seven beautiful pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added (29-8-83, 25-4-84, 14-5-84, 29-6-84, 30-7-84, 31-8-84, 24-8-90)
16-12-2024 Four awesome F-15 pics from Rick Versteeg have been added. (16-8-82, 20-6-84, 8-8-85 and 12-3-87)
5-12-2024 24 August 1990 brought four Ramstein F-16’s. Henk de Ridder caught two of them (85-450 and 85-546)
5-12-2024 On 21 June 1984 four EG Eagles visited and three of them were parked at the famous ‘Interlas’ location (75-037, 76-015, 76-126)
5-12-2024 Three more pictures of the Alabama ANG F-4D that visited on 29 August 1985 have been added
4-12-2024 Two F-4D’s visited on 26 September 1975. One from Woodbridge and one from Spangdahlem. Together with a F-104G from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
4-12-2024 Thursday 21 June 1984 brought four Spangdahlem F-4’s to Soesterberg. Check out the pictures.
4-12-2024 RF-4C’s from Alconbury and Zweibrücken were regular visitors. We added 7 pictures of them (22-7-74, 22-7-75 (2x), 12-4-76, 17-7-78 (2x), 14-8-86)
4-12-2024 On 31 May 1990 twelve Eglin Eagles arrived. Gerrit van de Veen was there and captured them all.
4-12-2024 After a two day delay 10 Langley F-15’s arrived on Friday 1 June 1984 for operation Coronet Hawk. Gerrit van de Veen was there to catch them on picture.
4-12-2024 Six pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added (9-5-79, 27-3-81, 9-7-81, 14-10-82, 12-4-83, 18-5-90)
3-12-2024 Dick Lohuis send us four pictures from 10 april 1969, which have been added
2-12-2024 A Norwegian C-130 Hercules with UN markings visited Soesterberg on 20 August 1982
2-12-2024 Tuesday 9 June was a great day, with Italian G-91’s, a C-141 and a few EG Eagles. Check out the pictures Gerrit van de Veen made.
2-12-2024 Gerrit van de Veen walked by some Dutch F-27 Friendships on Saturday 29 April 1990.
2-12-2024 On 27 April 1990 Gerrit van de Veen saw some nice visitors. Two French C-160’s, one Australian C-130 and a French Mirage 2000
2-12-2024 A German Do-28 visited on 12 March 1981. Gerrit van de Veen captured it on photo
2-12-2024 Four very nice pictures of Rick Versteeg have been added (19-8-80, 17-6-83, 20-6-84, 24-8-90)
29-11-2024 Hans Ragay was present on a busy 21 June 1990. Check out his pictures.
28-11-2024 Seven beautiful pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added (24-6-81, 25-6-81, 30-8-82, 3-9-82, 10-9-82, 17-6-83, 16–3-90)
27-11-2024 A bizzare accident happened on 14 August 1968. A damaged F-100 landed at Soesterberg. Read the story and see some pictures and papers
27-11-2024 Pictures of the F-15C 79-0045 are hard to find, but Henk de Ridder came up with one
27-11-2024 We found two more pictures of the F-15C 80-0027 and added them
27-11-2024 We finally found one picture of the F-15C 79-0039 and added it to the site
26-11-2024 Early 1968 the Air Force hosted a complete Open Week on Soesterberg AB
25-11-2024 Pictures of the F-15 CR 79-0034 have been added
24-11-2024 Five Henk de Ridder pictures from visiting F-111’s have been added (22-6-78, 7-9-78, 1-9-80, 9-8-84, 31-8-84)
24-11-2024 In August 1988 F-4’s from the Alabama ANG were on deployment at Spangdahlem AB. Luckily some also visited Soesterberg.
24-11-2024 Some pictures of Belgian visitors have been added (18-6-76, 21-6-76, 29-8-85, 20-8-86)
24-11-2024 A small scale airshow was held on 17 June 1967.
22-11-2024 Pictures of the F-15 CR 79-0033 have been added
21-11-2024 10 June 1975 was a day to remember. At that day suddenly 14 Swedish Saab-105’s, a C-130 and a C-47 landed. Luckily Henk de Ridder was there. Check out the pictures.
21-11-2024 Woodbridge Phantoms were regular visitors at Soesterberg. We added a few very nice pictures of them (24-1-75, 10-6-75 (1), 10-6-75 (2), 22-10-76 (1), 22-10-76 (2))
21-11-2024 On 27 May 1975 four Swedish Saab Viggens visited Soesterberg AB. Henk de Ridder was there and added his pictures also.
21-11-2024 Pictures of the F-15 CR 79-0032 have been added
21-11-2024 On 21 april 1965 the Royal Netherlands Air Force organized another Jeugdluchtvaartdag
20-11-2024 Three great pictures from Rick Versteeg have been added (14-4-81, 30-7-82, 14-6-83)
20-11-2024 The Belgian Air Force was a regular visitor. Henk de Ridder caught some of them. Check them out (8-8-72, 10-8-72, 9-4-74, 22-7-74 (1), 22-7-74 (2), 14-1-75 (1), 14-1-75 (2))
19-11-2024 Three other very nice pictures of Rick Versteeg have been added (23-7-80, 16-11-83, 13-8-90)
18-11-2024 Monday 17 February 1992 was a busy day. Henk de Ridder was there. Check out his pictures.
18-11-2024 Two very nice visitors were captured by Rick Versteeg. A Spangdahlem F-4E with sharkmouth on 6-7-84 and a USAF C-130 in dessert camo on 1-7-83.
18-11-2024 A unique picture from Gerrit van de Veen of the CR 68-444 with sharkmouth has been added.
18-11-2024 Another set of pictures from Gerrit van de Veen has been added (18-6-76, 12-7-78 (1), 12-7-78 (2), 25-7-78, 16-11-79, 15-6-81)
17-11-2024 On a rainy Thursday 16 December another three F-15’s left for Otis ANGB. Again Gerrit van de Veen was there to capture them.
13-11-2024 On Friday 5 November 1993 three Soesterberg Eagles left for Otis ANGB. Gerrit van de Veen was there and made this nice pictures.
7-11-2024 On Monday 30 March 1998 Gerrit van de Veen caught a Swedish Saab Lansen. Check out the pictures and also the pictures of two German Cougars which also visited that day.
6-11-2024 Martin de Boer added lots of pictures from Dutch Starfighters at Soesterberg. (3-10-74, 27-7-77, 29-7-77, 2-8-77)
30-9-2024 The German Phantoms from Martin de Boer on (22-8-83, 24-8-83 (2x F-4F)) got the wrong copyright info. It’s now corrected.
16-9-2024 On 13 October 1993 five Soesterberg Eagles left the 32nd for Otis ANGB. Gerrrit van de Veen was there to capture their departure. Check out his unique pictures.
16-9-2024 The year 2007 with 612 records was added to the database
16-9-2024 More very nice 70’s photos from Cor Vermolen are uploaded to the site (4-3-71, 11-10-77, 12-4-78, 19-4-78, 5-6-78, 10-7-78, 11-7-78, 26-9-78, 10-10-78, 17-10-78, 14-11-78, 17-6-82, 23-6-82 (3x FF F-15))
15-9-2024 A new set of great USAF photos from Cor Vermolen have been added (1-10-70, 11-1-71, 1-4-71 (2x RS F-4), 26-4-71, 29-7-74, 21-5-75, 11-10-77, 17-7-78, 8-2-79, 7-5-79, 10-8-82)
15-9-2024 1126 Movements from the year 2006 have been added
10-9-2024 Also the year 2005 with 927 movements is added to the database
9-9-2024 The year 2004 has 1034 movements and is inserted in the database.
9-9-2024 3 september 1980 was a great day at Soesterberg, but it was still missing in the database. We now added it and added a lot of nice pictures to it.
8-9-2024 German Phantoms were regular visitors in the 80’s. Martin de Boer contributed photos of three of them (22-8-83, 24-8-83 (2x F-4F))
8-9-2024 On 21 May 2003 seven Swedish Army Choppers visited Soesterberg. Harold van Eupen caught them on camera.
8-9-2024 921 records from the year 2003 are inserted in the database
8-9-2024 1059 movements from the year 2002 are now in the database.
6-9-2024 Another 12 awesome photos from Cor Vermolen have been added (10-7-70, 1-10-70, 5-3-71, 11-3-71, 5-5-71, 30-5-72, 5-6-72, 21-5-75 (2x LN and 1x AR F-4) 21-6-76, 9-6-78)
6-9-2024 924 Movements from year 2001 are added to the database
6-9-2024 We added a new great set of USAF oldies from Cor Vermolen (9-7-68, 24-2-70, 11-5-70, 16-10-70, 30-11-70, 26-4-71, 17-6-71 (2x C-118), 5-6-72, 23-2-78, 13-9-78)
5-9-2024 We entered another century and added 1075 records from the year 2000
4-9-2024 Another 833 records have been added. This time from the year 1999.
4-9-2024 A new set of beautiful USAF heavies from Cor Vermolen has been added (25-10-68, 28-10-68, 31-10-68, 28-11-68, 18-4-69, 4-9-69, 30-10-69, 18-2-70, 25-3-70, 19-11-70, 8-12-70, 15-4-71, 21-5-71)
4-9-2024 Gerrit van de Veen contributed 22 very nice photos (13-9-71, 11-9-81, 23-10-81, 5-3-82, 31-8-84, 31-5-90 (EG F-15’s)
3-9-2024 Not the most interesting period of Soesterberg AB, but we added 761 movements from 1998
3-9-2024 The movements from 1997 are also online now
2-9-2024 We added 19 more great pics from from Harold van Eupen (12-9-81 (2x), 29-6-84, 3-8-84, 9-8-84 (2x F-5E), 10-8-84, 1-9-84 (2x A-10A), 17-6-85 (4x A-10A), 19-8-85, 29-8-85, 7-2-89 (2x F-111F)
2-9-2024 Another 16 nice pics from Harold van Eupen have been added. (5-2-85, 1-5-85, 26-6-85 (2x G-91Y), 7-8-85, 14-8-85, 23-8-85 (4x F-104S), 1-7-88 (2x F-104S), 16-3-89, 10-11-1992 (3x EF-18))
1-9-2024 The year 1996 has been added to the database.
31-8-2024 A new great serie of pics from Harold van Eupen have been added. Go check them out:
21-6-82 (2x F-104G), 29-6-84, 22-8-84, 23-8-84, 1-9-84 (7x GAF/GNY), 14-12-84, 24-4-85 (2x F-4F))
30-8-2024 1580 Movements from 1995 have been added to the database