The Netherlands Air Force, Dutch F-16 Solo Display Team fighter jet in special orange and black lion scheme for air displays. Captain Stefan Hutton
The F-16 Solo Display Team is currently based at Volkel Air Base in the Dutch province of North Brabant and consists of the pilot, two instructors and seven ground crew. The members of the team are always seconded from a squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The 2013 pilot, Kapitein (Flight Lieutenant) Stefan "Stitch" Hutten, flies with 312 members are operational military personnel and, apart from their tasks with the demo team, they perform normal operational duties. The Dutch F16 demo team moves to another squadron and/or base every two years, season 2007-2009 being the exception. From 2005 until 2009 the demo team was based at Volkel Air Base. In 2010 the team consisted of members of the operational squadrons from Leeuwarden Air Base. They took over the orange F-16, J-015. According to schedule, the team returned to Volkel Air Base early in 2012. The team was established in September 1979 with the first demonstration of an RNLAF F-16 during an air show at Twente Air Base (now Enschede Airport Twente). The team has since been seen at air shows in European countries and, in 2006, at Edwards Air Force Base in the United States, winning the prize for the best display team in the jet category at the air show held at Reims – Champagne Air Base in 2009. The team has no single colour scheme. The present orange colour scheme was unveiled in April 2009. The team have had no accidents. They use a tag-line "One Team One Mission"
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Location: Waddington, Lincs, UK
Photo credit: © Avpics / Alamy / Afripics
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