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Woensdrecht Air Base

Hoogerheide, Netherlands

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Woensdrecht Air Base

Hoogerheide, Netherlands
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Dutch military air base with NATO training heritage.

Opened
1936
Location
Hoogerheide, Netherlands
Woensdrecht Air Base (ICAO: EHWO) is a Royal Netherlands Air Force installation located near Hoogerheide in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands. It serves primarily as a military facility and is home to the RNLAF's 334 Squadron and maintenance units, as well as the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) ground school operations historically linked to the base. The base hosts the Tactical Training, Evaluation and Standardisation (TACEVAL) activities and houses the aircraft maintenance and engineering training school for the Dutch armed forces. It is not a commercial passenger airport and handles no scheduled civilian air traffic.
Notable facts
  • ›Operated by the Royal Netherlands Air Force as an active military base.
  • ›Home to the RNLAF's aircraft maintenance training school (Defensie Materieel Organisatie).
  • ›The base has been used for F-16 maintenance and logistics support.
  • ›Located approximately 25 km west of Breda in North Brabant province.
  • ›Has an IATA code (WOE) despite having no scheduled commercial service.
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Woensdrecht Air Base
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Woensdrecht Air Base is a military airport between the villages of Woensdrecht and Huijbergen, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the city of Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. It is located near the A58 motorway and the border with Belgium.

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