Nā lā o ka Air Force - 2019
F-16AM fighter, serial number J-642, me ka pena i kekahi manawa e hōʻailona ana i ka 40 makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana o kēia ʻano mokulele i ka RNLAF.
Ma 2016, ua hoʻolaha ka Royal Netherlands Air Force e mālama ʻia nā lā Air Force hou ma 2017. Eia naʻe, ua kāpae ʻia ka hanana. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia ke komo nui ʻana o ka mokulele pūʻali koa Dutch i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma ka ʻāina a me nā hana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke hana nei no kekahi mau makahiki. Ma ka Pōʻalima wale nō, Iune 14, a me ka Pōʻaono, Iune 15, 2019, ua hoʻolauna ka Netherlands Air Force iā ia iho i ka lehulehu ma Volkel base ma lalo o ka slogan: "ʻO mākou ka Air Force."
Ke nīnau nei kēia ʻōlelo i ka nīnau: he aha ka Dutch Air Force a he aha kāna hana? I ka pōkole: ʻO ka Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) kahi lālā hou o nā pūʻali koa, i hoʻolako ʻia me nā mea hana hou, e kōkua ana i ke kūʻokoʻa, palekana a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka honua.
Hana ʻia ka RNLAF i nā limahana i hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia, nā mokulele, nā helikopter a me nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua ʻē aʻe, e hana ana nā mea a pau ma ke ʻano he hui hoʻokahi a hoʻomaopopo. Akā he mea hou aʻe e hoʻohui ...
Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alakaʻi o ka Royal Netherlands Air Force, ʻo Lieutenant General Dennis Luit, ua wehewehe kekahi mau limahana RNLAF i ke ʻano o ka hui a me ka lawelawe i loko o kahi wikiō e hōʻike mau ʻia ma nā pale nui ʻehā. I ka pōkole, ua ʻōlelo lākou ua pale ka RNLAF i ka palekana o nā kamaʻāina o Netherlands ma o ka pale ʻana i ka mokulele o ka mokuʻāina a me nā ʻōnaehana koʻikoʻi me ke kōkua o nā mea kaua multirole F-16. ʻO ia ka ʻōnaehana mea kaua nui o ka RNLAF, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻololi ʻana me ka F-35A. Mālama ʻia ke kahakai e nā mokulele patrol Dornier Do 228. No nā hana hoʻokele a me ka hoʻolālā, hoʻohana ka RNLAF i nā mokulele C-130H a me C-130H-30, a me nā mokulele KDC-10.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā helikopter o ka Royal Netherlands Air Force no ka lawe ʻana i nā kānaka, nā ukana a me nā lako, a no ke kaua ʻana i ke ahi. ʻO nā helikopter hoʻouka kaua AH-64D e alakaʻi i nā helikopa lawe a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo ahi i nā pūʻali koa honua, a me ke kōkua ʻana i nā mākaʻi mokuʻāina ma ke noi a nā pūʻali koa. No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau hana āpau, nui pū kekahi mau kākoʻo a me nā ʻāpana palekana: lawelawe ʻenehana, hoʻokele, ke keʻena poʻo a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, logistic, nā lawelawe hoʻokele ea, hoʻokele a me ke kākoʻo meteorological, palekana kahua mokulele, nā mākaʻi koa a me nā pūʻali ahi pūʻali koa, etc. .
He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka RNLAF i ka hoʻonā hakakā honua, palekana a me nā hana like ʻole no ka lawe ʻana i nā waiwai a me nā kānaka a me ka haʻalele ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Hana ʻia kēia me ka hui pū ʻana me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka pūʻali koa a me nā pūʻali koa o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, me NATO a me nā misionari UN. Ua kōkua pū ka Royal Netherlands Air Force i ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā pōʻino kūlohelohe a me ke kaua. Ma ke komo ʻana i kēia mau hana, ua hāʻawi nui ka RNLAF i ka mālama ʻana i ka paʻa honua. ʻO ka honua paʻa ka maluhia, a he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia e pili ana i ke kālepa honua a me ka palekana o ka Netherlands ponoʻī. I kēia mau lā, ʻaʻole pili ka ʻāina wale nō, ke kai a me ka ea nā mea hoʻoweliweli, akā hiki ke hele mai mai waho mai. Ma kēia ʻano, ke ulu nei ka hoihoi i ka lewa ma ke ʻano he ala ʻē aʻe o ka pale o ka ʻāina. Me nā hoa kīwila, ke hana nei ka Dutch Ministry of Defense i kāna mau satelite ponoʻī. Manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka nanosatellite Brik II mua i kēia makahiki.
I mea e hōʻike ai i ka poʻe Dutch a me ka honua "he aha ka RNLAF", ua mālama ʻia kekahi mau hōʻikeʻike ʻāina a me ka ea ma luna o ka Volkel Air Base. Ua komo pū kekahi ʻano pūʻali Dutch ʻē aʻe, e like me ka Ground Air Defense Command, e hōʻike ana i kā lākou mau missile: Patriot medium-range, NASAMS liʻiliʻi a me Stinger pōkole, a me ke kikowaena radar Air Control Center. Ua hōʻike pū ka Royal Military Police. Ua hahai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kēia mau hanana a pau, me ka ʻoluʻolu e kipa aku i nā hale lole nui kahi i hōʻike ai ka RNLAF i kona pale ʻana i kona mau kumu, pehea ia e mālama ai i nā lako, a pehea e hoʻolālā ai, hoʻomākaukau a alakaʻi i nā hana kōkua kanaka a me ka pūʻali koa.
