Soesterberg AB

Utrecht , Utrecht

netherlands Netherlands










Satellite and aerial maps of Soesterberg with nearby locations


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Amsterdam RAI , Noord-Holland 34.7311
VU Amsterdam , Noord-Holland 35.6309VUMC



  Soesterberg


1913 to 2008

52° 8' 0'' N     5° 16' 0'' E
Cramped between the city of Zeist and th, Utrecht, Utrecht
ICAO: EHSB IATA:
Elevation: 88 feet


Soesterberg is the very first air base of the Dutch Air Force. It was opened in 1913. After WWII Soesterberg became, as Camp New Amsterdam, home of the American 32 FIS (later 32 TFS) flying F-86 Sabre, F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Delta Dagger, F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle. Helicopter flying started in 1955 with the arrival of Hiller H-23B Raven. From 1964 the Alouette III  was introduced and in 1975 the Bolbow Bo-105 was added to the inventory. The H-23B was withdrawn in 1965 and the Bo-105 were transferred to Deelen in 1979. In 1996 the first CH-47D and AS-532 Cougar were introduced making the mainstay of the Alouette III leaving service. As the Alouette is very cheap to operate, a few were still on strength for Royal VIP flights.
The US Air Force withdrew from its part of the base in Sep 1994.
Base closed in 2008.
The site now houses the National Military Museum, which officially opened in 2015, after merging the Delft Army museum collection with the aviation collection formerly in the Dutch Air Force museum (also at Soesterberg).



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  List of units at Soesterberg




Years Unit
1995/08300 SquadronAS532U2 Cougar , SE3160 / SA316A Alouette III,
1968/08298 SquadronCH-47D Chinook, SE3160 / SA316A Alouette III,
1968/77SAR FlightSE3160 / SA316A Alouette III,
Militaire Luchtvaart Museum




List of aircraft and events at Soesterberg


By Date | By Serial | By Model

TypeSerialDates
CH-136136225 15jun90
CH-136136237 15jun90
AB204B225 20
MK81281 16jan91
HH-53C69-5795 25jul07
UH-1N69-6606 20mar92
UH-1N69-6619 09apr91
UH-1D70+87 18dec80
CH-53C70-1630 12sep81
UH-1H73-22123 sep94
UH-1H73-22127 sep94
UH-1H74-22504 sep94
UH-60A82-23668 sep94
UH-60A82-23745 sep94
UH-60A82-23751 sep94
UH-60A82-23755 sep94
MK8883+02 22mar91
CH-53G84+68 29jul99
CH-53G84+75 21may91
CH-53G85+12 21may91
UH-60A87-24589 16sep94
SE3160A-246 jun98
SE3160A-247 15mar05
SE3160A-253 may19
SE3160A-260 jun98
SE3160A-261 jun98
SE3160A-275 25may02
SE3160A-281 09jan91
SE3160A-350 01sep84
SE3160A-465 02feb07 01jun08 13sep09
105CBB-37 01jun08 22mar09 27jan12
105CBB-39 05mar92
105CBB-43 26nov91
105CBB-67 05mar92
105CBB-74 26nov91
105CB-83 26nov91
CH-47DD-102 18apr00
CH-47DD-105 18apr00
CH-47DD-106 07feb05
CH-47DD-662 09mar05
CH-47DD-663 23
CH-47DD-664 dec95
CH-47DD-665 07feb05
CH-47DD-667 22dec21
SE3160H-20 03apr11
MK512M-511 15sep06
OH-23CO-36 79
105CPH-RPV 03apr05
105CBS-2PH-RPX 07mar05
AS532U2S-419 29oct03 25apr05
AS532U2S-440 07feb05
AS532U2S-441 30mar04
AS532U2S-453 17sep04
AS532U2S-454 23may08
AS532U2S-457 07feb05
AS532U2S-458 23feb07
SA330EXW207 29jul99
SA330EXW208 29jul99
SA330EXW222 21apr05
AH.1XX371 06mar91
HAR.3XZ588 09mar92
CH-47DZA680 16feb05
CH-47CZA680 16feb05
CH-47DZA681 / ES 18apr00
CH-47CZA714 15jun90
CH-47DZA714 sep94
A109AZE412 23apr91
AH9ZG889 05mar92



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