Marine Luchtvaartdienst
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Marine-Luchtvaartdienst ( MLD, Netherlands Naval Aviation Service ) is the naval aviation branch of of the Royal Netherlands Navy ( Koninklijke Marine ). From April 30, 2013 all Navy ships prefix changed from Hare Majesteit (Hr. Ms.) to Zijner Majesteit (Zr. Ms.) as the Netherlands welcomes their new King.
As of 2018, the RNLN performs regular deployments to the Caribbean, Mediterranean (Operation Sophia), Horn of Africa (Operation Atalanta) and Bahrein (Combined Task Forces). Marines are/can be deployed to Mali, Afghanistan, Lithuania and observers in South Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon/Syria and Libya
As of 2018, the RNLN performs regular deployments to the Caribbean, Mediterranean (Operation Sophia), Horn of Africa (Operation Atalanta) and Bahrein (Combined Task Forces). Marines are/can be deployed to Mali, Afghanistan, Lithuania and observers in South Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon/Syria and Libya
Units
| Military Forces | |||||
| vsq 7 | |||||
| vsq 8 | |||||
| vsq 860 | |||||
| vsq 990 | |||||
| Coast Guard | |||||
Locations
| 1997-2012 |  Hato Curaçao International Airport |
TNCC |
| 1966- | Den Helder Airport / De Kooy | EHKD |
| 1952-1973 | Valkenburg | EHVB |
| 1949-1962 |  Frans Kaisiepo |
WABB |
Operations
| 01 Jan 20242024 | 31 May 20242024 |  Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 |
| 31 Oct 20222022 | -- | Falcon Autumn 2022 |
| 13 Jun 20222022 | 22 Jun 20222022 | Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2022 |
| 10 Mar 20222022 | 10 Apr 20222022 | Exercise Cold Response 2022 |
| 08 Feb 20222022 | 18 Feb 20222022 | Guardian Defender 22 |
| 15 May 20212021 | 03 Jun 20212021 |  Formidable Shield 2021 |
| 08 May 20212021 | 20 May 20212021 | Exercise Strike Warrior 2021 |
| 21 Sep 20202020 | 15 Oct 20202020 | Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2 |
| 30 Mar 20192019 | 11 Apr 20192019 | Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 |
| 26 Feb 20192019 | 08 Mar 20192019 |  Dynamic Manta 2019 |
| 06 Sep 20172017 | -- |  Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria Relief Operations |
| 26 Mar 20172017 | 06 Apr 20172017 | Exercise Joint Warrior 17-1 |
| 03 Oct 20162016 | 14 Oct 20162016 | Exercise Emerald Move 2016 |
| 11 Apr 20162016 | 23 Apr 20162016 | Exercise Joint Warrior 16-1 |
| 03 Oct 20152015 | 06 Nov 20152015 |  Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 |
| 04 Jul 20152015 | 05 Jul 20152015 | Marinedagen 2015 |
| 11 Apr 20152015 | 24 Apr 20152015 | Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 |
| 22 Sep 20142014 | 25 Sep 20142014 | SAR meet 2014 |
| 06 Jun 20142014 | 21 Jun 20142014 | BALTOPS 14 |
| 31 Mar 20142014 | 11 Apr 20142014 | Exercise Joint Warrior 14-1 |
| 24 Mar 20142014 | 25 Mar 20142014 | NSS 2014 |
| 23 Jun 20122012 |  Fly out MFG-5 Kiel |
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| 01 Jul 20112011 | 03 Jul 20112011 | naval days 2011 (marinedagen) |
| 27 Mar 20112011 | 31 Oct 20112011 |  Operation Unified Protector |
| 12 Jun 20102010 | 02 Jul 20102010 |  Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy |
| 25 May 20092009 | 27 May 20092009 | SAR meet 2009 |
| 08 Dec 20082008 | -- | Operation Atalanta |
| 04 Oct 20082008 | 17 Oct 20082008 | Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 |
| 04 Jun 20072007 | 15 Jun 20072007 | BALTOPS 07 |
| 24 Jun 20052005 | 28 Jun 20052005 | Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 |
| 20 Jun 20052005 | 25 Jun 20052005 | SAR meet 2005 |
| 01 Jan 20052005 | -- | SNMG2 |
| 05 May 20022002 | -- |  Combined Task Force 150 |
| 24 Oct 19981998 | 01 Nov 19981998 |  Operation Tellar |
| 04 Oct 19941994 | 06 Oct 19941994 | SAR meet 1994 |
| 01 Jun 19941994 | -- | BALTOPS 94 |
| 15 Jun 19931993 | 02 Oct 19961996 |  Operation Sharp Guard |
| 21 Mar 19921992 | 20 Dec 19951995 |  UNPROFOR |
| 16 Aug 19901990 | 10 Mar 19911991 |  Operation Desert Shield/Storm |
| 26 Sep 19881988 | 04 Oct 19881988 |  Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute |
| 21 Jun 19861986 | 22 Jun 19861986 | Fleet days 1986 |
| 13 Aug 19791979 | 14 Aug 19791979 |  Rescue from Fastnet Yacht Race |
| 27 Jun 19771977 | 28 Jun 19771977 | Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| 07 Jul 19721972 | 12 Jul 19721972 | 6th International Helicopter SAR Competition |
| 01 Feb 19531953 | 17 Feb 19531953 | Operation WaNo |