European Air Forces General Thread

[aussienscale]

This is a general thread to post information on both Nato and non Nato Air Forces around Europe

To kick off, just found this FMS on DSCA for the Netherlands to acquire up to 4
MQ-9 Reaper's and associated equipment, I find this rather interesting with the deepening divide between east and west

The Netherlands – MQ-9 Reapers | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 

[kato]

Not really a new development, they've been planning that purchase for at least five years. The leased Aerostars they had in Afghanistan were the interim solution.

As part of Project Griffin there was also an attempt to fold it into the German procurement for another 16 or so, but given how the German public is with (US-built) drones since the Eurohawk debacle no one at the MoD is gonna touch that topic at the moment.