Royal Netherlands Air Force Historical Flight Foundation

Historic aviation at the airbase began in 1969 with the founding of the Stichting Vliegsport Gilze Rijen. Former pilots of the Royal Netherlands Air Force began restoring a Harvard and a Piper Super Club in a hangar. In 1976, a new objective was formulated: to restore and maintain Royal Netherlands Air Force aircraft in airworthy condition. From 1996, the organization operated under the name Gilze Rijen Historical Flight.

In 1998, Gilze Rijen Historical Flight merged with the Dutch Spitfire Flight from Soesterberg, which in 1993 had succeeded in making a Spitfire airworthy. The new organization has since been called the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historical Flight Foundation. In 2004, during its 35th anniversary, a merger with the Duke of Brabant Air Force was announced. After the merger was completed in 2010, the B-25 Mitchell bomber also became part of the fleet.

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