Amsterdam Schiphol Airport set for F-35 fighter jets to operate alongside passenger airliners in rare exercise

stlbeacon.org - 1/21/2026

For two days in late January, the sightlines at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will briefly blur the familiar boundary between civil aviation and military air power. Amid the steady rhythm of widebody airliners and short-haul traffic, four Dutch F-35 fighter jets and a military transport aircraft will arrive, depart and manoeuvre as part of a carefully planned training exercise by the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force.

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