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[lordroel]

The first entry of the orbats i have created for some nations before the start of my Twilight War (1996) or the French-Belgian invasion of the Nederlands (1998).

Netherlands Naval Aviation Service in 1997

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Dutch: Marine-Luchtvaartdienst; MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy and had at the time that the country entered the war on January 6th 1997 a total of 13 aircraft and 24 helicopters in use.

MARPAT - Maritime Patrol Group:

No. 2 Squadron - Valkenburg

(MOTU) P-3C Orion (1) and 1 King Air (2).

No. 320 Squadron - Valkenburg

6 Lockheed P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft (3).

No. 321 Squadron - Valkenburg

6 Lockheed P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

HELIGRP - Helicopter Group:

No. 7 Squadron - De Kooij

6 UH-14D Westland Lynxs helicopters (used for utility and SAR roles).

No. 860 Squadron - De Kooij & frigates

18 SH-14D Westland Lynxs helicopters (used for ASW missions).

(1) acts as the OCU for the P-3C Orions of No. 320 and No. 321 Squadrons using aircraft borrowed from these units. Officially titled MOTU (Maritime Operations Training Unit).

(2) leased for advanced training purposes from Valkenburg and Maastricht Airport.

(3) one P-3 Orion permanently deployed to Keflavik, Iceland to help track Soviet submarines.