Falcon Leap 10 – 21 September 2019
Exercise Falcon Leap is an international parachute exercise that takes place annually in the Netherlands from Eindhoven Air Base.
2 weeks in September are different facets of ‘airborne’ performance (by parachute) central. For example, military personnel conduct offensive air assault operations. The exercise is led by 11 Air Mobile Brigade, within the Dutch Ministry of Defence the specialist in rapidly deployable military troops by air.
During Falcon Leap, air mobile infantrymen work closely with the Air Force, but also with foreign partners such as Great Britain, the United States and Canada. The exercise is therefore intended to train interoperability. This means that during realistic exercises they coordinate each other’s procedures and (communication) equipment. Only then will they be able to work well together in the event of a real calamity.
Four actions were open to the public. For example, on 21 September at Ede jumps took place in memory of the failed parachute offensive Market Garden in September 1944.
Photos Rob Vogelaar
Falcon Leap 2019 Aircraft
Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules G-273 336sq Royal Netherlands Air Force
Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules G-275 336sq Royal Netherlands Air Force
Lockheed C-130H Hercules CH-11 20sq Belgian Air Force
Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4 ZH872 24/47sq Royal Air Force
Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules 15-5822/RS 37th AS USAF
Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules 166380/BH-380 VMGR-252 US Marines
Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules MM62178/46-43 2° Gruppo TM Italian Air Force
Transall C-160D 50+77 LTG63 German Air Force
PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck D-CPDA PD Air Operations for German Air Force
PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck D-CPDB PD Air Operations for German Air Force
