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File AR/SB-548 Class open state Accessioned 21 February 2026

Netherlands

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Host of the B61 vaults at Volkel and of the grounded F-35 fleet at Leeuwarden.

Also: The Hague · Holland

In the record

  1. 10 January 2026 The severanceAt 03:00 on a Friday, engineers at Wright-Patterson revoke access for five allied air forces. By 08:30 GMT the…
  2. 13 January 2026 Europe grounds its stealth fleetAvailability across the allied F-35 force falls by more than half in seventy-two hours. The United Kingdom bri…
  3. 29 January 2026 The cordons close around the vaultsFeldjäger patrol vehicles park across the access road at Büchel and turn on their blue lights. Within forty mi…
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