Lots of foreign participants on the Leeuwarden airshow 1994

The annual Royal Netherlands Air Force airshow was held on Saturday, 2 July 1994. The weather proved favorable for the organizers. With a substantial number of hours of sunshine and a temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius, it was a wonderful day for the approximately 150,000 spectators who attended the airshow.

War in the Balkan
The war in the Balkan and the enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia were major focal points during this airshow. This was reflected, on the one hand, in the significant number of aircraft types on static display that were used in enforcing the no-fly zone, and on the other hand in the opportunity given to family members of deployed military personnel to speak live with their relatives or loved ones in the Balkan via a video link.

Participants
No fewer than ten different countries sent one or more aircraft to the airshow. Among the highlights of the static display were a British Canberra, a Spanish Harrier, and a Portuguese A-7. In addition, a variety of Eastern European aircraft and helicopters were on display and in the show.
During this event the Royal Netherlands Air Force also displayed its two newest additions, the Agusta AB412 SAR helicopter and the new Lockheed C-130H Hercules (the G-273) to the general public.
The air show itself was of exceptionally high quality. Among the performances were impressive flights by the MiG-21, MiG-23, SU-25, a Spanish Harrier, and Portuguese A-7s. In addition, three demonstration teams took to the skies: the Dutch Alouette III team The Grasshoppers, the Patrouille de France flying their Alpha Jets, and the Slovak aerobatic team Biele Albatrosy with the L-39C Albatros. And as usual on a Dutch airshow there was mass take-off of no fewer than seventeen Dutch F-16s.

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