Dutch Invasion 🇳🇱

Eight helicopters from the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) visit RAF Northolt in London for a fuel stop as they head north for an exercise! Three CH-47 Chinooks and Five AH-64 Apaches landed after midday and later departed to Carlisle. Serials below.
[D-482] CH-47F KLu 298 Sqn NAF D482C
[D-602] CH-47F KLu 298 Sqn NAF D482B
[D-604] CH-47F KLu 298 Sqn NAF D482A
[Q-01] AH-64DN KLu 301 Sqn APACHE11
[Q-23] AH-64DN KLu 301 Sqn APACHE12
[Q-24] AH-64DN KLu 301 Sqn APACHE13
[Q-29] AH-64DN KLu 301 Sqn APACHE14
[Q-30] AH-64DN KLu 301 Sqn APACHE15

[@ScoopDogg]

Dutch are always welcome in my book, we love the Dutch : )

[@jdemunter5235]

Not very wise honestly.

[@albusking2966]

@@jdemunter5235 we get along in europe

[@jdemunter5235]

@Albus King of course we do that's what civilised people do.

[@albusking2966]

@@jdemunter5235 yessir

[@scottysmith9687]

It's funny scene All American helicopters being fly by other other countries

[@seandcanty]

Saw these bad boys flying over London Bridge at my lunch break. Hop Holland! 🇳🇱

[@sulyokpeter3941]

I saw both.. I mean the 3 Chinooks and the 5 Apaches flying above Greenhithe couple of days ago. It was an amazing sight! I just heard a huge roaring sound which got more and more louder, so I ran outside very very fast to have a look around and I saw the 3 chinooks. Then after 10 minutes or so the 5 apaches. :D

[@Jib230181]

What beautiful aircraft the AH-64 is and she is my favourite heli of all time followed by the Huey. Excellent footage.

[@liamhennelly3961]

I will never tire from loving the sound of the Chinook and the sight of Apache's

[@elliottwilford6457]

You always know it’s a chinook coming towards you from the first deep thud you here miles away. There’s no better sound lol 😂

[@CapStar362]

wait till you hear and feel the rumble of a CH-53E or the newer K Model ;) about 5 days ago in Georgia US, i had 2 CH-53E's fly almost directly over me at about id say 500 AGL, my entire house shook for about 30-45 seconds before i could actually see them. but the loudest whopping comes from the AH-1W Super Cobra, you can hear those about 3-4 miles out, they are louder than the legacy Huey even. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gabOf2ere7iSr5o The rotor blade is only 1.2 inches less than the width of the Fuselage itself.

[@fatmanfaffing4116]

@@CapStar362 you young 'uns need to hear a Huey UH-1 Iroquois coming in to take you home. Nothing beats that twin blade wocka wocka.

[@CapStar362]

​@@fatmanfaffing4116 i used to live almost next door to Tara Field - home of the AAHF which flew their Huey's and their Cobra's over my house nearly every weekend. I have been given free rides in those same helicopters for volunteering at their place on Tara Field. Back in 1999 Peachtree City GA, i was still with Civil Air Patrol, one of their staff became ill and was the Right Door Gunner on some LP Powered M60's . they chose me to replace him. So trust me, i know the sounds very well. And I am 41 myself, my father was in Vietnam as a 0311 Marine. My Godfather was a 11B Infantry in Vietnam also, they even crossed paths a couple times. Please don't assume I dont know what that sounds like or based on my personal family experiences i cannot correlate the sounds and the feelings. Just because I was not personally there, does not mean I cannot compensate with first hand stories given to me by friends and family.

[@CapStar362]

@@fatmanfaffing4116 If you were there, my greatest thanks and respect for your service. And it has been proven that the AH-1W's wocka's are deeper and harder hitting than that of the UH-1A through N Models.

[@fatmanfaffing4116]

@@CapStar362 I was in post-Vietnam but we had the Hueys and it was a very distinctive and welcome sound. I can imagine how it was for my elders and betters who had ridden them in the SE Asian Games.

[@sebby324]

The Dutch are one of our closest allies and one of the oldest We fought along side them against the Spanish, French and others as far back as far back as the 1600s

[@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.]

Portugal is your oldest

[@quenchfeline3219]

@@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL. yes ...Treaty of Windsor 1386

[@kenw1248]

If I may I will just add that there has been more than once that the Dutch have been an enemy. An example is a certain Civil and World War from 1775 to 1783.

[@myonline1985]

@@kenw1248 Not to mention the raid on the Medway

[@RTomassi]

@@kenw1248 Agreed. Let's hope that continued cooperation lies in our future, not more Anglo-Dutch wars!

[@CobraEmergency]

1:05 and 8:29, the sounds of Northolt 😂👌

[@jonesgang]

You would love it where I am at in Alabama. I live next to Ft Rucker which is the #1 Army Aviation training facility. It is pretty cool watching the Apache practicing maneuvers at treetop level, and they are not flying slowly like in this video but extremely fast and aggressive. If you can get in the right area you can also watch the Apache's doing live fire on targets. The best time is during their finals. The air is filled with just about every type of military rotary wing craft you can think of.

[@marijnnn4992]

sick

[@SensitivityGames]

oh olmost every dutch person gets to enjoy the show around 70 to 80%of our airspace is also airforce training space.

[@jonesgang]

​@@SensitivityGames I am talking about well over 100 Apachie, well over 100 Blackhawk, well over 100 Chinook, and hundreds of smaller training and support rotor wings on a daily basis. There are many air fields and training fields for them to take off from and land and practice in, but when leaving and coming back it is almost an endless stream. I tend to stay away from Lowe Field, there they have the rookies doing all kinds of landing maneuvers, them instructors have some serious balls of steel!!

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

​@@jonesgang That's alot to have in one area

[@jonesgang]

@@Fighting_Fatigue_117 That is why it is a training facility. Pilots will come from all over the world and from various nations to have their pilots trained.

[@Ubhashan]

Mooie vangst broer, fantastische video zoals altijd

[@robtheaccountant]

simply beautiful machines, thank God RNLAF is on our side, we Appreciate you!

[@dutchww2incolor]

Much respect back to RAF. We are proud to be your ally. Great to have each other's back!

[@dhmik1]

A very friendly invasion (and this is fine in this crazy times)......Some weeks ago I've seen american "Longbows" some days flying on her way to the balticum over my hometown (ever in a five ship arrow formation). The noise of the rotor blades are music in my ears. Thank you for showing. Regards from a former "Hind" D mechanic.

[@leehessey1154]

Balticum? Please explain

[@dhmik1]

@@leehessey1154 Baltikum (or Balticum) means in this case the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Also the "East sea" is called baltic sea. In this states (I think mainly in Estonia) runs at the moment big NATO maneuvers as counterweight of russian military activities and to show the readyness to protect the NATO members. Regards from baltic shore.

[@leehessey1154]

@@dhmik1 thanks for taking the time to reply

[@kanash8851]

I'm Balticummm 😫😫

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

​@@kanash8851 lol

[@Flange-lw9sp]

Always nice when your mates pop in for tea😂

[@RTomassi]

Thank you for posting! Nice to see the cooperation!

[@AviationHighlights]

Very nice mate! Slightly different to the regular visitors at Northolt!

[@triifid1327]

How do you guys know when these movements are happening, I live across the a40 right under the flight path with clear view of raf northolt from my balcony. I raced out the shower when I heard these lot coming😂

[@mrade5321]

Apache Dutchie 'pon the Left hand Side 🚁😎

[@MyScotty7]

Love it

[@spaceenemiesnovel]

It are go bun, give me di music, make mi jump an' prance

[@maxschmerz574]

Damn good shots! Pilots with extreme good skills here to see! Thanks for this really good video, awesome!

[@Protopaq]

My fellow Dutchmen looking good there, thanks for the excellent vid!

[@elliottwilford6457]

There were 5 Apaches on exercise in Caerwent (old barracks) south east Wales just over a week ago. Impressive

[@TANNER5PANNER]

aha, they went over Bristol shortly after and i got a couple of pictures

[@kaasmeester5903]

4:35: They were coming in so low I thought they might stop and refuel at that Shell station 😅

[@SUPERsolSLAP]

1:14 hahahah the guy in the background talking

[@northoltflightwatch]

He’s a funny bloke 😂

[@mylesfinn66]

He's the opinionated knob who loves to hear his own voice you get at every airbase fence

[@WilliamBall-kz5gq]

God bless you 🙏

[@WilliamBall-kz5gq]

Good morning 🌞🌄 job well done.

[@Fester_]

Loving it. Thank you uploader. I rarely watch these videos so they are an absolute treat when i do.

[@Delta2D2]

I worked/lived (almost sometimes) in the back of the Woka’s for many years. I always found the unique blade beat hypnotic, which got me into a zone, that made me work in a unique way, I just can’t do in civi-life. Maybe it’s because it’s less dangerous & exciting in the real world, maybe it’s because people don’t realise what the few have to do to keep the country safe, so they can moan about trivial things. Either way, I miss the sound, smell, even the decision making, though not all were good ones. It’s hard when you can only watch on KZbin… Nevertheless, 60 years later, and she is still ugly, but nothing comes close to being able to replace her. She is magnificent, and saved thousands of lives, both in combat, humanitarian, & “You” viewers, who haven’t a clue about 99% of the terror plots that are ‘neutralised’, before they reach your town. We salute you Chieftain Chinook!

[@DrSpeedNL]

Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱!

[@BenM388]

Great allies and some good skill on the take off keeping them so nicely in formation, they was showing off to the camera man haha

[@asborampage]

the thump of the chinooks is the sound of freedom

[@asborampage]

with the ah64's in tow... damn its like ww3.. gotta love em

[@Freedom_HorizonYT]

as a dutch person also one that work on these aircraft the boys in them were like we have come for your free fuel

[@narayankulkarni5378]

God bless Netherlands God bless Netherlands 🇳🇱 hero's

[@carlosferduranr]

Nice view of the 5 ah 64 d apaches and the 3 ch 47 f chinooks dutch military helicopters visiting united kingdom 🇬🇧

[@ElegantMessTechPC]

Seeing those hellfire missiles loaded on the Apache is just an awesome sight! Safe training boys & have fun making things go boom !

[@dr.jamesdmartinphd]

To see them fired in Combat is pretty impressive

[@davidsimplicio4676]

I just fucking love the American design of these war machines.

[@stru9286]

The 3 Chinooks few over my home (just outside Maidstone) so I jumped on FlightRadar24 to follow them. Only one was transponding as NAF482, designated as a large unidentified commercial airliner 🤷🏼‍♂️ so I assumed Special Forces 🤔

[@alexferguson6982]

Cracking vid, got see the Dutch Yesterday and today at Carlisle Lake District Airport. One of the crew mentioned they or transiting through Northolt again in June on the way back home.

[@northoltflightwatch]

Hopefully the cougars will make it to Northolt next time too 😀

[@defdave101]

Used to get Chinooks going low over the house on the way to Brize Norton. The floor used to shake they were that low :)

[@thesillypig785]

One time we were working on a rural backroad and Chinooks kept flying over us having various stuff hanging under them. This went on the whole day. Near the end of the day one of them had a vehicle hanging under it and it flew over so low it nearly touched the trees. Pretty sure the pilots did it on purpose. Was fucking awesome.

[@steafdelad6906]

Whouaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !! impressive !! Force and sweetness.

[@josef596]

Those Apaches are extremely menacing.

[@ScoopDogg]

Ha ha love the guy talking in the background BRAVO

[@BaddaBigBoom]

But he's a raving right winger! "Shoot the commies!"

[@EdTheFlyingDutchMan]

Don't worry, we won't raid Chatham again, we love you guys now. ;-)

[@renekuipers4563]

Thanks hha The London fire was a better.idea .But now we love you.

[@charlieboffin2432]

The raid on Chatham was a great operation especially as the Catholics had taken control in England luckily only temporarily we got rid of them soon after. , I've seen the statue in Vlissingen of the Admiral who commanded the raid .

[@EdTheFlyingDutchMan]

@@charlieboffin2432 I think you are mixing up 2 separate things; The raid on Chatham happened in 1776 (We destroyed your Navy and stole your Flagship) and the glorious revolution happened in 1688/89 (We invaded England to kick out your catholic king who wanted to get rid of protestantism) We succeeded both times... ;-)

[@BangersNSmashTvv]

Wow.. what a sight great vid mate

[@northoltflightwatch]

Cheers

[@Jerre27]

When you have the opportunity of seeing the Dutch Apache Demo team, do it. Crazy good pilot skills.

[@MrJeepCanada]

That was cool to see. Thanks for sharing.

[@timmccarthy982]

Unloaded Chinooks have higher top speed then Apaches. All power and blades on Chinook can go to forward motion. No power loss to a tail rotor I think is the reason.

[@saltMagic]

Blackhawks are also faster. Those massive blades create alot of thrust.

[@johnd2058]

Thanks for this from NAFO gang!

[@airspeed_alive]

🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@yawningkitty457]

That is some exellent footage.

[@northoltflightwatch]

Cheers 👍

[@Conn653]

Beautiful birds!

[@jeroenvandenberg9320]

I've seen them flying over the hs2 jobsite in west ruislip, sound of freedom.

[@dr.jamesdmartinphd]

Thanks for the Video

[@anomalyp8584]

Didn't realise the Dutch had such a huge budget (and airfleet)!

[@janneman7710]

we don't have a big defense budget. Since the end of the cold war, the defense budget has been heavily cut, just as much of Europe has done at the moment the defense budget is something around 1.5% of gdp, From next year no, the Dutch government will invest more to get us back above the 2% nato norm

[@anomalyp8584]

@@janneman7710 good call...still, I didn't expect the Netherlands to sport such a huge fleet of Apaches and Chinooks...those are some serious birds.

[@kaasmeester5903]

@@anomalyp8584 After the budget cuts, we decided it was better to keep certain things up to strength, like the fleet of these helicopters, our rapid reaction force and so on. And completely drop certain other things like transport planes (we borrow them from the Belgians) and tanks.

[@anomalyp8584]

@@kaasmeester5903 I think that is a smart call...choosing for a strong air branch is better than investing in tanks. Probably your army then will in turn provide air support if needed in exchange for those transports/tanks/... If I'm not mistaken the Dutch also invest in engineering equipment (which makes sense since the country is very flat and has to deal with a lot of water ways).

[@BikZom]

9:40 Pov: you just started oil drilling on your own property

[@malorix1164]

They came for boris johnson..but he denied his own excistence...💣

[@christianlebordelais]

Une présence aérienne importante.Beau documentaire

[@OregonCrow]

In order to be invaded, you'd have to have something worth wanting.

[@-Hesco]

NATOwave needs to be playing in the background

[@sidscrote7570]

As an ex "squaddie" the Dutch have always liked us English, because of our sacrifice in the 2nd World War. Most of them can speak English better than i can!

[@speedbird737]

Great video! I prefer the Longbow version - bored with Chinooks - RAF Odiham not far from me in Farnham and they fly over all the time!

[@robbielandy77]

Same here bud in Farnham see both on a regular basis luckily

[@neliz2k]

The Dutch are upgrading them to Longbows, but only a few have been finished so far.

[@80sOutrunFan]

What can I say, we love the UK :)

[@captainsweatpants5229]

4:10. Apache 1: "Yeah, um...the fuel price is high here, let's go to the Tesco station up the road. It's cheaper and I can get Clubcard points!".

[@rahjah6958]

1:05 this guy talking ain’t wrong 😂

[@cnfuzz]

These always regroup at Ostend airport beaken when they crossed the channel , saw them again today .

[@michaela7759]

The real Flying Dutchmen in action.😉

[@flying_david]

Goosebumps feeling!

[@augustkirial6899]

just listen to the guy in the background 1:15

[@Renzsu]

Love the Chinook, the noise they make is epic.

[@GraveTecMediaGroup]

great catch :D

[@SmokeEater509]

It really is a shame they cancelled the Comanche. In the meantime, the AH-64 is a very scary aircraft if you're on its menu.

[@CapStar362]

13:00 the birds racing the ARFF Truck - now thats interesting.

[@orraman5427]

All because the lady loves Milk Tray.

[@byteme9718]

This is part of the task force to take back Luton.

[@kieronmarshall2658]

take it back from the edl or what ever it calls it self now.

[@byteme9718]

@@kieronmarshall2658 ?

[@kieronmarshall2658]

@@byteme9718 take luton back from whom?

[@byteme9718]

@@kieronmarshall2658 The money launderers, drug dealers and tax evaders. Those who fail to integrate of feel UK laws apply to them. The people with the large developments in their back gardens anyone who travels through using trains will see.

[@kieronmarshall2658]

@@byteme9718 youll find them in any uk town so why name luton?

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

America has some amazing war machines.

[@Marcotjuuh]

Am always looking for lady liberty. The chinook i took on road transport from Soesterberg airfield to helicopter services Stavanger Norway back in I guess 2005. That one was stripped to keep the other 5 flying. In Norway it was made airworthy again. One of my best transports

[@sledgehammer7473]

Excuse us, we're looking for the Medway.

[@ramonaresteguigomez3844]

Muchas gracias por estas extraordinarias imagenes 👏👏👏

[@northoltflightwatch]

Gracias 🙏

[@michelbrown1060]

This is a simple fuel stop, fill the tanks, check the oil, clean the windshield , fill the, washer reservoir, serve coffee to the pilot and, if needed, pipi room. . 😂

[@airspeed_alive]

Amaaaaaazing! Famtastic! *chefs kiss*

[@yetanotherpianist4449]

Man, I live in the Netherlands and sometimes these monsters fly over the house and they really freak me out. Like, I'm just doing something peacefully -_-

[@grobo503]

Someone had five stars.

[@actinium2754]

1:17 Had me laughing so hard.

[@ianrichards909]

Got to admit… them Americans sure know how to make some awesome military hardware…

[@johnz4860]

True but I can't think of any other areas of technology and engineering in which they are world leaders.

[@TheStacato]

@@johnz4860 Pharmaceuticals, agricultural equipment, semi conductors, quantum computers, spacecraft. That's just a few off the top of my head. You may not like the US but they're the #1 global superpower for quite a number of reasons beyond their military capabilities.

[@Metalstacker]

​@@johnz4860world leaders of debt 😂

[@hackbrettschorsch6855]

@@johnz4860 Name one where they are not; that list would certainly be shorter. You are not posting on an Russian plattform right now...

[@johnz4860]

@@TheStacato If you talk about pharmaceuticals, nobody beats Germany, when it comes to semiconductors, the whole world car industry is in a sorry mess because of all the semiconductors which are made in China, not the US. As to spacecraft, the Russians have always been well ahead of the US, in fact the ISS started as a Russian space station.

[@mlaakie]

The Apaches will be upgraded to the "E" model soon and with it comes the longbow radar. Never understood they didn't get the longbow before. Money I guess.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Last time I was at RAF Northolt I was surprised to see HS125 Dominies flying in and out! That was around 2014

[@stonksrgud7645]

4:34 i see its going to the local Shel for a quick refuel

[@Ally-Mollys-aviation]

Excellent 👏

[@nomad25c]

cool footage💪

[@grahamunderwood9353]

saw them passing over abbeywood ,good to see

[@QuantumAscension1]

9:25 Kid who says "Those helicopters look so cool! I wonder if they're dangerous." The helicopters:

[@shinsukegaming9526]

i love the convo about commies in the background lol

[@jessphuqette1716]

Michael Cain in 'Goldmember'...freaky deaky Dutch😄😄😄

[@niallrussell7184]

Wonder if they get to do the Mach Loop while they're here.. Netherlands is bit lacking in hills!

[@stefangeorgievski8992]

It is funny that these folks made a pit stop for refuelling and the dude is recording from Shell 😂

[@alzeNL]

You can bet that they didnt pay for the fuel being Dutch.

[@The.NetherIands]

Do you let your guests pay? 😉

[@mtailor5529]

I see them too flying above me by Northolt RAF

[@hemporergaming]

Amazing footage

[@ston210]

the chatter is premium

[@orleandr9757]

I put Red Alert 2 hell march in second tab. it was perfect.

[@Veerboot_1628]

I tracked them flying along Thames.. nice sighting

[@Zqud]

9:30 , unloaded or not. Would shit myself if I seen more than one Apache turn and look straight at me lmao....

[@northoltflightwatch]

That was my favourite bit hahaha I thought they will lift the way they were facing so when they turned and faced us, it was a nice surprise

[@Zqud]

@@northoltflightwatch hell yeah!! Cool forsure! I would’ve hit the deck! Even though it wouldn’t do anything lol. Sure it was awesome in person forsure!! I live in Norfolk, VA. Work in all the 757, & out VA beach / some parts of Norfolk I see stuff flying all day long. But never been up close like this!

[@_Dutchman24_]

Dutch Invasion to take Royal Dutch Shell Back ! 4:34

[@futurexjam2]

Apaches are like flying shark :))

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

Even if you cannot see it but you can hear it, you can tell a Chinook miles away 8-))... _"Ah! Listen... What's that..? Is... Is that a helicopter?"_ _"No... It's NOT a helicopter... That's a Chinook!"_