Dutch special forces perform helocasting from Chinook helicopter
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| Diver from the Commando Troops of the Royal Netherlands Army practice landing in the water from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. |
On Wednesday April 10, a helocast training was carried out near Raamsdonk (the Netherlands).
Divers from the Commando Troops of the Royal Netherlands Army practice landing in the water from a DHC helicopter. A Chinook CH-47 from 298 squadron based at Gilze-Rijen air base (ICAO: EHGR) was deployed for this purpose. This Chinook landed several times to take a number of commandos on board. After a short flight, the Chinook slowly flew over a side arm of the 'Bergsche Maas' near Raamsdonk, after which the soldiers jumped into the water. Then the soldiers swam to shore for another round. This was repeated six times in total, the last two times another boat was thrown out.
The Commando Troops Corps (Korps Commandotroepen, KCT) is the Special Forces (SFO) corps of the Royal Netherlands Army whose task is to prepare and carry out Special Operations in the context of allied defense and crisis management tasks. The KCT is ready for operational deployment 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world.
The Dutch Defense has a separate command Defense Helicopter Command (Defensie Helikopter Commando, DHC) for all helicopter operations. The Boeing AH-64 Apaches, the Boeing CH-47 Chinooks, the Airbus Cougar and the naval NHIndustries NH90 are all united in DHC.
The 298 squadron flies the Boeing CH-47F MYII CAAS (Common Avionics Architecture System 9.4), which is nearly in the same configuration as the standard US Army CH-47 helicopters. 14 new Chinook helicopters were purchased while 6 existing Dutch CH-47F helicopters were modernized to the same standard. The last CH-47 helicopter was delivered to 298 squadron in November 2023.
Divers from the Commando Troops of the Royal Netherlands Army practice landing in the water from a DHC helicopter. A Chinook CH-47 from 298 squadron based at Gilze-Rijen air base (ICAO: EHGR) was deployed for this purpose. This Chinook landed several times to take a number of commandos on board. After a short flight, the Chinook slowly flew over a side arm of the 'Bergsche Maas' near Raamsdonk, after which the soldiers jumped into the water. Then the soldiers swam to shore for another round. This was repeated six times in total, the last two times another boat was thrown out.
The Commando Troops Corps (Korps Commandotroepen, KCT) is the Special Forces (SFO) corps of the Royal Netherlands Army whose task is to prepare and carry out Special Operations in the context of allied defense and crisis management tasks. The KCT is ready for operational deployment 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world.
The Dutch Defense has a separate command Defense Helicopter Command (Defensie Helikopter Commando, DHC) for all helicopter operations. The Boeing AH-64 Apaches, the Boeing CH-47 Chinooks, the Airbus Cougar and the naval NHIndustries NH90 are all united in DHC.
The 298 squadron flies the Boeing CH-47F MYII CAAS (Common Avionics Architecture System 9.4), which is nearly in the same configuration as the standard US Army CH-47 helicopters. 14 new Chinook helicopters were purchased while 6 existing Dutch CH-47F helicopters were modernized to the same standard. The last CH-47 helicopter was delivered to 298 squadron in November 2023.
Photos an text: Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije.
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