Soesterberg Air Base
Soesterberg Air Base was a Royal Netherlands Air Force military air base located in Soesterberg, 14 kilometres east-northeast of Utrecht. It was first established as an airfield in 1911, and in 1913, the Dutch Army bought the field and established the Army Aviation Division.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airbase
- Description: Royal Netherlands Air Force military airbase
- Also known as: “EHSB”, “Soesterberg AB”, “Soesterberg Air Force Base”, “Soesterberg Royal Netherlands Air Force Base”, and “UTC”
- Historically known as: “Camp New Amsterdam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nationaal Militair Museum and De Paltz, Soest.
Nationaal Militair Museum
Museum
Photo: Clemens Vasters, CC BY 2.0.
The Nationaal Militair Museum is a military museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. It focuses on the history of the Dutch Armed Forces with emphasis on the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soesterberg and Huis ter Heide.
Soesterberg
Village
Photo: Tukka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base…
Huis ter Heide
Village
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huis ter Heide is a village in the central Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Zeist, Utrecht, about 2 km northeast of the centre of the town Zeist.
Soestduinen
Hamlet
Soestduinen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 3 km south of Soest. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1936 as Soestduinen, and means the dunes near Soest.
Soesterberg Air Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Soest, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Soesterberg Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Soesterberg Air Base”
- Chinese: “蘇斯特貝格空軍基地”
- Dutch: “Luchtmachtbasis Soesterberg”
- Dutch: “Vliegbasis Soesterberg”
- French: “Base aérienne de Soesterberg”
- French: “Soesterberg Air Base”
- German: “Camp New Amsterdam”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Soesterberg”
- Indonesian: “EHSB”
- Indonesian: “UTC”
- Japanese: “ソーステルベルフ航空基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Soesterberg AB”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی سوستربرخ”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Soesterberg”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯ ҳаво салтанате суеҳстрбрг @ҳштн”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Салтанати Соестерберг”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as De Paltz and Ons Belang.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sterrenberg and De Soesterberg.
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