History was made on the evening of Monday, May 23, when two Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning Us touched down on Dutch soil for the very first time. First to land on runway 05 at Leeuwarden Air Base, at 21:17hrs, was F-35A F-001 (AN-01), flown by Colonel Bert de Smit, commanding officer of the Netherlands Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Detachment at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Major Pascal Smaal followed ten minutes later in F-002 (AN-02). Both jets got the traditional hose down by the air base fire department before taxiing onto Leeuwarden's northern flight line together. As the last light of the day faded, the two fifth-generation fighters came to a stand-still in front of hundreds of Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel, invited guests and media representatives. The deployment was historical for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, but also for the F-35 community, as it marked the first-ever transatlantic crossing from the United States to Europe by an F-35.
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机译：历史是在5月23日星期一晚上进行的，当时两架荷兰皇家空军洛克希德·马丁公司的F-35A Lightning Us首次降落在荷兰土地上。 F-35A F-001（AN-01）首次在吕伐登空军基地的05跑道降落，由荷兰作战测试与评估（OT＆E）支队的指挥官Bert de Smit上校驾驶，加利福尼亚爱德华兹空军基地。十分钟后，Pascal Smaal少校驾驶F-002（AN-02）。这两架喷气式飞机都由空军基地消防部门放下了传统的软管，然后一起滑行到了吕伐登的北部飞行路线。随着一天的最后一刻消失，两架第五代战斗机在数百名荷兰皇家空军人员，受邀嘉宾和媒体代表面前停滞不前。部署对荷兰皇家空军以及F-35社区来说都是历史性的，因为它标志着F-35从美国到欧洲的首次跨大西洋跨越。
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