Welcoming ceremony for the first operational
F35 in the Netherlands at Leeuwarden Air Base (31.10.2019) Base firefighters had responded to real emergency involving F-16 Viper fighter jet earlier and forgot to switch to shooting regular water for ceremony. While the foam would have been easily washed
off, it was feared it could have an impact on the sensitive external features, such as the specialised radar-absorbing coating. Fortunately this was not the case.
