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n April 2020, the Dutch 298 Squadron, flying with the Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter, celebrated two anniversaries. 75 years 298 Squadron 25 years of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter within the Royal Netherlands Air Force For both anniversaries, the Chinook with serial D-666 was painted on both sides. On one side with the squadron symbol (in Dutch 'Libelle', in English 'Dragonfly'). On the other side the 'Grizzly' symbol, the (un)official nickname of the squadron. Due to COVID-19 in Europe, a large event was canceled and it was replaced by a flyby overhead the Netherlands. At several locations, photographers were invited to take photos of the Chinook at the various landing sites.
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Taking off from their home base Gilze-Rijen, the first stop was made at the GLV5 low-flying training grounds. Two passes and two browned-out sand landings were performed to show both sides of the Chinook to the photographers. Later that day other Dutch training grounds and air bases were visited to show-off this specially painted helicopter. The motto of the 298 Squadron is ‘nihil nobis nimium’ (nothing is too much for us).
