In various places in Drenthe, residents looked up strangely today and yesterday around 13.00. A military aircraft flew only a few tens of meters over the province.
In the vicinity of Sleen, but also at Hooghalen, the plane was seen. The flight could not be found on popular apps such as Flighttradar24.
According to the Ministry of Defense, it was a Lockheed C-130 Hercules device. “The pilots flew a low -flying route, which made them flew lower than the regular minimum flight height. This was for a training for the crew,” said a spokesperson for the ministry.
A Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a widely used medium transport aircraft. It can be used for, among other things, the transport of soldiers and parachutists, but can also be used to transport wounded soldiers per stretcher.