Dennis Luyt

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Dennis Luyt in March 2014 at Holloman Air Force Base , New Mexico

Dennis Luyt (* 1963 ) is a Dutch soldier . The Lieutenant General is in command of the Dutch Air Force .

Life

Dennis Luyt joined the Dutch armed forces in 1981 and was trained as a fighter pilot in the USA . After completing his training, he was transferred to the 313th squadron of the now closed flight base Twente near Enschede , where he was deployed as a pilot in the General Dynamics F-16 model , and later as a flight and weapons instructor . From Amendola Air Base in Italy from flying Luyt among others 1,999 forces in operations Deliberate Force and Allied Force over Yugoslavia , at the Air Force of the Armed Forces was involved, and he was an exchange pilot for several years on the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 in used by the Royal Canadian Air Force .

This was followed by an employment as a squadron captain of the 315th squadron, also in Twente, and then the Dutch general staff training. Luyt then took over positions in the Defensiestaf in The Hague and in 2007 as Military Assistant Deputy Commander Air within the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan . In 2010, he was now a Colonel and was given command of the Leeuwarden Air Base in the north of the country. Before his appointment as Commander of the Air Force, he was in charge of all operations in the Air Force Command, the Commando Luchtstrijdkrachten . On June 10, 2016, Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert appointed him to succeed Alexander Schnitger as Commandant Luchtstrijdkrachten ; on June 1, 2016, he was promoted to Lieutenant General.

At a conference, Dennis Luyt described the Lockheed F-35 , which will replace the F-16 in the light of the next few years, as superior to all other current aircraft and its integration into the air force as one of the most important tasks of his tenure.

He is married and has three children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Luyt nieuwe Commandant Luchtstrijdkrachten. In: Defensie.nl. June 12, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Dennis Luyt nieuwe baas Koninklijke Luchtmacht. In: Piloot en Vfluguig. June 10, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Janene Pieters: Netherlands Names New Air Force Leader. In: NLTimes. April 12, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Amanda Macias: NATO AIR CHIEF: For Russians, engaging an F-35 would be like jumping into a boxing ring to 'fight an invisible Muhammad Ali'. In: Business Insider. September 20, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 .
  5. ^ Dutch Chief of Air Staff Calls into JFC Brunssum. In: JFC Brunssum. September 2, 2016, accessed November 20, 2016 .
  6. ^ Curriculum Vitae luitenant-generaal Dennis Luyt. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Defensie.nl. July 22, 2016, archived from the original on November 20, 2016 ; Retrieved November 19, 2016 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.defensie.nl
personal data
SURNAME Luyt, Dennis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Lieutenant General, Commander of the Dutch Air Force
DATE OF BIRTH 1963