Westland Lynx Royal Dutch MarineThe Royal Dutch Marine has 21 of these Westland Lynx helicopters. The first came into service in 1978. They are still in service but in the next years they will be replaced by the NH-90 helicopter.
The Lynx helicopter is used on boats fot tracing submarines, and on land for search and rescue.
This one is seen on the Airshow on Leuchars airforce base in 2004.
Picture added on 12 January 2005