Nieuw-Milligen

Nieuw-Milligen is a village in the municipality of Apeldoorn in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. Nieuw-Milligen has 230 inhabitants (2003). In Nieuw-Milligen is the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen, the air traffic control centre for all military air traffic in the Netherlands. The base started out as a small military airfield in 1913 and remained in use as such until 1940, when it was destroyed by the Dutch military to prevent it from being used by the Germans.

Coordinates: 52°13′N 5°47′E / 52.217°N 5.783°E / 52.217; 5.783

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