Editing Fokker (section)

===Post–World War II rebuilding===
[[File:Gloster Meteor F.8 EG-121 Belgian A.F. BLA 06.09.55 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|Fokker-built Gloster Meteor of the [[Belgian Air Force]] in 1955]]

Rebuilding after the war proved difficult. The market was flooded with cheap surplus planes from the war. The company cautiously started building [[Glider aircraft|gliders]] and autobuses and converting [[C-47 Skytrain|Dakota]] transport planes to civilian versions. A few [[Fokker F25|F25s]] were built. Nevertheless, the [[Fokker S-11|S-11]] trainer was a success, being purchased by several air forces. The [[Fokker S.14 Machtrainer|S-14 Machtrainer]] became one of the first [[jet trainers]], and although not an export success, it served for over a decade with the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]].

A new factory was built next to [[Schiphol]] Airport near Amsterdam in 1951. A number of military planes were built there under license, among them the [[Gloster Meteor]] twin-jet fighter and [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]]'s [[F-104 Starfighter]].  A second production and maintenance facility was established at [[Woensdrecht]].

[[File:Fokker F27 d-aeld Marcel van Leeuwen 2-2002.jpg|thumb|left|The Fokker F-27 turboprop airliner]]

In 1958, the [[Fokker F27|F-27]] Friendship was introduced, Fokker's most successful postwar airliner. The Dutch government contributed 27 million [[Dutch gulden|guilders]] to its development. Powered by the [[Rolls-Royce Dart]], it became the world's best-selling [[turboprop]] airliner, reaching almost 800 units sold by 1986, including 206 under licence by [[Fairchild (aircraft manufacturer)|Fairchild]]. Also, a military version of the F-27, the F-27 Troopship, was built.

In 1962, the F-27 was followed by the jet-powered [[Fokker F28|F-28]] Fellowship. Until production stopped in 1987, a total of 241 were built in various versions. Both an F-27 and later an F-28 served with the [[Dutch Royal Flight]], [[Prince Bernhard]] himself being a pilot.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

In 1969, Fokker agreed to an alliance with [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]]-based [[Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke]] under control of a transnational holding company. They collaborated on an unsuccessful regional [[jet airliner|jetliner]], the [[VFW-614]], of which only 19 were sold. This collaboration ended in early 1980.

[[File:Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 arrives RIAT Fairford 10thJuly2014 arp.jpg|thumb|A Fokker-assembled [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] [[F-16]] arrives for the [[Royal International Air Tattoo]], [[England]] (2014).]]

Fokker was one of the main partners in the [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] consortium (European Participating Air Forces), which was responsible for the production of these fighters for the [[Belgian Air Force|Belgian]], [[Danish Air Force|Danish]], [[Royal Netherlands Air Force|Dutch]] and [[Royal Norwegian Air Force|Norwegian]] Air Forces. It consisted of companies and government agencies from these four countries and the United States. F-16s were assembled at Fokker and at [[SABCA]] in Belgium with parts from the five countries involved.