RNlAF Lt. Col. Marten 'Jimi' Hendriksma of Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, commander of Air Task Force-17, based out of Volkel AB, taxis down the flight line in an F-16AM #J-135 from 322 sqn before conducting a mission from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on June 24th, 2011. [USAF photo by Sgt. Richard Andrade]
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News: RNlAF F-16 missions from Kandahar come to an end [2011-10-19]
After more than five years, the Netherland's F-16 operations from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan came to an end on October 15 after the final armed reconnaissance flight.
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