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Dutch F-16 crashed in Afghanistan - Pilot killed Aug 31, 2006 - A Dutch pilot died today when his F-16 fighter jet crashed in southern Afghanistan. The plane went down around 7 a.m. after making a distress call, but did not report "enemy action," a NATO statement said. [Read more...]	RNLAF F-16s escort Northwest jet back to Shiphol Aug 28, 2006 - Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, and authorities later detained twelve passengers for questioning. [Read more...]

Dutch F-16s in action in Afghanistan Aug 04, 2006 - Dutch F-16 jets saw action last week in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. [Read more...]	Possible Dutch F-16 training unit at Springfield AB, Ohio Aug 03, 2006 - As they are a bit cramped for training space, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is looking to establish a Continental United States (CONUS)-based F-16 Formal Training Unit (FTU). [Read more...]
Twenthe AB in The Netherlands closing down Jul 11, 2006 - Since today, Twenthe AB in the Netherlands is one step further in the process of closing down. The last commander of the base - Colonel Ralph Reefman - passed command to the Dutch Commander in Chief of the Air Force. [Read more...]	Dutch F-16s scramble for stray Boeing 737 Jun 24, 2006 - When Air traffic controllers failed to establish radio contact with a Boeing 737 on its way from Bulgaria to Belfast, two F-16s from Leeuwarden AB were scrambled. [Read more...]
Indian companies (HAL, TAT) to build F-16s? Jun 20, 2006 - Lockheed Martin, in the race to sell 126 F-16 jets to the Indian Air Force, is in talks with companies like HAL and the Tata group for the outsourcing of aircraft components. [Read more...]	Danish F-16 sucessfully tests the enhanced Paveway II Jun 19, 2006 - The Royal Danish air force recently conducted a series of tests of the Raytheon Enhanced Paveway II precision guided weapon. [Read more...]
Two Italian F-16s collide - pilots safe May 23, 2006 - Two Italian F-16s (#MM7246 & #MM7263) ditched into the sea yesterday near Sardinia, Italy, during the international exercise "Spring Flag 2006". The incident occurred during a night training mission. [Read more...]	Chaff dispenser drops from F-16 Aircraft May 11, 2006 - On 9 May 2006, between 22:30h and midnight, a chaff dispenser fell from a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 aircraft flying between 4 Wing Cold Lake and the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta, Canada. [Read more...]

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