The Netherlands has withdrawn the F-16 from the Benelux air policing mission and handed the role to the F-35.
Credit: Royal Netherlands Air Force
The end of the F-16’s operational service in the Netherlands has moved a step closer with the type’s withdrawal from domestic air policing operations. Dutch commanders handed the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) and Benelux air policing mission from the F-16 to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on March 29...
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