The Royal Netherlands Air Force has removed its fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the BENELUX Air Policing duties and instead, the role will now be filled by the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II to protect the airspace over Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft have taken on air-defence duties for the BENELUX countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg for the first time. A file photo of an RNLAF F-35A Lightning II of t.
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