The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has announced that its F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters have officially assumed NATO's nuclear deterrence role, replacing the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
The Netherlands has become the first operator of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to publicly declare that its aircraft have now taken on the nuclear mission. Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35As operated by 313.
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