Dutch F-16s return from Middle East as F-35 ambitions grow

Dutch F-16s - Hollandse Hoogt/REX/Shutterstock

Six Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s returned to the service's Leeuwarden and Volkel air bases on 2 January, after completing a year-long deployment to Jordan as part of an international coalition conducting operations against Islamic State militants in the Middle East.

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