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Thursday, April 07, 2011

Dutch F-16s En Route to Chile

F-16The second batch of F-16 fighters that Chile has purchased from the Netherlands today took off from Volkel air base for their new home. In total, the South American country is buying an additional 18 Dutch combat aircraft of this type.

In 2006, Chile already purchased 18 F-16s. With the current contract, the number of fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force has decreased further to 87. On June 1 last year, the first F-16s purchased under this initial contract were handed over to the Chilean Air Force.

The third and final six-aircraft batch was delivered by the Ministry of Defence in September 2011.

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