Surplus Dutch F-16s near delivery to Chile

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Surplus Dutch F-16s near delivery to Chile

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http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... chile.html

Surplus Dutch F-16s near delivery to Chile

Chile is close to receiving its next batch of ex-Royal Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM fighters, with the aircraft now being prepared at Leeuwarden air base.

Six of the secondhand fighters will depart the Netherlands on 12 November for future use by the Chilean air force. Their delivery will be supported by a Dutch McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 tanker/transport.

The first three of the F-16s were pictured while making functional check flights from Leeuwarden on 22 September.

Chile currently has 28 F-16s in active use, as listed in Flightglobal's MiliCAS database. This includes 18 A/B-model aircraft previously acquired from the Netherlands and 10 C/D-standard examples acquired new from Lockheed and delivered from 2006.
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