Record de vuelo de los F-16 Holandeses en Afganistán/ Dutch F-16s milestone

Los F-16 de la Real Fuerza Aérea Holandesa desplegados en Afganistán han alcanzado las 16.000 horas de vuelo en apoyo de operaciones a ISAF. Los F-16 holandeses se están empleando en misiones para descubrir artefactos explosivos con el pod ‘RecceLite’.
Holanda opera el F-16 en Afganistán desde 2002. Su base inicial fué Manas, en Kyrgyzstan, después Kabul y actualmente Kandahar.
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The Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Air Task Force (ATF) at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan notched up its 16,000th flying hour for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The ATF’s F-16AM Falcons are currently flying daily reconnaissance missions for improvised explosive devices (IED) using the ‘RecceLite’ digital aerial system.
The aircraft have been operating over Afghanistan since 2002. Initially they were based at Manas in Kyrgyzstan, but moved to Kabul International Airport in November 2006 and later Kandahar Airfield.
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