US EditionDenmark Formally Ends F-16 Service After 46 Years as Air Force Completes Transition to F-35 Fighters
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The first ones were delivered to Denmark in 1980.
Denmark formally ends F-16 service after 46 years as air force completes transition to F-35 fighters
The farewell took place in Hangar 3 at Fighter Wing Skrydstrup, where personnel with long-standing ties to the aircraft gathered in a close and informal atmosphere. The F-16, described as the unit’s “eyes and shield in the air”, was honoured for decades of surveillance, deterrence and operational response. Among the speakers was General and former Chief of Defence Christian Hvidt, who landed the first Danish F-16 at Skrydstrup 46 years ago and l…
Due to the weather, only the southern and eastern parts of the country can take part in the farewell with F-16 aircraft.
If you would like to see the Danish F-16 planes over the sky for the last time, then you should look up at the sky on Sunday, because here the planes will pass several places in the country. After this, the airfield will officially say goodbye to the planes after 46 years of service. The route is published on the map here, where it appears that they fly over Assens in the direction of Svendborg and then Nyborg, as well as from Kerteminde towards…
This afternoon, the Danish Armed Forces will say goodbye to the F-16 aircraft after more than 45 years in service.
Days ago, the Danish Armed Forces confirmed the end point to the operational history of the F-16 with the Danish Royal Air Force, closing an era that spanned 46 years of service, during which the fighters emerging from the “European Programme” were deployed in various parts of the world. However, the Danish Fighting Falcon will continue [...] Entry After 46 years of service, the Danish Royal Air Force puts an end to the history of its F-16 Fight…
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