A "Diana" Fighting Falcon over the Mediterranean Sea during Operation Unified Protector (OUP), a NATO-led operation to protect Libyan civilians against the civil war. The Fighting Falcons of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht were during the operation mainly occupied with Combat Air Patrols, to prevent Libyan military aircraft taking off from their bases to attack civilians.

Climbing out of runway 23 for the afternoon mission.

Assigned USAF serial 81-0873 but taken on charge Jan-1985 by the Netherlands AF as J-873. By Sep-2002 it had been converted to F-16AM. In Oct-2017 it went to the Jordanian AF as 244.

Two Dutch Vipers during a mission in support of Operation Unified Protection, the fight agains the Khadaffi regime in Libya. The aircraft were pictured high above the Mediterranean Sea just outside Libyan airspace.

The 1st Netherlands Air Task Force International Security Assistance Force (1(NLD)ATF ISAF used F-16AMs over Afghanistan during their operations against the Taliban. Retracting gear quickly, stay low, build-up speed, and at the end of the runway make an unexpected move so the enemy is giving a tough time in aiming weapons on this fully loaded Falcon Sometimes the pilot decides to go straight ahead, sometimes they make a low level left or right turn, but they rarely go ballistic as it was then too easy for a Taliban with a MANPADS or AAA to make a lock. This heavily armed Falcon banked right.

323 squadron boss Major Jan Flinterman set an official Dutch speed record of 953.1 km/u (592.2 mph) in this Meteor over Ameland on Sunday 28 August 1949. Photo by: Ben Merk / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

323 squadron aircraft.

Note the AIM-9 Sidewinders

J-513 with 323 squadron markings takes to the sky together with F-16BM J-064 with 322 squadron markings

The first F-16 for the KLu with the 323 squadron badge on the starboard side of the aircraft. This F-16 is the only one in Dutch service NOT built by Fokker, having been delivered by C-5 to Fokker as a pattern aircraft

Wfu in 2002. IAT 1991 static display

K.64