Less than a year after the first deliveries, the RNLAF completed the transfer of the last of the 24 F-16s promised to Ukraine, which will reach the country after a stop in Belgium.

The Netherlands’ Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans revealed in the Dutch talk show WNL op Zondag on May 25, 2025, that the country would complete its delivery of 24 F-16 to Ukraine the following day, without revealing the mode and location of the transfer to guard against Russian standoff strikes. “Tomorrow, we will see the last F-16 leave the Netherlands […] and that means we have the 24 that we have committed to and they will be operational in Ukraine very soon,” Brekelmans said. Contents Less than a year after the first deliveries, the RNLAF completed the transfer of the last of the 24 F-16s p

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