Row over Belgian F-16 service life

Continental Europe A Belgian Air Component F-16AM keeps station behind a US Air Force KC-135 from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, before receiving fuel over Germany, on February 23. USAF/Airman 1st Class Luke Milano THE BELGIAN defence ministry has been forced onto the defensive after it was revealed that a report on the service life of its F-16AM/BM fleet was apparently deliberately hidden from ministers. The leaked report revealed that the expected F-16 out-of-service date was six