June 15, 2007 at 10:06 am
according to the news this morning RNLAF F-16AM’s opened fire today as dutch army soldiers came under attack by taliban/al Quaida insurgents, a call was sent out for close air support to aid the troops. a while later, RNLAF F-16AM’s were on the scene to take them out. this is the first time the dutch F-16’s opened fire in an actual operation in afghanistan.
news article (in dutch)
http://www.bndestem.nl/binnenland/article1526642.ece