Late 2005 Chile decided to buy 18 second hand Dutch F-16’s. The first 8 aircraft departed Twenthe airbase on Monday the 4th of September 2006. After the official handover the Dutch registration will be removed and this aircraft will become the 736.
Late 2005 Chile decided to buy 18 second hand Dutch F-16’s. The first 8 aircraft departed Twenthe airbase on Monday the 4th of September 2006. After the official handover the Dutch registration will be removed and this aircraft will become the 722.
In the late 1990´s this F-16 was assigned to the RNLAF Display Team. After a Mid Life Update it operated from Twenthe in its normal grey outfit. The aircraft crashed during a mission in Afghanistan on 31 August 2006, tragically killing the pilot.