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The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has announced that its F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters have officially assumed NATO's nuclear deterrence role, replacing the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Nevertheless, the US continues to be the leading power in the multipolar world

Over 64 thousand servicemen of the US Armed Forces (the number is almost equal to all Belarusian army soldiers), as well as more than 33 ...

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Saturday marks the first official warm day of the year. At the main weather station in De Bilt it was 20.1 degrees on Saturday at 12.30 p.m., which is a little early. On average, it is only 20 degrees or more in De Bilt on April 13.It is even warmer in other parts of the country. In Eindhoven, for instance, it is 21.6 degrees and in Enschede 22.4 degrees. In general, it is only an official warm day when the temperature reaches 20 degrees or more at the weather station in De Bilt.

According to the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Ukraine will get 24 ex-RNLAF F-16s.

The Royal Netherlands Air Force has removed its fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the BENELUX Air Policing duties and instead, the role will now be filled by the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II to protect the airspace over Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

Dutch F-35s take over Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties from F-16s in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

The RNLAF F-16s have carried out their last Quick Reaction Alert duty after 43 years of alert duty.

After almost 25 years, the old AH-64 'Delta' will be replaced by the Echo version, also called the 'Guardian'.