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    [News] Nederlandse F-16 crash in Afghanistan

    Two fully armed Dutch F-16s on a mission over Afghanistan."The plane was flying at a great height when the accident occurred, which means it can be ruled out that the craft was shot down. We therefore assume it was an accident," the ministry said in a statement.

    The F-16 (J-364) was early thursday morning returning from a planned mission to Helmand, a province south of Uruzgan where the Dutch are active.

    The aircraft crashed in the province of Ghazni, north of where the Dutch are active. It came down from great height. According to Dutch Defence sources, the jet was out of reach of known weapons installations.

    A second Dutch F-16 accompanying the unfortunate F-16, circled in the neighbourhood until rescue and recovery forces arrived.

    An American rescueteam recovered the remains of the pilot and his aircraft. The location of the crash site was withheld for security reasons.

    The 29-year-old pilot was the third Dutch soldier to die in Afghanistan. Two Dutchman were among the dead in a helicopter crash in Paktia Province in July.

    The Netherlands is a key contributor to a multinational force that took command of security operations in volatile southern Afghanistan from the coalition at the start of August, amid the deadliest upsurge in violence since the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001.

    Canadian Maj. Gen. Angus Watt, head of the NATO force's air operations, said the death of the pilot - whose name was not made public - wasyet a tragic loss. "We will continue with the mission undeterred," he said.


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    spijtig nieuws. Kon de schietstoel niet gebruikt worden miss? Aangezien er stond 'at a great height' zout ge verwachten dat de piloot zich kon redden?

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    Gisteren avond laat (23:15) zijn er 2 F-16's (323 sqn) vanaf Leeuwarden opgestegen om het vliegtuig met hierin het stoffelijk overschot van de gecrashte piloot die deze week in Afghanistan is omgekomen te begeleiden.

    De F-16's zijn richting Eindhoven gegaan om het vliegtuig (KDC-10) te begeleiden bij zijn landing.
    De KDC-10 (NAF44) werd onderschept in de buurt van Twenthe en werd begeleid naar Eindhoven, hier hebben de F-16's een Fly-by gemaakt op ongv. 600 meter hoog en zijn vervolgens teruggekeerd naar Vliegbasis Leeuwarden.
    De formatienaam was NAF44.

    Om 00:15 stonden de kisten weer op de grond.
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    we blijve gaan hé man das nie te gelove
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    Ze hebben pech bij de Nederlanders, vandaag weer eentje down gegaan, tijdens een touch n go op Volkel een birdstrike. Beide piloten zijn gesprongen.
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    de laatste tijd is het echt nie te doen van die ollanders die chrashen
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