Denmark Retires F-16 After More Than Four Decades Of Service

With much of the world’s attention on the growing rift between the United States, Denmark, and its allies over Greenland, the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) became the latest NATO operator to retire the iconic F-16 fighter . While the F-35A is already on duty to defend Denmark, the Danish F-16s will continue to serve with Argentina as well as Ukraine, the latter of which have already seen combat . Yesterday, at just before 2:00 p.m.

local time, at Skrydstrup Air Base, an F-16 touched down for the very last time while officially in RDAF service. Around two hours before that, three other RDAF F-16s had taken off for a final formation flight, departing from Skrydstrup in full afterburner to mark their retirement. This was part of an official F-16 retirement ceremony at Skrydstrup, in southern