Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Patch

Dutch F-16s were employed by NATO during Bosnian peacekeeping operations in 1994–95 in ground-attack missions and enforcing the no-fly-zone over Bosnia (Operation Deny Flight).

NATO F-16s also participated in air strikes against Serbian forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Operation Deliberate Force in August–September 1995, and again in Operation Allied Force over Yugoslavia from March–June 1999. During Allied Force, Dutch F-16 J-063 flown by Major Peter Tankink also claimed one Yugoslavian MiG-29, with an AMRAAM, flown by Lt. Colonel Predrag Milutinovic (callsign "Grof") . He ejected safely. This marked the first air-to-air kill made by a Dutch fighter since WW2. However, Yugoslav sources including Milutinović himself in a TV interview claim that he was shot down while approaching Niš Airport in order to land, by the Yugoslav air defence SAM-6 in a friendly fire incident. It is likely that the Dutch F-16 in fact damaged the Mig-29 flown by Maj. Dragan Ilić who nevertheless managed to return to base.

95x100mm Woven Patch