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Royal Danish Air Force to retire final F‑16s; Skrydstrup farewell set for 18 January

The Royal Danish Air Force will hold a farewell event at Skrydstrup air base on 18 January as it retires its final Lockheed Martin F‑16s, formally ending decades of F‑16 operations in Danish service and marking a transition in the service’s fighter fleet.

Discovered 2026-01-16T00:28:19.886376-08:00 | 2026-01-16T00:28:19.886376-08:00

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  • Marks the formal end of the Royal Danish Air Force’s F‑16 era, concluding decades of operational use and prompting force-structure and basing adjustments.

  • Occurs amid Denmark’s broader air‑defence modernization, including recent procurement moves such as the Denmark NASAMS deal and a cleared U.S. P-8A sale.

  • Reflects broader regional F‑16 transitions and reallocations in Europe, with allied transfers and retirements reshaping training, sustainment and interoperability plans (see recent European F‑16 reallocations: [source:0d58756a-a0e3-4cac-81fb-88ec55e8dd62]).

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