Dutch F-16s won’t be relieving the Belgian contingent in Jordan this year

Dutch Defense Minister, Jeannie Hennis-Plasschaert, has indicated that the country’s F-16s cannot be deployed to Jordan this July to take over the role of bombing ISIL from the Belgian Air Force contingent there.

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She explain that the government has no budget to prepare for the deployment. However, she said the Dutch forces could return to Jordan in January of 2018.