Alpha Golf F-16 Fighting Falcon QRA Scramble at Volkel - Rushing to Secure the Skies

On many European airfields are aircraft on Quick Reaction Alert. Volkel Air Base is also one of these airfields which can have a scramble. The Netherlands and Belgium share their QRA capabilities. There are always Dutch or Belgian F-16s on standby at Leeuwarden, Volkel, Kleine-Brogel or Florennes to secure the skies of both countries. During this video the Dutch F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters from Volkel were scrambled. One of these QRA aircraft (J-063) was also the MiG killer from the Kosovo War. When scrambled the remaining traffic needs to hold until the scrambled aircraft are launched. The F-16s from Volkel which are scrambled always use the call sign Alpha Golf during their mission. In this case the mission was a training scramble also known as a Tango Scramble.

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