The Royal Netherlands Air Force's 323 Tactical Training, Evaluation and Standardisation (TACTES) Squadron was disbanded at its home base, Leeuwarden, on October 31. The decision to retire the unit - one of the RNLAF's four remaining F-16 squadrons -and cut the overall number of active F-16 MLUs from 68 to 61 this year had been announced on September 17, 2013. Co-located 322 Squadron took over the TACTES role and responsibility for the Kantoor Testvliegen (flight test office) as well as most of 323's pilots and jets.
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