 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 SA-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.Since April 2005, eight Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s, joined by four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s in February 2006, have been supporting International Security Assistance Force ground troops the southern provinces of Afghanistan.