F-16 breaks sound barrier

Two F-16 fighter aircraft from Volkel Air Base, Soesterberg have broken the sound barrier. The military air combat and air traffic control centre in Nieuw Milligen had ordered them to intercept an aircraft after radio contact with that aircraft had suddenly been lost.
Over Leeuwarden the fighter pilot managed to re-establish contact with the pilots of the airliner, after signalling to them by hand. The F-16s then escorted the aircraft, which was en route to Stockholm, as far as the German area of responsibility.
For the defence of the airspace over the Netherlands, F-16s are on standby for the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) task 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. 

From: http://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news.php?NewsID=30480