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2011 Air Force Exercise |
2011 NATO TIGER MEET
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Location: Cambrai
BA103 AFB, France |
Admission: No
public days limited Spotters tickets € 30 for one day |
Parking: N/A |
Value: Excellent |
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The NATO Tiger Meet (NTM)
is not an air show, but a joint gathering of Tiger squadrons
for a joint exercise. As such we will not have a formal report,
just a summary.
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This year
was the 50th anniversary of the NATO Tigers. The first NATO Tiger
Meet was held in July 19-20, 1961 in Woodbridge, UK. Participating
units were the USAF 79TFS, based at RAF Woodbridge with F-100, the
74(F) SQN from RAF Leuchars with Lightning F Mk1, and the EC 1/12
FAF from Cambrai with Super Mystère B2. This small gathering
was the beginning of the now world famous NATO Tigers. If you’re
interested about the history of the NATO Tigers, you will find all
information in the incredibly illustrated limited anniversary book “NATO
Tigers Fifty Years”, from the NATO Tigers association. |
NATO Tiger meet 2011, was to be the biggest
tiger meet ever. Unfortunately, due to the political situation
in Libya, there were several cancellations. We missed the Hungarian
HuAF 59/1 Puma Sqn 2 x JAS-39C Gripen, from France the FAF EC 05/330
3 x Rafale B/C, from Belgium the BAF 31 Smd 5 x F-16 MLU, from
the Netherlands the RNLAF 313 Sqn 5 x F-16 MLU, from Norway the
NoAF 338 Sqn 5 x F-16 MLU and at last from the United Kingdom the
RAF 230 Sqn 2x Puma. In total we missed these 22 aircrafts very
much from this year’s spectacle of Tigers.
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Nevertheless, the Tiger
Meet went on to celebrate the 50th anniversary with many special
painted aircrafts on the base. At the start of the Meet the promotion
of 335 Mira of the Greek AF, to FULL Membership status made news. |
The Tiger Meet 2011,
was extremely well organized, with one media day and three spotter
days with excellent locations for the photographers. |
The next NATO Tiger
Meet will be in 2012 in Portugal, at Monte Real hosted by the Esquadra
301 from 28/05/2012 to 08/06/2012. We will be there! |
Tiger Meet
Participants 2011 |
| Sqn |
Country |
Aircraft Type |
| EC01.012 |
France |
Mirage 2000C/B |
| ECE 05.330 |
France |
Mirage 2000RDI |
| 221 Sqn |
Czech Republic |
Mi-24V Hind |
| AG 51 |
Germany |
Tornado IDS |
| 211 Sqn |
Czech Republic |
JAS-39C/D Gripen |
| 21 Gruppo |
Italy |
AB-212ICO |
| 1JTS |
Austria |
Saab OE105 |
| 321 Sqn |
Germany |
Tornado ECR |
| 192 Sqn |
Turkey |
F-16C/D |
| 335 Mira |
Greece |
F-16C/D Block 52+ |
| 6 Sqn |
Poland |
F-16C/D Block 52+ |
| 11 Staffel |
Switzerland |
F-18C Hornet |
| 301 Sqn |
Portugal |
F-16A/B MLU |
59/1 Sqn |
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Observer |
31 Sqn |
Belgium |
F-16A/B MLU |
142 Sqn |
Spain |
Mirage F-1 |
| 1 Sqn |
Slovakia |
MiG-29 |
| ALA15 |
Spain |
EF/A-18 Hornet |
814 Sqn |
UK |
EH-101 |
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SILVER
TIGER 2011: Esquadra 301- Portugal
BEST FLYING: Esquadra 301- Portugal
BEST PAINTED JET: AG 51 - Germany
BEST TIGER Uniform ECE 05.330 - France
BEST TIGER SKIT: Esquadra 301- Portugal
TIGER GAMES: Fliegerstaffel 11 - Switzerland
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Review co-written
by Laszlo Nyary and Wolfgang Jarisch with photography as noted.
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