| 2010 Air Force Exercise |
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Location: Volkel
Airbase, Netherlands |
Admission:
No public days limited Spotters tickets € 20 |
Parking: Bus
shuttle from a outside parking place to the airbase |
| 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 quick synopsis
of the event. The
Tiger Meet was held from Monday Oct. 4 to Friday Oct 15 this
year.
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There
were some cutbacks this year due to the poor economic situation,
as many as four squadrons could not participate due budget cutbacks,
and three others had to stay away
due to various other operational commitments. Nevertheless the flight
lines at Volkel AB were still filled with over 50 aircraft, including
F-16’s, Mirage
2000, JAS-39’s,
Tornado and Saab 105’s, and not to forget the Hind and AB212
helicopters. The EWACs from 1sqn NATO AEWCF flew from its Main Operating
Base Geilenkirchen, and an Ohio ANG KC-135 tanker flew exclusively
for the Tiger Meet from Eindhoven AB. |
On
Monday October 4th 2010 the NTM 2010 participants arrived at Volkel
AB, which hosted the NTM for the first time. On Tuesday, October
5th the NATO Tigers took to the sky for their first NTM 2010
missions. The morning missions provided the pilots with familiarization
of the training area, and some smaller scale training. While
in the afternoon the first large COMAO exercise was flown. |
Over the 8 flying days 715 missions
where planned, and 644 were actually flown. Impressive numbers no
matter how you look at it. |
| Tiger Meet Participants 2010 |
| Sqn |
Country |
Aircraft Type |
| 31 Sqn |
Belgium/BAF |
F-16AM/BM |
| EC01.012 |
France/FAF |
Mirage 2000C/B |
| ECE 05.330 |
France/FAF |
Mirage 2000D |
| 221 Sqn |
Czech/CzAF |
Mi-24V Hind |
| AG 51 |
Germany/GAF |
Tornado IDS |
| 211 Sqn |
Czech/CzAF |
JAS-39C/D Gripen |
| 21 Gruppo |
Italy/ItAF |
AB-212ICO |
| 313 Sqn |
Netherlands/RNLAF |
F-16AM/BM |
| 338 Sqn |
Norway/NoAF |
F-16AM/BM |
| 59/1 sqn |
Hungary/HuAF |
JAS-39C/D Gripen |
| JTS |
Austria/AusAF |
Saab OE105 |
| 1 sqn |
USA/USAF |
E-3A Sentry |
| 321 Sqn |
Germany/GAF |
Tornado ECR |
| 192 Sqn |
Turkey/TuAF |
F-16C/D |
| ALA15 |
Spain/SAF |
EF/A-18 |
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SILVER TIGER 2010: 211 Squadron -
Czech Republic
BEST FLYING: 338 Skv - Norway
BEST PAINTED JET: 192 Filo - Turkey
BEST TIGER DRESS: 21° Gruppo - Italy
BEST TIGER SKIT: JTS - Austria
TIGER GAMES: 221 Squadron - Czech Republic
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| The next Tiger Meet will be in France at Cambrai BA103
AFB. |
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Review co-written by Laszlo
Nyary and Peter Thivessen with photography as noted. |
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