NATO Tiger Meet 2018

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NATO Tiger Meet 2018

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List of Participants

-Swiss Air Force 7x McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C/D Hornet from the Fliegerstaffel 11 (Fighter squadron 11) at Meiringen Air Base
-Czech Air Force 4x Saab JAS-39C/D Gripen from the 211. taktická letka (211th Tactical Squadron) at Čáslav Air Base
-Czech Air Force 2x Mil Mi-24V from the 221. vrtulníková letka (221st Helicopter Squadron) at Náměšť nad Oslavou air base
-Spanish Air Force 5x Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon (C.16) from the 142 Escuadrón (142 Squadron) at Los Llanos Air Base (Albacete)
-️French Navy 5x Dassault Rafale M from the Flotille 11F (Flotilla 11F) at Landivisiau Airbase
-️French Army Air Force 3x SA 342M Gazelle from the Escadrille d'Hélicoptères de Reconnaissance et d'Attaque n°3 (Squadron of Helicopters of Recognition and Attack) at Étain-Rouvres Air Base
-Polish Air Force 6x Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52+ from the 6 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (6th Aviation Squadron) at Poznań-Krzesiny Air Base
-Royal Netherlands Air Force 5x Lockheed Martin F-16A/B MLU from 313 Squadron at Volkel Air Base
-Royal Navy 1x Augusta Westland Merlin HM.2 from the 814 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose
-Royal Air Force 2x Westland Puma HC2 from the No. 230 Squadron RAF at Royal Air Force Benson
-Hungarian Air Force 5x Saab JAS-39C/D Gripen from 59th Base air wing/1st tactical fighter squadron at Szentgyörgyi Dezső Air Base
-German Air Force 4x Panavia Tornado ECR from Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" (Tactical Air Force Wing 51 "Immelmann") at Schleswig-Jagel Air Base
-German Air Force 4x Eurofighter Typhoon from Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 "Bavarian Tigers" (74th Tactical Air Force Wing "Bavarian Tigers") at Neuburg Air Base
-Hellenic Air Force 4x Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52+ from 335 Μοίρα (335th Squadron) at Araxos Air Base
-Italian Air Force 4x Eurofighter Typhoon from 12º Gruppo ADX (12th Fighter Squadron) at Gioia del Colle Air Base
-Italian Air Force 2x Agusta-Bell AB-212ICO from 21º Gruppo (21st Squadron) at Grazzanise Air Base
-Belgian Air Components 6x Lockheed Martin F-16A/B MLU from 31 "Tiger" Smaldeel (31st 'Tiger' Squadron) at Kleine Brogel Air Base
-Austrian Air Force 3x Saab 105ÖE from Düsentrainerstaffel 1 (1st Jet Trainer Squadron) at Vogler Air Base
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1x Boeing E-3A Sentry from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen *operating from Ławica Airport*

**External Participants**
-️GFD 2x Learjet
️-Discovery AIR 2x A-4N Skyhawk
️-3 RHC (ALAT) 1x SA330B Puma

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Looks good - usual strong list of participants.

No Spanish Hornets though? :sad:
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or French Air Force :shock: or Turkish Air Force :question: or Royal Norwegian Air Force :surrender: or Portuguese Air Force :whistle:
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The Turks I think we can understand... shame about the Norwegians though, especially as they often have a nice special-scheme or two...
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Scooters :yahoo:

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Skyflash wrote:shame about the Norwegians though

With pilots away on conversion training my guess would be that there's not enough pilots around to send a bunch of them away for a couple of weeks. That and the fact that the number of airworthy F-16s is rapidly dwindling.

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BAF 31st Sqn just unveiled their new scheme on Facebook

https://facebook.com/pg/31TigerSquadron ... 8863905937
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Nice, I think prefer it to last years design.

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I like it :)

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If you think that's good, wait until you see the RAF Puma's RAF100 sticker. :lol:

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The German "Ghost Tiger" - really liking the look of this one.

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And here it is in the sunshine...

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Its an impressive scheme, but I have to say I'm not a great fan of these odd coloured tigers. I prefer the tigers to look like tigers, our 2005 Puma for example. :up:
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I'm usually not a fan either, but I quite liked this, although it looked better in the gloomy hangar than out in the sun :P

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I think that looks awesome! :clap: :love:
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Bit Over The Top! :wink:
Surely a tail-fin sticker featuring just a quarter of a Tiger head on a red background is sufficient? :facepalm:
A seriously good effort, once again. :up:

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Ahh so this is where all Germany's money goes? Much rather have this than high serviceability rates! :lol: Beautiful scheme! :love:

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AngryAndyPandy wrote:Ahh so this is where all Germany's money goes? Much rather have this than high serviceability rates! :lol: Beautiful scheme! :love:


No, they just don't drop any bombs. Just one storm shadow launched last night would pay for ten aircraft being painted...

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verreli wrote:
AngryAndyPandy wrote:Ahh so this is where all Germany's money goes? Much rather have this than high serviceability rates! :lol: Beautiful scheme! :love:


No, they just don't drop any bombs. Just one storm shadow launched last night would pay for ten aircraft being painted...


It's like a soldier that doesn't fire a rifle... :lmao: One Storm Shadow? Or a colour-by-numbers squadron? Tough choice. :lol:

Can we expect more schemes like this to be rolled out by the other participating nations? :smile:

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Has anyone heard anything from the spotters day registration? Sent an email yesterday which hasn't been responded to.

Starting to get a little twitchy about it.

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Spotters' verification shall be done by the end of the month. Check your email.

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https://twitter.com/ChasseEmbarquee/sta ... 84256?s=20
Dammit, can't link from my phone but the French Navy Rafale has gone for a cheesy but lovely Asterix tiger!!
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Mr. Crusher wrote:Check your email.
I have, I've not had a single email regarding the spotters day or show since 10th Feb.

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If, as is widely speculated, the RAF Puma is retired within the next year, could this be the last year the RAF has a tiger squadron?

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Ticket arrived.

Ladies and Gentlemen,


I am contacting you regarding your purchase of the spotters ticket for the NATO Tiger Meet Spotter Day (18 May 2018) and the Poznań Air Show (19-20 May 2018 Poznań-Ławica).

I'm sending the ticket in the attachment. Please print it out and take it with you to the event.

Below I'm sending the NTM Spotter Day schedule:

7.00-10.00 registration of participants at the M1 car park in Poznań (Szwajcarska 14 Street), issue of identifiers and the spotterpacks
IMPORTANT! Please bring the identity document that you provided when purchasing the ticket. You will need it in the registration process.

7.00-10.00 transport to the 31st Tactical Air Base in Krzesiny

10.00-14.30 shows

14.30 transport from the 31st Tactical Air Base in Krzesiny to the M1 car park

The car park in the M1 zone is already paid as part of the purchased ticket.

Schedule of the air show: https://www.facebook.com/NTMPoland/

M1 Zone (Poznań, Szwajcarska 14 Street): https://bit.ly/2Hzk0E4

Details concerning the Poznań Air Show:

http://www.poznanairshow.pl – we are publishing new aircrafts in the program every day.

The ID and the wristband that you receive during registration in Krzesiny will also be valid during the Poznań Air Show as an entry document.

Poznań Air Show team


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