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tiger now art, an F 4 E Phantom ti of the 141st Tactid Fighter Sqwdcw. 108th T & d F i l k W i w Xor
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Contents Introduction 6
United States Air Force 8 United States Navy 33 Royal Air Force 34 Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm 46 L'Armhe de 1'Air 48 Ahronautique Navale 5 8 Force Ahrienne Belge/Belgische Luchtmacht 62
Forca Aerea Portuguese 84 Ejercito del Air 92 Aeronautica Militare Italiano 94 Turk Hava Kuwetleri 104 E l l i i i Aeroporia 105 Swiss Air Force 106 Royal Norwegian Air Force 110 Koninklijke Luchtmacht 114 Canadian Armed Forces (Air) 116 Royal Australian Navy 128
An official Tigmaub' member since 1468. the W3rd BS fell vtctim to 115 . budgn cuts and was &sbandpd in 1990 Pea- AFB war dored and the hgmr may well have s e n the law of the393rd (Ttm inmtng)
Whereit dstatted; thelgth TFSiso;sdikdwiththemiginal& e f r e t h g q ~ a H g f f f n t e m i ~ w ~ ~ i n 1 9 ~ ) . s f i n ~ m u c h i n ~ a t & A F U p p e r :wrd m Ddordshin, the qadmn is psrt of the 20thTPWd *opentea the F-IIIE Ship W D 2 dkplaysearly white tail mdes, now applied in bh& W y CJnd-sm Col1.~mrl
An F-15D combatzapable tnincr of the 53rd TFS. United Sratc~ Aiz Forcer Europe, m f i d a p p c h to itr h r c a t Bitburg mGamany. Apmi horn the m h h f u a l tank Thiskin-stick Fagleis i n c h w&uratiun -or ia I Them's a Sidewinder AAM up h e somewhere (Chndtm Gmvd, VDL)
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I Positioned in front of Bitburg's control tower, an F-15A Eagle air superiority fighter of the 53rd TFS stands ready. A long-time partidpant at annual Tiger Meets, the squadron operated the F-105 Thunderchef, F-4D and F-4E Phantom 11s before re-equipping with theMcDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in 1977. The 53rd TFS is one of four US Air Force air defence squadrons permanently based h Europe
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Unhlre many of their NATO ~mbxpmb, ECIn2 lus not wqletely tiger- shiped any of thar & m e they operated the Super M d r e . The nearest the rmit have mme (ro Isr) ho ado- o Muage F 1 in suh c o h w S which appeared at the I979 Ti@ Meet aosecmnination afthis $ a t a d meal that membw of No 4.39 Sqh Cmdau b d h s have Wf visited ths Mmge mth a pant hmh (Pad W
UP h e the deudr m its nehual elawt the deck &ce F I loah ~ V C N ~~-~ in& *fighter, B&-in inrnament ir a pair of 30 mm DEPA -on (each ~ i & I35 rounds of u s d y high-explosive zmm-, snd tk missile& is typically two wingtip MatraRWO Msgici&d-@ded M M s , d o r h v o Maiktr. ? m p ~ 5 3 O F r a d u W &AM. The bolt-on @@d r d k k probe is d y fitted when a mission q u i r e s tanker mppmt. If youle a head for figuree. Youmightme ton* that theembmisaSNECMAAter9LSOtUrboidwith ama&um(afkrburr(er) thrwt ofi5673lb ibat lwe~ ~lthoughnot in the samadsssartheF-I&orMna~e2oOD theFliseolbledtahne&&~ gmund ron of lust over 2 ~ 0 f i . dimblng to an & olffi.000"ft and leadung speds m excess of Mach 2 (SIKPA.AIR)
and opraks fmm the sircrsff-&ier C k m as qd. The unit badge fc-ahue a m horn-not @e a tiger, but m e o n e b v a e d thnt the h e d ~ n b h of the wurhia i l indeed a (iuu. The nst is h o w Wrap-d
Rather more mundane, FA 72 sits on the Gmbriu&ght ght d- ths 1986 Tlger Meat wearing the standard Belgrw m force cam&errhame (indeed theaLncptwdF-Ibwlour&zix) At b t theintakeunmaddradsnh of& K%dm eanOd/WL) I
Two Fighting F a l w Imm the 3M SmaEk.1 B$gM AjrFotce, &about to drpart Imm t h e hawe b a ~ it Kleine %el. The wingman lo& MFOSS the l e a k on hir nght and with a nod of &ation the bnJres u. relead in u n m ( d y ) , followed by a blast of powerimm the F-16'. Patt k WhihxqFlOO twboian. The blue6nmmrLingi~thatofthe 10th Pighkrhber Wing, d which the 3Ist is s component squadmn [-fa* &st attended a Tigg. Meet in 1962, the squadron ha. been aregularpartidpmt in t i i events e m since (fnmk V k )
The Lu&mfft hnr pdadualh, applied s highly effective 'Uzard'cmouAsgc nchem lo rtl Brrt of Alpha Jet attack -aft (Chndim Gnurdl Y D L l
I.b& 43 cekbrated itr 25th smuvmsa~p on I0 Nwanber 1981 tn traditional h f h @ k ? x ~ n . one of the&* Alpha JaS (40 + 44) m ~ l i v d a cmmemnbve EO~OUI +. Bein@ (he WU$I debration bther than the
there -'t r trace of a hgo shzpmpeanphere on the &u& (E A n W
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The G.91T two-seat hainer retains the same Orpheus turbojet as fitted to the single-seat Gina. Derived kom the North American P-86 Sabre, the G.91 was developed as a direct result of a joint NATO requirement foi a light hghter and tactical support aircraft inrued in 1953. So who ssid the Zurofightef was a new ideal (Frank VilJer)
This Vought A-7P Corsai ir belongs to 304 Lqwdra; judging by the badge on the fire 304 is at least an'unoffidal' tiger squadron However, the word is that when theG.91~ are finally withdrawn from service, thisunit may well assume the role of being Portugal's off id tiger squadron. I wonder if we will see a tiger-striped Corsair? (had Vlsrrr)
Outride 21' Gruppa's officers, an F-I046 strikes a suborbital pore wearing the colour scheme introduced at the 1988 Tier Meet (GimppeFmn')
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Turk Hava Kuwetleri
The T h h &force also operates n krgp B e t af F-I&, hhding Smsdels A k d t w72ofthe 19zFzb uana-LufkwfFFIMG, asrevealedbythe gnen/%~y s p k b ramaulbge a d day& wfngfip t s h The Twks hsve yet to a& thm fBB 8hare d involvemwt m ttner r H e s and 192 %am r&reen at other NATO arbbases, which u"a great &me, e l p a d y rf you happen tu be a S&&tn addla (Rnbbs yllwl
Once upon tima, the vaatamlvdy ofNAT0's &dnt-Lne@krhher ~q& wme equcpprd w~b the Loekheed F - % f f i Shrfighta. Consequently, mom h a httle space on the BBT Mept ramp was v ~ e d by m e w St&$tershom d&mat rnVnmw alUIov&h the F-I04 w dowly hdq into hstm M less than three Hger q d m m wMhnued t o o w e the type m 1991 Bmed st l\r-one auchd l s335 Mfaof the G ~ ~ P o I E ~ . DespIk hawngpned the Hger hatmty in19rL the tltoltnrt k - l y atknded mual TIger M&. But 435 Mn. hsw occagiody displayed smne hser spmt check art the m y tales under the cm&~e~of ttdr TF-~Q$G I' &..-WW
Swiss Air Force
Formed in 1949, No 336 had the honour ofbeing the first Norwegian squadron to become operational with jet aircraft (de Havilland Vampires). Later equipment included the F-846 Thunderjet and F-86 Sabre. This vnit also had the distinction of owratine the air force's one-and-onlv serobatic team. 'The
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FI)tng :okerr', m s l ~ l l ~ hirh the r d 6 a d 1Lrc.r r l v 1 5 O ~ r d f rnerqoaJruns b-jH~ornbat :ramerr rharer chramp wlrh 1 Ld&n~cF-;F Phan!om I I K ~ I
Anothcrvlewof~~~~aftMmberWI,~~hmcasrth~tkhpdh m w o w tar& in northem Nmway The rep"& d m dm scheme has nncg b m replsced h$ gloss Wtgreys (&I Simonwn)
Canadian Armed forces Ut*~-U-u-~~~.,v"ulh.d.h.dacn ~ * c - m * . ~ r i b b u 4 b u 4 b u 4 b u 4 b u 4 b u 4 ~ m * " i a u o l o x r ~ . 4 - p , ~ - ~ ,
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DM to the wagah of muaft=-* and the mhne of reaLshc sir mht &+Ie trainen Lkefhis CF-1LIB m a m m i h e gown wllh the
Msedempht I f w o a ~ b l s a q w ~ W R t ~ ~ a ~ t e r t o U I ~ M E e t ~ that ether tiger pi& have ln.opprhmty toexp&m &rent typn of lud (Chnr BatmItl
h4ay 11990, andNo 439 Sqnhe up m h n t of three CE-18s m happer times before the Tlgen deployed to the Gultdunng the Iraq-Kuwart cnns Uocl
Ship 188922 is one of 24 CF~I8Bcombat-capable trainers delivered to the Canadian ArrnedForcer. Both the CF-18A and the B model differ indetail from the rtandardFIA-I8 Hornet operated by the USNsvy andMarineCorps; a spotlight is mounted in the forward fuselage in order to visually identiiy airmatt at night, and a runway instrument landing system is fitted in place of its carrier equivalent Uens Sihmidt~e")
Baden Sollingen no longer e r h w to the distinctive wail of theff-I04 Starfighter's GenedElechidOrenda 179 turbojet, but them's atill an ahnosohare of &ion for thie fm a i d . Ship 104815 is a 'standnrd' v - I ~ ~ G , -us the w a n d forward fuselage ECM famgr retrofitted to moot of +he Starfinhters whch m e d mth the 1st C a d a n Air Grow The overall - green patnrwork on this aircrah was aometh~ng d a n lntmim meawe. IPDMIW tho yrarr brhvccn the early natural metal schemes and the hnal dirruphve p y I g r e e n c a m o u k e IKa, A n d 4
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* Royal Australian Navy
One of the Ism-kown tiger squadrons, the &busten of the RDyd f Australian Navy's VS-816 only e v e r a t W one Tiger Meet. the 1977 went
at RAF Greenhrm Common in Batshire VS-816 oparated Gmmma T& fmmNASNom and weredeployed on the a u d e a n w W MrIbwme. The T r a h ad the Mehaurn are hstory now (via k k Vke)
HIGH-PROFILE COMBAT AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS IN TIGER MARKINOS
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Soledhbuwrs for the USA