NATO Tiger Meet

The NATO Tiger Meet (English for " NATO tiger meeting, competition") is a military exercise by various squadrons from NATO member states and friendly countries. The meetings are organized by the Tiger Association ( TA for short ; also NATO Tiger Association , NTA for short ). This goes back to a French initiative in 1959 to promote the cohesion and ability of NATO air forces to cooperate. The venue of the Tiger Meets changes annually, the host is always one of the participating teams.

The name comes from that in the first meeting in 1961 in the English Woodbridge participating squadrons all a tiger head in her arms led. It is now a tradition that each season brings a machine painted in the Tiger design to the meeting. The squadrons involved in the first Tiger Meet were the USAFE 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the RAF No. 74 Squadron and the Escadron de chasse 1/12 of the French Armée de l'air .

Venues

An SA 330 Puma of the 230 Squadron of the Royal Air Force in the livery for the 'Tiger Meet' 2005

A Northrop / Canadair CF-5A / B "Freedom Fighter" of 335 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force during the 'Tiger Meet' 2007

A Dassault Super Étendard of the Flotilla 11F of the Aéronautique navale during the 'Tiger Meet' 2007

A Super Étendard during the 'Tiger Meet' 2008

An Aérospatiale N 262E N ° 51 of the Flotilla 28F, Aéronautique navale, stationed in Nîmes , during the 'Tiger Meet' 2008

Eurofighter Typhoon of Tactical Air Force Wing 74 at the 'Tiger Meet' 2014

Vertical tail of an F / A-18 C Hornet of the Swiss Fliegerstaffel 11

Tornado "Tiger" 2018 Tactical Air Force Squadron 51

Eurofighter "Ghost Tiger" 2018 Tactical Air Force Squadron 74

year	place	country
1961	Woodbridge	England
1962	Woodbridge	England
1963	Little Brogel	Belgium
1964	Bitburg	Germany
1966	Leuchars	Scotland
1967	leak	Germany
1968	Lahr	Germany
1969	Woodbridge	England
1970	Little Brogel	Belgium
1971	Upper Heyford	England
1972	Cambrai	France
1973	Cameri	Italy
1974	Bitburg	Germany
1975	leak	Germany
1976	Söllingen	Germany
1977	RAF Greenham Common	England
1978	Little Brogel	Belgium
1979	Cambrai	France
1980	Cameri	Italy
1981	Bitburg	Germany
1982	Gutersloh	Germany
1983	Söllingen	Germany
1984	leak	Germany
1985	Little Brogel	Belgium
1986	Cambrai	France
1987	Montijo	Portugal
1988	Cameri	Italy
1989	Called off
1990	Upper Heyford	England
1991	Air tattoo	England
1992	Albacete	Spain
1993	Little Brogel	Belgium
1994	Cambrai	France
1995	Did not take place
1996	Be yes	Portugal
1997	Fairford	England
1998	Lechfeld	Germany
1999	Called off
2000	Called off
2001	Little Brogel	Belgium
2002	Be yes	Portugal
2003	Cambrai	France
2004	Schleswig-Jagel	Germany
2005	Balikesir / Devrek	Turkey
2006	Albacete	Spain
2007	Ørland	Norway
2008	Landivisiau	France
2009	Little Brogel	Belgium
2010	People	Netherlands
2011	Cambrai	France
2012	Ørland	Norway
2013	Ørland	Norway
2014	Schleswig-Jagel	Germany
2015	Konya	Turkey
2016	Zaragoza	Spain
2017	Landivisiau	France
2018	Poznań / Poznan	Poland
2019	Mont-de-Marsan	France
2020	Called off

Members

Full members

The 24 full members as of May 2016 are:

•  Belgian Air Force
  • 31st Squadron 31 Smaldeel (since 1962)
•  Bundeswehr Air Force
  • Tactical Air Force Wing 51 "Immelmann" (since 1994)
  • Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 "Bavarian Tigers" (since 2012)
•  French Air Force
  • Escadron de Chasse et d'Expérimentation 05.330 (since 1986)
  • Escadron de Chasse 1/7 "Provence" (since 2012)
•  French Navy
  • Flotilla 11F (since 1979)
•  Greek Air Force
  • 335th Squadron Mira "Tigers" (since 1972)
•  Italian Air Force
  • 12 ° Gruppo (since 1972)
  • 21 ° Gruppo (since 1969)
•  NATO Airborne Early Warning Force
  • Squadron 1 (since 1984)
•  Dutch Air Force
  • 313 squadron (since 1990)
•  Norwegian Air Force
  • 338 Skvadron (since 2002)
•  Austrian Air Force
  • Jet trainer relay "Tiger relay Austria" (since 1982)
•  Polish Air Force
  • 6 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (since 2011)
•  Portuguese Air Force
  • Esquadra 301 "Jaguares" (since 1978)
•  Swiss Air Force
  • Fliegerstaffel 11 "Tigers" (since 1981)
•  Spanish Air Force
  • 142 Escuadrón (since 1986)
  • Ala 15 (since 2006)
•  Air Force of the Czech Republic
  • 211 Taktcká Letka (211th Tactical Squadron; since 2008)
  • 221 Letka Bitevních Vrtulníku (221st Combat Helicopter Squadron; since 1997)
•  Turkish Air Force
  • 192 Filo (since 1980)
•  Hungarian Air Force
  • 59/1 "Puma" Squadron ("Puma" squadron of the 59th Tactical Squadron; since 2009)
•  Royal Air Force
  • No. 230 Squadron RAF (since 1977)
•  Royal Navy
  • 814 Naval Air Squadron (since 1979)

Honorary members

As of March 2016, the NATO Tigers have 10 honorary members :

•  Royal Canadian Air Force
  • 439 Combat Support Squadron (since 1962)
•  Indian Air Force
  • 1 Squadron (since 2003)
•  Air Force of the Slovak Republic
  • 1. Bojova letka - 1 Lt (since 2003)
•  United States Air Force
  • 37th Bomb Squadron (since 1986)
  • 79th Fighter Squadron (since 1961)
  • 120th Fighter Squadron (since 2000)
  • 391st Fighter Squadron (since 1976)
  • 393rd Bomb Squadron (since 1978)
•  Air Force Reserve Command
  • 141 Air Refueling Squadron (since 1984)
•  United States Navy
  • Patrol Squadron Eight - VP 8 (since 1978)

former members

The following units were members until their dissolution:

•  Bundeswehr Air Force
  • Reconnaissance Wing 52 (1963-1983)
  • Fighter Bomber Squadron 321 "Lechfeld Tigers" (1st squadron of Fighter Bomber Squadron 32 ; 1994–2012)
  • Fighter Bomber Squadron 431 (1st Squadron of Fighter Bomber Squadron 43 ; 1969–1992)
•  French Air Force
  • Escadron de Chasse 01.012 (1961–2011)
•  Norwegian Air Force
  • 336 Squadron (1976-1999)
•  Royal Air Force
  • No. 74 Squadron (1961-2000)
•  United States Air Force
  • 53d Fighter Squadron (1962-1999)

Web links

Commons : NATO Tiger Meet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website NATO Tigers (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tiger Units . Tiger Association website, accessed May 23, 2016.