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The organizing unit Gruppo XII was already established in May, 1917 at the Belluno airfield and has been using the prancing horse
emblem ever since. It can use tiger symbolism because its 351st Squadriglia has a white tiger in its emblem. This also leads to the
whole unit being proudly called ‘Tigri Bianche’. The EF-2000 Typhoon aircraft have been used by the squadron since 2007. For this
year, the unit has prepared its flagship aircraft with an attractive tiger motif on the tail and on the upper surfaces of the wing and,
of course, on the canard surfaces. Noteworthy are the green eye on the left and blue on the right, the Italian national insignia only
on the left wing and the inscription LEONARDO.
Representing the Czech
Republic, the 211th Tactical
Squadron from Čáslav took
part in this year's exercise,
which arrived with four
single-seat JAS-39Cs,
including a newly painted
(actually ‘defoliated’, as it
were) aircraft coded 9244
"Cyber Tiger". The quartet
was complemented by
a fifth, two-seat airframe.
Due to the large size of the
operating space, displays
were conducted in pairs,
with the, and the two place
version with a trio of drop
tanks. Detail of the tail on
‘Cyber Tiger’, showing the
open door of the APU.
HISTORY
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