HISTORY

A Greek F-16C carrying appropriate artwork for the occasion on its fin. Unfortunately, the quality of the decal was not great, and its flaking off is evident

even here. A significant amount of peeling occurred over the course of a single flight. It’s a shame, because the design itself was excellent.

A French two-seat Rafale B ‚ “Steeltiger” from

the test unit EC 1/30 immediately after the

touch with one of runways of Araxos Air Base.

from Mont-de-Marsanu brought their

mounts, to include the test unit EC 1/30

“Côte d‘Argent” and the combat unit EC

3/30 “Lorraine”. The naval unit aircraft

looked awesome, carrying a blue tiger

on the left tail surface, and a red one

on the right. The pilots carried a consistent color scheme, that is blue on the

left and red on the right, in their shoelaces. The test unit had their “Steel

Tiger” on their two-seat Rafale B. The

Free French dressed up their Rafale in

a red-black scheme that won them the

best-looking tiger aircraft of the event.

Perhaps a small footnote worth inserting here: This airplane collided with

a colleague on the Sunday during their

display in Cognac.

And while on the topic of the French

contingent, Flotille 4F out of Lann Bihoue flew their E-2C Hawkeye and

makes it no secret that they desire to

be made official members of the Tiger

Meet organization. To that end, the left

side of the vertical tail was adorned with

a striking tiger artwork for the first

week of the event. For technical reasons, it had to be changed for another

aircraft in standard colors for the second week. In any case, an emblem involving a tiger, or any other feline for

that matter, has so far escaped the

unit...

A Spanish EF-18M with Tiger artwork in front of

a hardened shelter. The art depicts a night hunting

tiger, explaining the black background of the fin.

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Recently, noteworthy schemes have

been carried by Italian Eurofighters

of the 12°Gruppo, stationed in the extreme south of Italy at Gioia del Colle.

This base is slated to host the next NTM

event from October 2 to the 13, 2023. The

Italians fly not only a beautiful aircraft,

June 2022