NATO " Tiger Meet " Schleswig-Jagel AB - 2014
The 2014 NATO Tiger Meet edition took place from 16th to 26th of June at German Air Force base of Schleswig-Jagel, situated in the northern Germany, home of the TakLwG (Tactical Air Force Wing) 51. This edition marked the first full participation of the TaktLwG 71 from Neuburg with EF2000 Typhoon and it was the second time that Schleswig-Jagel hosted the Tiger Meet exercise, after the first one in 2004. NATO Tiger Meet is an exercise between units sporting a badge of a tiger or a big cat family. The 2014 edition involved about seventy aircraft from eleven different nations, proving one more time, if there was need, that NATO Tiger Meet can be considered one of the biggest air exercise in Europe. Batch of 40-60 a/c usually carry out two sorties each day, one in the morning and a second one in the afternoon. From Schleswig-Jagel a/c had flown Composite Air Operation (COMAU) over extensive reserved area in the North Sea, monitored and coordinated by 1° AEW&CS E-3As taken off from Forward Operating Base of Ørland, in Norway. In addition operational aspects, in the NATO Tiger Association there is a well-established tradition over the years, which consist in conferring awards to those teams that best testify the belonging to this unique Association. There are six competitions, but the Silver Tiger Trophy is the most desirable one because it awards the overall best squadron of the edition.
Here’s winners of each trophy :
Trophy Winner 2014 Air Force
Tiger Games EC01.007 Armée de l’Air
Silver Tiger Trophy Fliegerstaffel 11 Swiss Air Force
Best Skit 59/1 Sqn Hungarian Air Force
Best Painted Tiger Aircraft TAktLwG 74 Luftwaffe
Best Looking Uniform Fliegerstaffel 11 Swiss Air Force
Best Flying Unit 6 ELT Polish Air Force
Here folllow the NTA Members participants and aircraft involved :
a/c Unit AirBase Air Force
Tornado ECR AG-51 Schleswig-Jagel Luftwaffe
F-16AM/BM 31 Sqn Kleine Brogel Belgian Air Force
F-16AM/BM 313 sq Volkel Royal Netherland Air Force
JAS-39C/D 59/1 Sqn Kecskemet Hungarian Air Force
JAS-39C/D 211 tl. Caslav Czech Air Force
F-16C/D 6 ELT Poznan-Krzesiny Polish AF
F-16C/D 192°Filo Balikesir Türk Hava Kuvvetleri
EF2000 TaktLwG 74 Neuburg Luftwaffe
Rafale M 11F BAN Ladivisiau Aeronavale
Mirage 2000-5 EC05.330 BA-118 Mont-de-Marsan Armée de l’Air
Rafale C EC01.007 BA-113 St.Dizier Armée de l’Air
F/A-18C/D Fliegerstaffel 11 Meiringen Swiss Air Force
Mi-24 221 LtBVr Námest Czech Air Force
Mi-17 221 LtBVr Námest Czech Air Force
E-3A 1° AEW&CS Geilenkirchen NATO AEWCF (det. Ørland)
Saab 105OE 1° JTS Linz-Hörsching Austrian Air Force
Merlin HM.1 No.814 Sqn NAS Culdrose Royal Navy
and external participants :
EC665 Tiger KHR 36/1 Fritzlar Heeresflieger
Learjet GDF (civil) Hohn
Pictures in this report were taken during spotters day at which took place Monday 23rd of June at Schleswig-Jagel.
Report and photo by Renzo Del Bianco
