NATO Tiger Meet 2009 Spotters Day

[Joe Kurr]

This year's NATO Tiger Meet will be hosted by the Belgian Air Force's 31 Smaldeel, at Kleine Brogel Airbase.

The meet will run from September 14th until 25th, with a spotters day on September 18th.

 

This spotters day will be one of the biggest events in Europe this year, with probably close to 100 participating aircraft.

Besides hosting the Tiger Meet, Kleine Brogel also serves as a staging base for the Sanicole Airshow, which is in the same weekend.

 

Here is a list of confirmed aircraft (73 in total, as of August 14th).

This list does not include Sanicole participants.

 

Tiger Meet Participants:

• Belgium
  
  • 5x F-16AM (31 Smd)
    

  [*]Czech Republic

  • 2x JAS-39C (211 Sqn)
    
  • 2x Mi-24 (211 Sqn)
    

  [*]France

  • 5x Mirage 2000RDI (EC 01/012)
    
  • 3x Rafale B/C (EC 05/330)
    
  • 2x Mirage 2000-5 (EC 05/330)
    

  [*]Germany

  • 3x Tornado IDS (AG 51)
    
  • 2x Tornado ECR (JaboG 321) - Weekend only
    

  [*]Hungary

  • 3x JAS-39C (59/1 Puma Sqn)
    

  [*]Italy

  • 2x AB-212 (21 Gruppo)
    

  [*]NATO AEWCF

  • 1x E-3A (1 Sqn)
    

  [*]Netherlands

  • 6x F-16AM (313 Sqn)
    

  [*]Norway

  • 6x F-16AM (338 Sqn)
    

  [*]Portugal

  • 2x F-16AM (301 Esq) - Weekend only
    

  [*]Spain

  • 5x Mirage F-1 (142 Esq)
    
  • 2x EF/A-18 (ALA 15)
    

  [*]Switzerland

  • 5x F/A-18C (11 Staffel)
    

  [*]United Kingdom

  • 1x Merlin HM.1 (814 Sqn/RN)
    

Non-Tiger participants (Support / Red Forces)

• Belgium
  
  • 1x C-130 (15 Wing)
    
  • 5x F-16AM (349 Sqn)
    
  • 2x SF-260 (5 Sqn)
    
  • 2x A-109 (Heli Wing)
    

  [*]Switzerland

  • 2x F-5E (Patrouille Suisse) - Week 2 only
    

 

More info and news about the event can be found at the NTM 2009 Web Site

 

Some appetizer shots from a previous spotters day at the same airbase:

 

 

I'll be there for sure, hope to see some of you there as well :)