Post by Faan on Apr 30, 2005 13:55:45 GMT 2
News
** 'Igor' (prom 2001a) joined the 31 Tiger squadron.
** The Air- and Land Force of Defense had low flight exercises above the Province of Luxembourg and Namur from the 18h until the 22nd of April.
The flights at low altitude were part of the exercise 'Poppy Red 03' where pilots work with the 'Forward Air Controllers' who guide the planes to their target. Ground objectives were in two operation zones: Beauraing and Rochefort.
** On the 29th of April the squadron left to participate the 2005 Nato Tigermeet at Balekesir, Turkey.6 F-16's and 53 men (14 pilots) are keeping the tiger spirit alive for one week.
** This year the squadron chose for the FA-94 (the same one that was used for the extremely nice painting scheme in 1991) to wear the new Tiger paint on the tail.
** Finally 31tigersqn.be offers you the latest updates in the news section by RSS feed. Read all about this new way of receiving the latest news updates on the website!
Pictures
** The tigers have a new Tigertail! This year it will be the FA-94 that will represent the Belgian Tiger Power. The FA-94 made his first flight with the new tail on the 27th of April Pictures were available sooner but the CO wanted to keep this premier for the Nato Tigermeet 2005 at Balekesir, Turkey.
Toon Cox past me the first pic of maiden flight with the new tail, Dirk Voortmans provided me some nice wallpapers of that same event.
** Dirk Voortmans also gave 2 wallpapers of John Vandebosch praticsing his new demo for this year.
Memorabilia
** Thanks to 31 sqn crewchief Vanhoof I was able to update the Nato Tigermeet patches database with large pictures of the patches of 1964, 1972, 1979 and 1986. Also the patch for the Nato Tigermeet of 2005 was added.
** Erwin Kenis mailed me two pictures of leather vizor covers the 31 sqn made for their new HGU-55/P helmets.
** A common use on Nato Tigermeets are the 'beermugs'. When the 31 Tiger squadron hosted the Tigermeets at Kleine Brogel they tend to follow that tradition. Now online are the mugs made by the 31 sqn for their Tigermeets of 1978, 1985 and 1993.
** Crewchief Vanhoof makes people very clear he's a real Tiger, see for yourself...
** Matthieu Durand made a painting last year of the FA-94 in Nato Tigermeet 2003 color scheme.
** AnotherTshirt added, this one is from the 31 sqn as part of the Allied Force
at Amendola, Italy during DATF (Kosovo crisis).
** Last but not least I added some smaller memorabilia stuff such as brochures for the public visiting the Nato Tigermeets, handbooks for the participants of the Nato Tigermeets, a postcard (2001) of Danny 'Ket' Meersman (31 Tiger sqn demo pilot from 1998 until 2001) and the 31 sqn's personal songbook.
Downloads
** New download is the FA-71 in Nato Tigermeet 1998 color scheme (for Free Falcon 3.0) for Falcon 4.0.
To view this newsletter online go to updates.31tigersqn.be
** 'Igor' (prom 2001a) joined the 31 Tiger squadron.
** The Air- and Land Force of Defense had low flight exercises above the Province of Luxembourg and Namur from the 18h until the 22nd of April.
The flights at low altitude were part of the exercise 'Poppy Red 03' where pilots work with the 'Forward Air Controllers' who guide the planes to their target. Ground objectives were in two operation zones: Beauraing and Rochefort.
** On the 29th of April the squadron left to participate the 2005 Nato Tigermeet at Balekesir, Turkey.6 F-16's and 53 men (14 pilots) are keeping the tiger spirit alive for one week.
** This year the squadron chose for the FA-94 (the same one that was used for the extremely nice painting scheme in 1991) to wear the new Tiger paint on the tail.
** Finally 31tigersqn.be offers you the latest updates in the news section by RSS feed. Read all about this new way of receiving the latest news updates on the website!
Pictures
** The tigers have a new Tigertail! This year it will be the FA-94 that will represent the Belgian Tiger Power. The FA-94 made his first flight with the new tail on the 27th of April Pictures were available sooner but the CO wanted to keep this premier for the Nato Tigermeet 2005 at Balekesir, Turkey.
Toon Cox past me the first pic of maiden flight with the new tail, Dirk Voortmans provided me some nice wallpapers of that same event.
** Dirk Voortmans also gave 2 wallpapers of John Vandebosch praticsing his new demo for this year.
Memorabilia
** Thanks to 31 sqn crewchief Vanhoof I was able to update the Nato Tigermeet patches database with large pictures of the patches of 1964, 1972, 1979 and 1986. Also the patch for the Nato Tigermeet of 2005 was added.
** Erwin Kenis mailed me two pictures of leather vizor covers the 31 sqn made for their new HGU-55/P helmets.
** A common use on Nato Tigermeets are the 'beermugs'. When the 31 Tiger squadron hosted the Tigermeets at Kleine Brogel they tend to follow that tradition. Now online are the mugs made by the 31 sqn for their Tigermeets of 1978, 1985 and 1993.
** Crewchief Vanhoof makes people very clear he's a real Tiger, see for yourself...
** Matthieu Durand made a painting last year of the FA-94 in Nato Tigermeet 2003 color scheme.
** AnotherTshirt added, this one is from the 31 sqn as part of the Allied Force
at Amendola, Italy during DATF (Kosovo crisis).
** Last but not least I added some smaller memorabilia stuff such as brochures for the public visiting the Nato Tigermeets, handbooks for the participants of the Nato Tigermeets, a postcard (2001) of Danny 'Ket' Meersman (31 Tiger sqn demo pilot from 1998 until 2001) and the 31 sqn's personal songbook.
Downloads
** New download is the FA-71 in Nato Tigermeet 1998 color scheme (for Free Falcon 3.0) for Falcon 4.0.
To view this newsletter online go to updates.31tigersqn.be
