Exercises

NATO organized a great number of very interesting exercises in the past , involving the air forces of various countries: Best Hit for the southern forces, Royal Flush, a contest between NATO recce squadrons, Tactical Weapons Meet for the fighter-bomber units of Western Europe and so on. It seems that only the Tiger Meet (bringing together fighter squadron that have a tiger as a mascotte) has survived. Over the years we have visited quite a lot of these events and our findings are gathered here in this album.

Best Hit Weapons Meet 1972, Larissa, Greece

BEST HIT was a NATO competition in which the air forces of Italy, Greece and Turkey took part (…

Tactical Weapons Meet 1976, Twente AB

The 1976 TWM (Tactical Weapons Meet) was the 12th edition of central Europe’s tactical attack competion. It was was…

1970 Tiger Meet, Kleine Brogel (B)

In July 1970 no. 31 squadron of the Belgian Air Force hosted the annual NATO Tiger Meet.

Tactical Weapons Meet 1968, Jever (Germany)

Fliegerhorst Jever in Northern Germany hosted the 7th NATO Tactical Weapons Meet , which was an exercise between 2…

Tactical Weapons Meet, September 1972, Florennes (Belgium)

In the old days NATO organized several exercises; TWM (Tactical Weapons Meet) was a competition between 2ATAF and 4ATAF…

Helicopter Rescue Meet 1972, Lee-on-Solent (UK)

On 11-12 July 1972 Frank and Hans were invited to visit the NATO Helicopter Meet that was organized at…

Volkel (NL) Tiger Meet, October 7th, 2010

The NATO Tiger Meet 2010 took place at Volkel AB; it showed participants from Holland, Belgium, Norway, Turkey, France,…

Kleine Brogel (Belgium) Tiger Meet, September 18th, 2009

In 2009 the annual NATO Tiger Meet exercise took place at Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium. Hans and Frank visited…

Tactical Weapons Meet 1974, Baden-Söllingen (Canadian Forces Germany)

From 28 -30 May 1974 Frank and Hans were invited to attend the 11th NATO Tactical Weapons Meet ,…

Best Hit Weapons Meet 1973, Istrana, Italy.

On July 17th, 1973 Hans and Frank visited the NATO-AIRSOUTH Fighter Weapons Meet BEST HIT, which was held at…