On 16 April 2019 the Belgian Air Force revealed its Tiger Tail F-16AM (serial FA116) of 31sq. The Tiger, with a remarkable rusty design, will give acte de presance at the NATO Tiger Meet at BA118 Monte de Marsan (France).
Photo credit: Bart Roselle via Belgian Air Force
On Apr. 16, 2019, the 31 Sqn of the Belgian Air Force, based at Kleine-Brogel, rolled out on an F-16AM, the example tail number FA-116, with the livery prepared for this year’s NTM, that will be held in late May at BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan, France.
The aircraft tail was painted with a large tiger head on its right hand side and a Top Gun-inspired “31 Tigers” emblem on the left hand side. However, what makes the paint job really cool is that the artwork was made so that both the tail and the ventral fins (with the right showing a “31 Tigers” emblem too) seem to be rust-covered.
31 “Tigers” Squadron is one of the five F-16 Squadrons of the Belgian Air Component. Flying the F-16 MLU, “three one” is a Multirole squadron able to perform a wide array of operational missions. The squadron is part of NATO’s High Readiness Forces and “is permanently ready to fulfill these tasks in order to protect Belgian national airspace and territory, to support its NATO allies and to perform Peace Support missions under a United Nations mandate
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