{"id":60894,"date":"2025-09-23T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=60894"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:10:16","slug":"spectacular-livery-of-a-portuguese-air-force-f-16-for-the-tiger-meet-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/09\/23\/spectacular-livery-of-a-portuguese-air-force-f-16-for-the-tiger-meet-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular livery of a Portuguese Air Force F-16 for the Tiger Meet 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

From September 21st to October 3rd, Beja Air Base No. 11 in Portugal is hosting NATO's Tiger Meet 2025.<\/p>\n

Some excellent images of F-16s from Poland, Portugal, and Romania flying over Lithuania<\/a><\/rel>
\nPortuguese Air Force shows off its first A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This Tiger Meet brings together 15 NATO fighter squadrons and one squadron from Austria<\/a>, a country that does not belong to the Atlantic Alliance. The Spanish Air Force is represented by the 142nd Squadron of Wing 14,<\/strong> based in Los Llanos (Albacete).<\/p>\n

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The host unit for this meeting is Esquadra 301 \"Jaguares\", based in Beja<\/strong>. Created in 1969 as Esquadra 502, it has been a member of the NATO Tigers since 1978. This squadron operated Fiat G.91 Gina fighters until 1993, when they received their current aircraft, the F-16A\/B Block 15. In 2005, it began receiving the F-16 Block 20 MLU (mid-life upgrade).<\/p>\n

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Portuguese F-16s commonly sport the classic Hill Grey scheme<\/strong> with three shades of grey (FS 36118, 36270 and 36375) used by the USAF from the late 1970s to 1990.<\/p>\n

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For the 2011 Tiger Meet, Esquadra 301 decorated one of its F-16AMs in this way<\/a>, maintaining the Hill Grey scheme and painting the wing with an illustration alluding to that meet that included the image of a jaguar (the feline that gives its name to the unit), some tiger stripes and the four-pointed star of NATO. This aircraft, 15106, still carries this decoration, although somewhat faded<\/strong> due to sun exposure.<\/p>\n

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A week ago, the Portuguese Air Force unveiled the spectacular livery of one of its F-16AMs<\/a> for Tiger Meet 2025.<\/p>\n

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This time, the Hill Grey paint job disappears completely: the plane has been completely painted like a tiger<\/strong>. A very high-quality livery.<\/p>\n

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The aircraft chosen for this livery is 15107<\/strong>, an aircraft that carried the Hill Grey scheme since its inception<\/a> and was stripped of its paint for the MLU update in 2011 (then photographed flying without insignia and with a yellow paint job<\/a>), being repainted in the Hill Grey scheme<\/a> until now.<\/p>\n

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The Portuguese Air Force has published a very good video today about this Tiger Meet<\/strong>, in which we can see more images of 15107 with its new livery:<\/p>\n