The 2017 NATO Tiger Meet was held at Landivisiau in Brittany, France, home of 11F, flying the Dassault Rafale M. There were two spotters days organised and I was able to attend the second one, where glorious sunshine was in abundance.
The host squadron, together with the NATO Tigers Spotters Association, provided great access to the taxiways, although the long grass did create some issues for landing shots.
There seemed to be less special colour schemes this year – perhaps because of the missing participants (see below) but those that were present were pretty good.
That being said, it was a great day!
Some of the normal attendees dropped out this year, including the Spanish, Portuguese, Poland, Turkey and Greece, whilst the German contingent departed before the second spotters day.
Nevertheless it was a well attended event, including participation from
| France | 11F | Dassault Rafale M |
| Switzerland | Staffel 11 | F/A-18C/D |
| Austria | 1 JTS | Saab 105Öe |
| Italy | XII Gruppo | EF2000 Typhoon |
| France | ECE 01/30 | Dassault Rafale C/B |
| France | ECE 3/30 | Dassault Rafale C/B |
| Belgium | 31 smd | F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon |
| Czech | 211 TL | Saab JAS39C/D Gripen |
| Netherlands | 313 sqn | F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon |
| Italy | 21 Gruppo | AB-212ICO |
| UK | 230 Sqn | SA330 Puma HC Mk2 |
| UK | 614 NAS | Merlin HM. Mk2 |
| Italy | XII Gruppo | EF2000 Typhoon |
| France | EHRA 3 | SA 342 M Gazelle |
| France | 4F | E-2C Hawkeye |
| France | 5 RHC | EC665 Tigre HAP |
| UK | 849 NAS | Sea King ASaC Mk7 |
