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A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, flies during a Large Force Employment exercise in conjunction with in the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, flies during a Large Force Employment exercise in conjunction with in the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, maneuvers over western Colorado during a Large Force Employment exercise in conjunction with in the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS) painted with black tiger stripes on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, sits on the flight line at Buckley AFB, Colorado (CO) during the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes is first in the long row of aircraft lined-up on the Buckley AFB ramp during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

The tail section of a US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS) Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes during the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes is first in the long row of aircraft lined-up on the Buckley AFB ramp during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes is first in the long row of aircraft lined-up on the Buckley AFB ramp during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes is parked on the flight line at Buckley AFB, Colorado (CO) during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, flies during a Large Force Employment exercise in conjunction with in the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization

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Base: Buckley Air Force Base

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: AIR NATIONAL GUARD

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Greg L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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aircraft fighter squadron colorado colorado air national guard ang tiger stripes tiger stripes surfaces tail section tail section large employment exercise large force employment exercise conjunction americas inaugural inaugural tiger units north america cat symbol unit symbol atlantic treaty organization north atlantic treaty organization nato europe camaraderie teamwork tactics familiarization national guard air force inauguration staff sergeant us air force us national guard high resolution buckley air force base air force f 16 c europe tiger scene major command tactics familiarization ssgt greg air force base jet aircraft military aircraft fighter jet aircraft us national archives f 16 fighting falcon us air national guard
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aircraft fighter squadron colorado colorado air national guard ang tiger stripes tiger stripes surfaces tail section tail section large employment exercise large force employment exercise conjunction americas inaugural inaugural tiger units north america cat symbol unit symbol atlantic treaty organization north atlantic treaty organization nato europe camaraderie teamwork tactics familiarization national guard air force inauguration staff sergeant us air force us national guard high resolution buckley air force base air force f 16 c europe tiger scene major command tactics familiarization ssgt greg air force base jet aircraft military aircraft fighter jet aircraft us national archives f 16 fighting falcon us air national guard