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End of NATO Tiger Meet 2016

Szöveg: Lt. Andor Gyeginszky |  2016. május 31. 9:00

The participants of the 55th NATO Tiger Meet came from fifteen countries with close to 100 aircraft, including a 50-strong detachment and five Gripens of the HDF 59/1 Puma Squadron, Kecskemét, Hungary. Report from Spain.

During the tactical flying exercise, the Hungarian airmen practiced how to conduct composite air operations (COMAOs) and flew a number of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

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Brig.-Gen. Csaba Ugrik, the commander of the HDF 59th Dezső Szentgyörgyi Air Base also visited the Hungarian detachment during the exercise in Spain. The Hungarian pilots flew a total of 62 hours with 50 take-offs.

In assessing the airmen’s performance, detachment commander Lt.-Col. Sándor Kálló told us that they “have performed excellently, we were able to accomplish all our assigned missions. The exercise has been a success, thanks to the ground crews, high-level mission planning, cooperation among allies and their professional knowledge. We will make good use of the lessons learned here, and I am sure that all participants have benefited from the program of these eventful two weeks."

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Photos by Lt.-Col. Dr. István Toperczer and the author