Real Thaw 2019

[Martijn.]

Read the message in the SIS but couldnt reply to that post.
Due to the portuguese participation on the Tiger Meet, Real Thaw has been prosponed until September.

[mo76]

Hi,

Many thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.

[Antilliaan]

Thats a rather strange reason given as NTM is only in May and Real Thaw would be this week.

It may have a connection to Portuguese F-16s preparing for deployment to Poland for Baltic Air Policing in March as can be read in the SIS summary...

[K-9]

Thats a rather strange reason given as NTM is only in May and Real Thaw would be this week.

It may have a connection to Portuguese F-16s preparing for deployment to Poland for Baltic Air Policing in March as can be read in the SIS summary...

Not too strange ;

You need to have enough men, equipment and hours available. The BAP and NTM could for that reason very well effect RT as well as they do for FF.

[ehusmann]

Personally I believe it has more to do with exercise "Winter Hide" which was held at Monte Real in January/February. This exercise saw American, Dutch and Danish F-16s operating alongside the Portuguese. By the looks of it it was even bigger (in numbers) then the normal Real Thaw exercise, though very different in nature.

Erwin

[GME-AirFoto]

Real Thaw 2019
23.09.2019 - 04.10.2019
Beja / Portugal

Spotterday 30.09.2019

https://emfa.pt/p-471-rt19

[herky]

Thanks!

[ehusmann]

Picture album of the Portuguese AF for RT19. Gives also a number of serials for planes that are participating... not much...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/forcaaere ... 1041408267

C-130H 92-0552, 93-1038,
C-212 T.12B-65/72-11
E-3A LX-N90454
And probably a bunch of locals.

Erwin