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7 August 1969
Although technically not an Open Day, there was a sort of static display.
Special for the 9th Annual Tiger Meet, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Starfighter 12833 was painted with some roughly applied tiger stripes. (Dick Lohuis Collection)
| Static: | |||
| 56-2979 | F-100D | 79th TFS/20th TFW | |
| 56-2997 | F-100D | 79th TFS/20th TFW |
| 56-3876 | F-100F | 79th TFS/20th TFW |
| 65-0712 | F-4D | 78th TFS/81st TFW |
| 59-1564 | HH-43B | 40th ARRW Det.12 |
| 62-4516 | HH-43B | 40th ARRW Det.9 |
| 62-4537 | HH-43B | 40th ARRW Det.9 |
| 51-7899 | VT-29B | HQ 3rd AF/66th TRW |
| XN820 | Argosy C1 | 114/267sq |
| 9th Annual NATO Tiger Meet: | |||
| FX34 | F-104G | 31sm/10w | |
| FX48 | F-104G | 31sm/10w |
| FX67 | F-104G | 31sm/10w |
| 12833 | CF-104 | 439sq/1Wg, "Tiger" stripes |
| 12834 | CF-104 | 439sq/1Wg |
| 12850 | CF-104 | 439sq/1Wg |
| 12900 | CF-104 | 439sq/1Wg |
| 12655 | CF-104D | 439sq/1Wg |
| 24+98 | RF-104G | AG52 |
| 24+99 | RF-104G | AG52 |
| 25+09 | RF-104G | AG52 |
| 32+19 | G91R/3 | LKG43 |
| 32+35 | G91R/3 | LKG43 |
| 33+08 | G91R/3 | LKG43 |
| MM6532/53-14 | F-104G | 21 Gruppo/53 Stormo |
| MM6560/53-15 | F-104G | 21 Gruppo/53 Stormo |
| MM6546/53-16 | F-104G | 21 Gruppo/53 Stormo |
| XM214 | Lightning F1A | 145sq/226OCU (74sq) |
| XM969 | Lightning T4 | 145sq/226OCU (74sq) |
| XS458 | Lightning T5 | 145sq/226OCU (74sq) |
| 66-7497 | F-4D | 53rd TFS/36th TFW |
| 66-7676 | F-4D | 53rd TFS/36th TFW |
| 66-7712 | F-4D | 53rd TFS/36th TFW |
One of the West German Air Force 'Tiger' units is AG52 with their 'Black Cat'. The unit participated with three photo reconnaissance RF-104G Starfighters. (Dick Lohuis Collection)
Credits: Laurent Heyligen, anonymous, updated 3 June 2004
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