nato tiger meet 2025 beja air base - portugal
Nato Tiger Meet 2025 exercise at Beja Air Base, Portugal was hosted by the Portuguese Air Force from September 21st to October 3rd 2025.
This annual exercise which gathers squadrons from several European air forces which have a Tiger in their emblem, brought together 1.700 personnel from 12 nations and involved 79 aircraft to practice complex multi-domain air operations, such as air defense, combat, and close air support.
The event focused on enhancing interoperability and integrating new capabilities, with a special emphasis on preparing a new generation of pilots
Flying Participants
- 21° Gruppo (ItAF) Grazzanise AB – 101 Caesar
- 335 Mira (HAF) Araxos AB – F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
- Esq 301 (PoAF) BA5 Monte Real – F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon
- 814 NAS (RN) RNAS Culdrose – EH101 Merlin
- 192 Filo (TuAF) Balikesir AB – F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
- Staffel 11 (SwissAF) Meiringen AB – F/A-18C/D Hornet
- 142 Esc (SpAF) BA Albacete – Los Llanos – EF-2000 Eurofighter
- 211 TL (CzAF) Čáslav AB – JAS-39C/D Gripen
- TaktLwG 51 (GAF) Schleswig AB – Tornado IDS & ECR
- 1 AEW&C (NATO) Geilenkirchen MOB – E-3A Sentry
- 12° Gruppo (ItAF) Gioia Del Colle AB – EF-2000 Eurofighter
- 6 EL (PolAF) Poznań-Krzesiny AB – F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
- EHRA 3 (ALAT) BA Etain-Rouvres – SA-342M Gazelle
- Staffel (AAF) Zeltweg AB – EF-2000 Eurofighter
External Participants
- 4F (FN) BAN Lorient – E-2C Hawkeye
- 5 RHC (ALAT) BA Pau-Pyrénées – EC-665 Tigre HAP and NH90
- LTG 62 (GAF) Wunstorf AB – A400M
- GFD (CIVIL) Hohn AB – Learjet
- 3/MFG 5 (MF) Nordholz AB – Super Lynx Mk88A
- Esq 506 (PoAF) BA11 Beja – KC-390
- Esq 552 (PoAF) BA11 Beja – AW-119 Koala
- Esq 601 (PoAF) BA11 Beja – P-3C Orion
- Esq 751 (PoAF) BA6 Montijo – EH101 Merlin
- EsqHel da Marinha (PoN) BA6 Montijo – Super Lynx Mk95
- Esq 501 (PoAF) BA6 Montijo – C-130H Hercules
- AVDEF (CIVIL) Nîmes-Garons AB – Falcon 20
- MMU (NATO) Vlb. Eindhoven – A330 MRTT
Trophy Winners
Silver Tiger : Staffel 11 (ChAF)
Best OPS : TaktLwG 51 (GAF)
Best Tiger Aircraft: Esq 301 (PoAF)
Best Uniform: 6 ELT (PolAF)
Tiger Games: 2.Staffel (AAF)
Best Skit: 12° Gruppo (ItAF)
Our reporter was there…enjoy the pictures!!
Pictures by Luciano Bertolini
