FLYING PARTICIPANTS
Unit
(Operator)Aircraft
(number participating)
EC 3/30
(French Air Force) Rafale B/C (4)
ECE 1/30
(French Air Force) Rafale B/C (4)
ECE 1/30
(French Air Force) Mirage 2000D (3)
EHRA 3
(French Army) SA342M Gazelle (3)
Düsentrainerstaffel
(Austrian Air Force) Saab 105ÖE (3)
31 Squadron
(Belgian Air Force) F-16AM/BM (6)
TaktLwG 51
(German Air Force) Tornado IDS/ECR (4)
TaktLwG 74
(German Air Force) Eurofighter EF2000 (4)
12° Gruppo
(Italian Air Force) Eurofighter F-2000A (4)
21° Gruppo
(Italian Air Force) HH-212 (2)
NAEWF
(NATO) E-3A (1)
Esquadra 301
(Portuguese Air Force) F-16AM/BM (5)
Ala 15
(Spanish Air Force) EF-18A+ Hornet (7)
No 230 Squadron
(Royal Air Force) Puma HC2 (2)a ‘shadow wave’, mainly involving junior
pilots and generally smaller-scale events.
During the COMAOs, the fighters
fought their way into an integrated
air defense system (IADS), interacted
with a land component including Joint
Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) and
flew close air support (CAS). The exercise
scenario was that of an international
crisis with missions increasing incomplexity as the exercise evolved —
typical of most modern air exercises.
Massive offensive strikes behind enemy
lines and dynamic targeting were some
of the main themes that stretched
the daily mission commanders, a role
that rotated between the nations and
squadrons that attended.
Next year the NTM will take place at
Beja in Portugal.Above: Italian
Eurofighter
F-2000A pilots
from the 12°
Gruppo, which
comes under the
36° Stormo at
Gioia del Colle.
Giovanni Colla/
Remo Guidi
Left: SPA 162
‘Tigre’ has
transitioned to
EC 3/30, making
‘Lorraine’ a NATO
Tiger Association
member. BA 118 at
Mont-de-Marsan
now houses
both French
Rafale tiger units.
Giovanni Colla/
Remo Guidi
Left page: Home-
based Mirage
2000D and
Rafale C of ECE
1/30. Katsuhiko
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