this f-16 later crashed due to severe engine malfunction and loss of ailerons control. Pilot uninjured

Airframe Technicians: Delestinne, Laeremans, Anthoon. Engine Tech: Schaffrath :-)

It is well 350 sqn markings, not 349 ;) Jeepee

Sorry, but this is the 2006 paint scheme edition !!

FB001, our first F-16 in the Belgian Air Force, I was on the recovery crew in Beauvechain 26th January 1979. Many years later, on 19 February 1993, I made my first backseat flight F-16 in this bird in an Air to Air gunnery in Corsica, Solenzara BA126, unforgettable! After 26 years it's sad to know that you are in the junkyard like me :-), farewell FB001, Schaffy.

From that perspective it looks like 'ready to be landed in the dirt'.

this photo is no BAF photo! it was taken by Major Jules Jacob then CO of 350 Sqn on 27 November 86. The pilot of FA-18 is Chris Rosez.

... yes, it crached that day during night flight... with 2 new main wheel tires I installed before the flight as crewchief... I didn't see my plane back... but was happy to see my pilot Roger sound and safe.

The belgium Air Force is always coming out whit something special this is a great paint job

so sad...

Went down, with one of our two TPS (Test Pilot School @ ED AFB) graduates, Ronny Vaerten, after a mid air collision. [ RiP ] May you fly for ever now.

i saw this aircraft on 11-10-2004 on kleine brogel being cannebalized for spar parts.

Hey, Stefaan, can you tell me the time and date this picture was taken? If it was the day before the spottersday, than i might be the wingman...

it's standing in Weelde, in the original colourscheme

beautiful artwork

The single seater was FA-91 which returned June 22nd 2004 together with FB-20.

Verry Nice Pictures!! Contact: IPR COMOPSAIR

This color scheme was designed and painted by Johan Wolfs en Peter Verheyen. F-16's are painted with a special paint that makes the aircraft less radar-reflective, therefore repainting an F-16 is a very expensive thing. However, the Tigers of Three-One wanted to keep-up with tradition, by painting a tigerstriped aircraft for the 1985 Tigermeet. Finally an answer to solve this dilemma was brought to them by W. Lippens who is the paint manufacturer for the Belgian Air Force. His solution consisted of painting a special plastic coating over the grey paint. Once the colours needed to be removed, they just had to peel off the plastic layer, instead of completely repainting the aircraft. But then came flight-safety, and they judged that it would be too dangerous to fly the aircraft, because the plastic could peel off and be ingested by the enfine, possibly leading to FOD (Foreign Object Damage). The project was almost cancelled, but then a compromise was made (mainly because the FA-62 was already prepared to be painted, standing in the paint shop with everything masked): nothing was to be painted in front of the air-intake. On friday the 21st the painters started to apply some 8 coats of the plastic primer. After the weekend, on monday 24th, the yellow base was sprayed. After this was completely dry, the tigerstripes could be painted. This was done by 'Guy' Truyens, J.P. Van Regenmortel and Danny Coremans. On Thursday that week, the aircraft was brought over to the Alpha Zone, home of Three-One squadron. There it was placed in a locked shelter, waiting to be used for the upcoming Tigermeet next week

This scheme was designed and painted by Johan Wolfs and Peter Verheyen - At the end of May 1991, the 31st organized a contest for all those interested in designing a Tiger-bird. The winner of that contest was Johan Wolfs, who became the regular Tigerjet designer of the squadron in the following years.The aircraft got painted for two reasons, first of all the 40th anniversary of 31 squadron and secondly for the 30th anniversary of the Nato Tigers, who gathered at Fairford IAT that year. The colorscheme introduced on the FA-94 was at least a groundbreaking design as it combined high and low-viz Tigerstripes.

"Flock O'Falcons"!! :-) I'd hate to be on the receiving end of THAT attack run!

This FA-93 collided with the FA-122 in a mid air collision during a CAS mission in December 2003 in the belgian Ardenna

If John wants a high-res copy of this photo, please get him to contact me via email: mike@actionairimages.com Regards, Jorgo

The demo-pilot here is John Vandebosch (ex-23 devil, now 31 tiger). More at http://www.31tigersqn.be/display03.htm

pilots and safety officer were right . As we can see paint peeled off during the maiden flight of the tigerbird. Bat21

After the major gathering at Fairford in 1991, the Nato Tiger Association lost some of its squadrons due to budget cuts and returns home to Canada and the States. However in 1994 the Tiger Association regained its spirit at the Cambrai Tigermeet. 31 Squadron made an spectacular appearence with the FA-82 Tigerjet. Although the aircraft was only painted on the tail, the quality of the artwork was outstanding, which surely helped 31 Squadron winning the Silver Tiger Trophy that year. The artwork on the tail was again painted by Johan Wolfs who also painted the FA-94 in 1991.