Welcome on the pages of the German Airforce 321 Squadron, the Lechfeld Tigers.We hope you find the information you need. We are open for any request. Just give us some time to sort out. Please bear in mind, that we are -at the moment - not able, to send or sale any stickers, patches etc..... to you! |
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This is the end, my only friend the end ....
GOOD-BYE LECHFELD TIGERS UND MONSTERS
Feierabend, Schluß-Aus-Mickey-Maus
The new concept of german Bundeswehr/Luftwaffe is official:
Fighterbomberwing 32 and with it of course the 231 Lechfeld Tigers (and 322 Monsters) are bound for disbandment!! According to the official papers of a new stationing concept in Germany the end of FBW 32 is determined. The airfield Lechfeld though will survive and remain open with a small ops section to serve as an alternate airfield for FW 74 in Neuburg and Testwing 61 in Manching. Also Premium Aerotech will continue to fly out Airbus parts with the Beluga from their production halls on the airfield.
According to newest press releases (please note: press news, not official Luftwaffe news) will the Wing already be closed end of 2012. One year to go dear friends and then this all will be history. Of course will this homepage be contiunued as long as possible to serve as a keeper of traditon and a forum for all former members of our history writing wing.
An important information for collectors and fans of our squadron watches: in the course of an internet search illegal copies of a 321 Lechfeld Tigers squadron watch came up. These are low-grade and unreliable versions of our model "Breitling Watches Navitimer Heritage A35340". These watches are offered by the company LVREPLICA under the name "Breitling Watches Replica Antique Style Men's Navitimer Heritage A35340". As confirmed through a phone call with Breitling is this company (as are any others ) - which has its home in Hong Kong - not lizensed to offer a replica. Also not authorized is the use of the 321 Squadron crest on this replica. Please do not let baffle you by the name "replica" in the offer. This is just an illegal product of some product pirates. Depending on the laws of your country you may incur a penalty.
You now may ask yourself why this replica pays off for the product pirates!? The fake watch costs € 363,63, the 321 original watch is traded by collectors with € 4000 and upwards (sometimes more, sometimes less). The original watches were limited to 250 pieces and each of them wears a unique number on its back like e.g. 010/250.
So, please keep up your eyes when getting an offer or when buying one of those watches. If its a fake one please contact your local police or customs agency.
On Thursday July 28 2011 finally the announced invitation of the design competition participants to the Lechfeld Tigers took place. Unfortunately by far not all participants could find the way to FBW 32 due to job or private reasons. Also inivted were the painters from Erding and Lechfeld.
The biggest highlight for everybody was the visit to the simulator and the short flight everybody was allowed to conduct with the Tornado.
After that the Lechfeld Tigers could not - against all expectations - win an award at the Tiger Meet 2011 for their Tigerjet design, they finally succeeded at RIAT 2011 and could win one of the prices there. Here the original wording from the official RIAT website:
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Today the 28-05-2011 the Tigers celebrate their 15 year full membership in the NATO Tiger Association! The official ceremony took place during the NATO Tiger Meet 1996 in Beja, Portugal. On the picture above you can see the Lechfeld crew 1996 in Beja. Tiger-Tiger-Tiger roaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!! Million thanks for the picture to Stabsfeldwebel ret. Volker Schmidt!! |
Tigermeet Newsletter der Armee de l'Air (PDF, in Englisch)
The Lechfeld Tiger "de Lorean"
Many of you may have asked yourself what car this is in the tiger colours and which looks so similar to our newest Tigerjet?
In close relationship to this year's Tiger Meet motto "Back to the Tigers" which in fact is derived from the movie "Back to the Future" an in which a de Lorean plays a special role the Lechfeld Tigers decided as a sign of their above average tiger spirit to put a special tiger car aside of their 2011 Tigerjet. This Tiger-Car not only looks from its shape very similar to the famous de Lorean from the movie it also has got upward swinging doors and a real "Flux Generator" mounted underneath the back window.
The designer of our new Tigerjet Tom, designed also the cover of the car and made up the plans for it. It was painted in Erding right next to our Jet by our paintbrusher Joey. The final touch and the special doors were given by specialists in Lechfeld.
Departure to the anniversary Tiger Meet 2011 in Cambrai!
Yesterday 09-05-2011 started the 321 Tigers with their assigned airplanes to the Tiger Meet in Cambrai, France. The following ECR Tornados went airborne and arrived safe at their destination:
- ECR 46+33 - The brandnew 2011 Tigerjet and new figurehead of the squadron,
tactical callsign "Tiger", landing 11:20 local time. - ECR 46+29 - The Tigerjet from 2010, also know as "Lego Bomber", of course with its controversal digital tiger painting.
tactical callsign "Lego", landing 11:20 local time . - ECR 46+44 - The former "Metamorphose" Tigerjet from the Tiger Meet 2001. This time unfortunately without this spectacular painting which is gone for a long time already. The participation of this jet will let the former participants remember these good old times.
landing 11:21 local time. - ECR 46+46 - As a buddy and spare aircraft,
landing 11:21 local time.
Here some pictures (thanks to ALI!!):
Tigerjet 2011- Information
Since end of March TORNADO ECR 46+33 is for painting in Erding with the department for "surface technics" at the so called " SysZLfzT" (System Center for Aircraft Technics). There - with help of MSgt. Waldinger and his experienced team - plus the sprayer specialist Joey from FBW 32 and his doughter, transformation to a tigerjet takes place. To support the works as much as possible the winner of the competition Tom has brought a printout of the design in the size of 3m x 1m. It helps a lot to bring up the design as exact as possible onto the fuselage. Further on he brought vector graphics of most of the desing and text elements which easily make it possible to produce those with help of a cutting plotter.
The transfer to Lechfeld is planned in the 3rd or 4th week in April during a special night flight mission.
More info about the making of our new tigerjet shortly.
The jet airplane print art internet shop. Here you find all of the 321 Tigers tigerjets (and much more) as high value posters, single or as collection sets, or in a calendar. |
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The Tiger Meet 2010, which was conducted 04.10.-15.10.2010 at 313 Sqdn, RNLAF, Volkel AB, Netherlands, is over, and was once again the highlight out of all military exercises and last not least also the flying higlight for all participating aircrews. |
| A youtube video about the Nato Tigermeet 2010 | |
| Goose Bay - in remembrance of | |
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Goose Bay is the designated NATO low and lowest flying area in Labrador, Canada. A few years ago Germay cancelled its low flying training and withdrew from Labrador. The pictures of this album were made during one of the last turns and will give you a little impression of the flying events as well of the pasttime action of one of the most beautiful and effective trainings in NATO. |
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The corner data for the exercise ELITE 2010 are officially published : Time range 17.06.-01.07.2010 |
Finally it is back again: the 321 Tiger design toolbar in your browser, but unfortunatly for Firefox only (for the moment being). You want to know how it works? Change into the Service section.
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Tiger Baby is back from Overberg, South Afrika, where he participated together with the FBW 32 jets in the exercise 'Good Hope 2008'. HARRY our designated top-tiger-tamer documented the whole journey and the exercise in a web blog which he had set up prior departure. Read this most interresting story (in German language only) and please, if you understand a bit, add a comment to it! |
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Fighterbomberwing 32 is celebrating its 50 years of history with a big family fest Saturday 26-07-08. This event is not as big a normal "Open Doors Day" because there will be no flying and the area is also restricted. There will be a lot of military equipment though and of course all kinds of german and international jets, props and helis and also some historic stuff (Transall, Breguet Atlantique, Bell UH 1D, BO 105 PAH, EC-135 (Police), SAR Heli, CH-53, Do-27, Piaggio, Piper L18, L-39 from Hungary, Italian Tornado from Piacenza (and perhaps Ghedi), Hawk SAM, Mirage 2000, B25 Mitchell (RED BULL), Corsair (RED BULL), Boeing Stearman (RED BULL), Tiger-Alfa Jet (RED BULL), JU-52 (from Switzerland), YAK 52. There is also a large side program with all kinds of activity. Unfortunately - for funding purposes - has every visitor above age 16 to pay an entry fee of EUR 2.- (otherwise the defense budget of the Federal Republic of Germany might be endangered ;-))
For more information and the official leafleat please change for a short while to the german Home section.
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| Exercise ELITE 2008 | |
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Starting July 3rd until July 17th 2008, ELITE, the biggest European Electronic Warfare exercise will take place at Heuberg Range in Southern Germany. Forces from overall 19 nations will train the electronic fight between flying forces and ground based air defense. NATO will support with E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). We will support you in our ELITE section with all kinds of information which might be interresting for all of you, whether you are a professional media representavie or an interrested spectator. |
Unfortunately was the webmaster this year not able to present more interresting information about the exercise and from behind the curtain. Sorry for that! Perhaps next time (2007). |
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The NATO Tiger Meet 2008 "Ocean Tiger". Host was Flottille 11, NAS Landivisiau, France. Official NATO Tiger Association Homepage about Tiger Meet 2008 Gerald Stutz; NTM 2008 foto page including a report from a Hind (Mi-24) mission |
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Visit the NATO TIGER SHOP. You find here everything collectors and crews are looking for!!! |
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The official Tigersnuff Homepage |
Rollout and maiden flight of our 2010 tigerjet 46+48
Today 27-09-2007, flown by our young-tigers SMASH and SLIDER, 321 Tiger's new 2007 tigerjet took off for his maiden flight, which will bring him to this year's Tiger Meet in Norway. With them aboard, our Baby Tiger. At exactly 0800 Zulu (10:00 o'clock local) he took to the air and disappeared after a very short while into the dark and very low hanging clouds overhead the Lechfeld. He is accompanied by two other ECR jets, the 46+49 and 46+44 which went airborne a few minutes later. After a stopover at GAF base Wittmund in Northern Germany, they will be expected around 1400 Zulu (16:00 o'clock local) at Ørland in Northern Norway. More pictures of the tigerjet will follow in a short while!
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Stopover at sunny Wittmund ETNT (many thanks Thomas Land):
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| Breaking News: Tigers at the exercise BOLD AVENGER |
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On 30th of August the 321 Tigers deployed 3 Tornados ECR and 5 aircrew together with the Flying Monsters to Ørland MAS, Norway. Here we are participating in the big NATO exercise Bold Avenger ( BAR 07 ), formerly known as NATO-Airmeet. The exercise is designed to provide training opportunities for all participating units in tactical air operations in a joint training environment involving over 100 aircraft, including combat, tanker and airborne early warning aircraft and about 1,450 personnel. Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America are the participating units .
| Exercise ELITE 2007, 11.-29.06.2007 |
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The Tigers are back from the 2007 Mini Tigermeet in Aldergrove, Northern Ireland. Read a short article and see some pictures here. |
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NATO TRIAL 'SPARTAN HAMMER' A report of the participation of FBW 32 and the 321 Tigers at a NATO trial in Andravida, Greece, 06-11-2006 til 17-11-2006. |
| New webalbum online | ||
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In the new webalbum you find around 260 new pictures. Most of them have never been shown here. To document to you what it is like to fly in a Tornado jet also not so shiny pictures have been included. ENJOY!! |
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The private watches of the 321 Tigers, are a rare piece for all
collectors. Unfortunately
- meanwhile - all of them are sold and the value for collectors
is supposedly high!| Tiger's and Monster's Lechfeld ECR weekend-end chat | ||
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Every Sunday 23:00 Central European (Summer-) Time in the Lechfeld ECR chat. |
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| Tiger Jet, callsign LC-82A, doing Air-to-Air refuelling on an USAF KC-135 from 351 ARS, Mildenhall (UK), Callsign QUID 22, on 23. April 2002. | ||
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| Thanks for the pictures to Dustin Pittman and Joel Jones, 351 ARS. | ||
| 321 Tigers Schedule for 2012. | ||
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At some of these events you can talk to us, buy sometimes patches, stickers and other stuff or just look at us. Because this is always a display and presentation of our wing, we cannot guarantee that we bring our tiger-airplane or that the displaying crew is coming out of our squadron (except for tiger meets of course). Although when a participation is planned, there is always the possibility given that - for some reason - we will not show up (weather, technical problems, politics....). |  |
| Date | Place | Event | Remarks |
| 29.05.-08.06.2012 | 338 squadron RNoAF, Ørland, Norway | Tiger Meet 2012 | natotigers.org |
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Pep up your boring desktop with a funky picture assembled of motivs of our site Just download the picture with the set reslution of your video and unzip it into the directory C:\Windows. After that, right-click on the empty desktop, select "Properties" from the opening menue and the the option "Desktop" in the next form. Then find the entry "321 wallpaper" in the "background" selection menue and select it. Leave the form via "OK". |
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