A Tribute to Florennes AB...bring back your TLP memories....

[maurits]

Hi all,

The TLP already left Florennes for 1,5 years. Watching my TLP slide and photo-collection I thought a lot of different types
took part in all that years. I have visit the TLP several times since 1996 and I would like to show you some nice participants.
It will be a big photo-log seperate in different parts. Hope you like them!
Let's start with the old Jaguar.
French AF Jaguars are phased out for already 7 years, here JaguarA A82/7-HM from EC1/7 with Spa15 mks on apporach, July 1996

RAF Jaguars were not regular TLP participants here 54sq XZ394/GN taxiing back in the autumn sun, Oct 2003

Another dino, in old green/grey camo F-104S-ASA MM6912/4-20 from 9Gruppo, July 1996

Italian 104s were often in Florennes, here some more from different Gruppos.
MM6778/9-40 from 9 Gruppo, March 2001

MM6732/37-04 from 18 Gruppo, July2001

MM6756/5-42 from 23 Gruppo, Nov 2001

Tornados were almost every TLP present, German, RAF or AMI ones were often there in big numbers.
Here Tornado IDs 44+32 from JBG38 on the famous taxitrack to runway 23. JBG38 was disbanded a few months later.
Feb.2004

German Navy MFG2 was also lost their Tornado fleet a few years ago. Here 46+22 on its way to the runway on a cold sunny
winter morning, Feb.2004

some RAF ones. Here Tornado GR1B ZA375/AJ-W from 617sq in old grey/green colors, March 2000

Tornado GR4A ZA373/H from 2sq taxiing back to the main ramp, Oct.2003

ZA591/DJ from 31sq sister sqn at RAF Marham, Oct.2003

ZD748/FC from 12sq, Feb.2004

ZA592/BJ from 14sq with a small sharkmouth, Feb.2004

A few Italians in different colors, here desert colored Tornado IDS MM7050/36-44 from 156 Gruppo in the wintersun,Nov.2001

In old grey/green with full sun MM7022/6-02 taxiing in June2002

Tornado ECR MM7070/50-06 from 155 Gruppo in grey colors but with blue finstripes, Feb.2004

Tornado F3s from the Italians were rare seen at TLP here MM7203/36-02 from 12 Gruppo, July2001

RAF F3s from different units could be spotted, like this ZE788/YA from 43sq,which also disbanded last year... Oct.2003

11(F)sq transferred to the Typhoon FGR4 but in May2005 it still flies the F3, here ZE203/DE on apporach.


Sometimes there were rare visitors, like these two US Navy EA-6B Prowlers.
In March 2001 these two VAQ-134 ''Garudas'' Prowlers left under nice circumstances.
163395/NL-546 on the taxitrack.

sistership 161885/NL-544 in the morning sun.


Part 2 will follow soon.

Happy X-Mas!

Maurits

[maurits]

Evening all,

Here is part 2 of my TLP-tribute shots.
Spanish Hornets were almost always present each edition. Here a Ala 11 Moron based F/A-18A C.15-88/11-06, July 2001

462 Esc based at Gando/Canarian Islands received the ex US Navy Hornets from Ala 11. Here C.15-83/46-11 taxiing on a hot
morning in June 2002

Spanish Falcon 20Es were sometimes there as an ECM asset. Here TM.11-3/408-11 comes into land on a sunny afternoon in November 2001.

Spanish Mirage F1CE and EEs were upgraded tot F1M. Here C.14-58/14-33 from Ala 14 taxiing back to the TLP-ramp. Unfortunately
this example crashed on 14-9-2009.

Italian HH-3F Pelicans were always TLPs CSAR assets, here MM80983/15-12 came in nice on the 23-runway approach, November 2001

AMI AMX were regular members, here 32 Stormo MM7196/32-13 wears 13 Gruppo special marks and a sharkmouth.

AMX-T MM55037/32-64 is wearing a special black 101Gruppo tail, Feb.2004

Armee de l'Air Mirages are lovely to photograph because of their different EC and escadrille/spa-markings. Here mirage F1CT 264/30-SW
from EC01.030 Colmar-Meyenheim that already disbands a few years ago.

Mirage 2000C-RDI 109/12-KF from EC02.012 Picardie based at Cambrai was also disbanded.
Florennes, Feb.2004

Still flying are Mirage 2000Ns from EC02.004 Lafayette. Here 345/4-BU with Spa160 mks on approach,June 2002

Sistership 353/4-BD with N124 Tete de Sioux mks just before take off, June 2002

The Hellinic AF sent most of the times F-16s. Around 2002 they start to apply big sqn-markings on the tailfins.
Here a full color 330 Mira F-16C 113 on the taxitrack on a cloudy morning, March 2003

One of the first units with colored fin markings were 341 Mira F-16s, here 052 comes into land,November 2001

Mirages are not often participants, this edition 4 331 Mira Mirage 2000EGs took part, here 237 on approach
in the summer sun, June 2002

Luftwaffe Phantoms are nowadays only flying with JG71 based at Wittmund. In the last TLP years JG72 from Hopsten
and JG74 Neuburg took part, here 38+10 from JG74, March 2003

37+35 from JG72 looks bad in his old grey paint, June 2002

USAF assets were most Lakenheath or Spangdahlem F-15s, F-16s or A-10s. Here F-15E 91-0303/LN from 492FS ready for fullburner take off, Feb.2004

F-15C 86-0178/LN from 493FS on approach, November 2001

A-10A 81-0962/SP from 81FS wears it's old black fin tip colors, nowadays it is yellow.Florennes,June 2002.

Rare participants were 8 Canadian CF-188 Hornets in July 2001. Here 188763 from 441sq comes into land.

Some different F-16s, Norwegian AF F-16AM 674 in 331skv markings, nowadays all Norwegian F-16s wears the Norwegian flag instead
of their skv markings.

Danish F-16AM E-597 on approach, November 2001

This Portugese F-16A 15111 was written off on 8-3-2002. Here it is taxiing a year before it crashed, March 2001

Turkish AF applied more and more their sqn-markings on their planes. Here F-16C 90-0006 from 162 Filo shows their full
Filo marks on the tail, March 2003

RAF Hawks were sometimes present as jamming couterparts. Here XX194/CL from 100sq on the taxitrack, October 2003



Hope you like them!

Maurits

[perrie]

Hi Maurits,

It seems you have been enjoying yourself scanning slides at home.
Too bad the TLP has left Florennes for Albacete.

Per