SHOOTING ON BASE-Gilze-Rijen 7ties, 8ties...

[GerritsFinest]

too bad the recce Mirages had their canopy hooded... more to come soooon

[bvdboomen]

Gerrit, thank you for kicking this topic alive again!
I too was at TAM 84 several times but only took pictures once and unfortunately the quality of mine are very poor.
So also thanks for this clear view on this memorial event.

[Bennie]

Gaaaaaaf!!!!!

[Hurricane]

Gaaaaaaf!!!!!

+1! Impressive reports from the good old days

[Stefan]

Gaaaaaaf!!!!!

+1! Impressive reports from the good old days

+1

Also; how come the fire extinguishers look so modern next to the Mirage 3RDs?

Rgds,
Stefan

[Marco DeG]

Gerrit thank you for driving a lot of people around on memory lane (constantly)....
Continue plse!!

Ciao,
Marco

[Jonathan]

What a nice historic pics again Gerrit. You saw a lot of operational EVO S11s on August 29th. Eleven of them actually made a farewell flight to Twenthe on that day, returning to Gilze-Rijen the next day via Deelen. Nice pics also of the Mirage 3Es. This was the first squadron exchange for 316sqn indeed. I always wondered why I only saw reports with the codes, not with the serials, but now I get it: these were really hard to read off in that early c/s. I had no numbers except 527/13-QA, plus codes 13-QF, 13-QH and 13-QK.
Best wishes,
Jonathan

Hi Jonathan/Gerrit,

I think I did not see an answer for the question about 13-QH. According to the excellent French Mirage III publication from DTU 547 was indeed 13-QH from 14jun68 until 21apr76.

Regards, Paul

For completeness sake, here are all the serials of the participating Mirages 3Es (in the squadron exchange from 10-19 September 1973): 527/13-QA, 545/13-QF, 547/13-QH, 516/13-QK

Best wishes,
Jonathan

[GerritsFinest]

I forgot to mention some numbers I noted about 35 years ago : 20-12-1982:
In DVM-hangar: AI03 H-75,B105 B-79,F16A J-224 'PUD IV SPAR Partner',NF5B K-4021 314sq.
DVM outside: AT16ND B-177 displayed
Base:F84F decoys P-230, P-248, P-277 '316' badge, NF5A K-3047, K-3033, K-3046,NF5B K-4008, K-4021, K-4023, all 316Sq.
Stored Museum Hangar: Hunters N-122, N-144, N-258, AT16ND B-71, L21 R-213

And now: more TAM 84!

[GerritsFinest]

and some more

[Bennie]

I remember the square root (√2601) markings on the RF-4Es..... outcome: 51! Funny

[GerritsFinest]

I remember the square root (√2601) markings on the RF-4Es..... outcome: 51! Funny

I was waiting for reactions on the square root on the tail, Benny good show!

[GerritsFinest]

Sorry gender neutrals this is the last post concerning TAM-84, hope you liked them

[GerritsFinest]

and some more

[GerritsFinest]

and some UK and French Jagrs

[pjotrtje]

Owww that's all just very gender neutrally nice!