September 16/18, 2009 - A major event in Belgium was the organisation of NATO's Tigermeet. Established back in 1961, Kleine Brogel based 31 squadron hosted the event 6 times earlier (1963, 1970, 1978, 1985, 1993, 2001). Still, the concept of this year's exercise was completely different. Instead of only one week, this event was spread out over a full two weeks with a total of eight flying days.

On two days, a public event was organised. September 16th saw a large local crowd gathered in some cloudy weather. Two days later, a full size airshow/spottersday was organised during the COMAO.

Tigermeets are a classic amongst military aviation enthusiasts. Tens of thousands of people gather on the spottersday that have became a classic part of such an event. There was nothing different about that this year. Since the exercise lasted for two weeks, the Belgian Air Component decided to organise two public events. The first - on September 16th - was specifically for a select audience. For the most part, local residents were invited to visit Kleine Brogel AB to see what the everyday flying of different units is all about. Although the weather was far from exemplary, a massive crowd attended this welcome event.