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192Filo

192 Squadron was established in 1948 as 102 Fighter Bombing Squadron at Balikesir, Turkey, operating the P-47 Thunderbolt. They adopted the Tiger in their patch in 1950. In 1952 the Squadron was named 192 Squadron and received the F-84. Between 1952 and 1970 they flew the F-84 F/G and the RF-84 F Thunderstreak, in Attack and Reconnaissance missions. The RF-5 were flown between 1970 and 1975.
On September 1976 they converted to the F-104, with the mission of defending the Turkish air space. They get more responsibilities, between 1984 and 1988, when they become one of the "All Weather" Squadrons assigned to NATO.
On March 1993 40 F-16 C/D arrived at Balikesir, and the squadron gets Air-to-Ground added to their mission.
192 Squadron became a member of NATO Tiger Society in 1980, and has organized and hosted a Mini-Tiger Meet in 1995 in Balikesir.
In 1994 and 1997 this Squadron was deployed to Italy Ghedi AB to take part in the peacekeeping operations over Bosnia. 1994 Denyflight and 1996 -1997 Deliberate Guard.

 

Unit History

■1947: Activation of the squadron at Balikesir
■1947: 'Hurricane' Mk. IIC (as II TB, part of 9A)
■1948: P-47D 'Thunderbolt'
■1949: P-47D 'Thunderbolt' (part of 9AA)
■1951: P-47D 'Thunderbolt' (re-designated 192 Filo, part of 9HU)
■1952: F-84G 'Thunderjet'
■1961: F-84F 'Thunderstreak'
■1963: F-84F 'Thunderstreak' (part of 9AJU)
■1965: F-84Q 'Thunderstreak'
■1970: F-5A 'Freedom Fighter'
■1976: F-104S 'Starfighter'
■1988: F-104G 'Starfighter'
■1992: F-16C/D 'Fighting Falcon'

hosted the Tiger Meet:
NATO Tiger Meet - 2005

F-16C 93-0682 IN HIS SPECIAL PAINT DURING NTM 2011 THE SAME THE SCHEME AS 2010 ONLY THE TEXT HAS BEEN CHANGED
F-16D 93-0696 IN HIS SPECIAL PAINT DURING NTM 2011 THE SAME THE SCHEME AS 2010 ONLY THE TEXT HAS BEEN CHANGED
F-16C 94-0090 AT THE NTM 2012 ØRLAND
F-16D 94-0108 AT THE NTM 2012 ØRLAND
F-16C 94-0077 AT THE NTM 2013 ØRLAND
F-16C 94-1561 AT THE NTM 2013 ØRLAND
F-16D 93-0691 AT THE NTM 2014 SCHLESWIG-JAGEL
F-16C 94-0090 AT THE NTM 2014 SCHLESWIG-JAGEL