A US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140th Fighter Wing (FW), 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), Colorado Air National Guard (ANG) painted with black tiger stripes is first in the long row of aircraft lined-up on the Buckley AFB ramp during the Tiger Meet of the Americas exercise. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely resembles the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization