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 on the entire upper surfaces and tail section, maneuvers over western Colorado during a Large Force Employment exercise in conjunction with in the Tiger Meet of the Americas. 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