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NATO Days 2025, Ostrava, CZ ‒ aerial demonstrations

Here's another article with photos I captured at this year's NATO Days 2025 (Ostrava-Mošnov airport, Czechia). This time, it'll be aerial demonstrations. We'll start

NATO Days 2025, Ostrava, Czechia

As I do every year during this season, I checked how my taxes were being spent on defense expenses. And just like every year, I was satisfied. As always, the program

Women in uniform

It is said that men in uniform look good. I'd extend that to say that women in uniform look good too. I remember a time when women in the military were the exception.

NATO Days 2024

As in previous years, I wanted to see how my taxes are used for the defense of the Czech Republic and Europe. Unfortunately, the forces of nature meant that this

Strong together

25 years ago, on 12 March 1999, the Czech Republic joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Before that, NATO had 16 members, today it has twice as many. And

A air cargo truck from the Luftwaffe

I was looking at some photos from this year's "NATO Days" in Ostrava, and this one caught my eye - an A-400M Atlas transport plane of the German Luftwaffe.

G + ET

The title of this article is somewhat cryptic, but still reasonable. The point is that among the photos of Gripen I found two with Eurofighter Typhoon. Which ones

F-35 Lighting II - NATO Days 2023

The NATO Days 2023 (Ostrava, CZ) featured a range of aircraft, from older pieces to modern ones. But when Maj. Kristin "Beo" Wolfe took off for a demonstration

Aerobatic groups at the NATO Days 2023

I admit that if I go to any air shows, it's mostly for the high-tech military equipment. And I mostly took those aerobatic shows as a necessary " stuffing"

Helicopters

I once had a colleague whose husband was a pilot. And in one conversation he referred to helicopters with mild disdain, calling them "blenders". I took

NATO Days 2023

As I do every year, I attended a show of allyship, strength and dominance. NATO Days and Czech Air Force Days 2023. And I also went to check out what all the two

Helicopters

Some of the military and police helicopters on display at last year's NATO Days in Ostrava. Některé z vojenských a policejních helikoptér, které byly k vidění na

Silhouettes

Although it doesn't look like it, the first photo is not black and white, but in color. However, when shooting against the sky, only the silhouettes of the planes

F/A-18 Hornet

The F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine multi-role fighter aircraft. In this case, it is a Finnish Air Force aircraft. It is photographed as it deploys for landing. Open

Big toys

I once read a book written by former US SEAL Commander Richard Marcinko. And he wrote something that "you don't get as many nice toys anywhere as you do in

F-16 multirole fighter aircraft

The photos show an F-16 multirole fighter aircraft of the Belgian Air Force. This aircraft is nicknamed "Dream Viper" and its colouring corresponds to

JAS 39 Gripen

The Gripen maneuvering wildly between flares may look dramatic. But don't worry, it's just an exhibition. NATO Days 2022, Ostrava, CZ Divoce manévrující Gripen mezi

Helicopter Mi-35 "Hind"

The photos show the massive twin-engine Mi-35 attack helicopter (which is an export version of the Mi-24V). The Mi-24 helicopters have been in the arsenal of many

Airbus A400M Atlas

We had this massive turboprop aircraft with counter-rotating propellers here once before, during a simulated air-to-air refuelling. Here we see it as a classic transport

Eurofighter Typhoon

A powerful multirole aircraft of the Austrian Air Force. Performance at the NATO Days 2022 in Ostrava. Among the biggest users of this aircraft in Europe are the