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NATO Days 2025, Ostrava, CZ ‒ aerial demonstrations
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 with helicopters, specifically the
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NATO Days 2025, Ostrava, Czechia
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 NATO Days 2025 alternated between aerial
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Women in uniform
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. In today's Czech Army, about 15% of
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NATO Days 2024
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 year's NATO Days at Ostrava Airport could
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Strong together
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 after years of peace and comfort, it
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A air cargo truck from the Luftwaffe
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. Originally I didn't want to publish
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G + ET
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 are they? The first one and the last one,
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F-35 Lighting II - NATO Days 2023
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 with her F-35 Lighting II, it was
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Aerobatic groups at the NATO Days 2023
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" to fill the free time between military
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Helicopters
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 it as a kind of aviation humor, and I can
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NATO Days 2023
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 percent of the state budget goes to. And
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Helicopters
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 dnech NATO loni v Ostravě. Mi-35 Hind A
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Silhouettes
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 remain, and the only thing left in colour
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F/A-18 Hornet
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 landing gear, wing flaps at maximum,
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Big toys
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 the army." Pictured here is a T72-M4CZ
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F-16 multirole fighter aircraft
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 that. However, to me it looks more like
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JAS 39 Gripen
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 světlicemi vypadá možná dramaticky.
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Helicopter Mi-35 "Hind"
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 countries around the world for 50 years
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Airbus A400M Atlas
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 aircraft. Although at first glance
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Eurofighter Typhoon
Eurofighter Typhoon
A powerful multirole aircraft in the colours of the Austrian Air Force. Performance at the NATO Days 2022 in Ostrava. Among the biggest users of this aircraft in Europe are the UK, Germany, Italy

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