NATO Day 2019 Ostrava, Czech Republic

[upnorth]

Hello all


This past weekend was the annual NATO Day show in Ostrava, Czech Republic. We had great weather, sunny but not too hot and a decent variety of stuff on display.


Here's a taste of what was on hand when I visitred the show on Saturday:


Romania was the special guest host nation and they brought in a good selection of air and land gear. Their aircraft contribution included MiG-21s, IAR 99 Soim trainers, IAR 330 SOCAT helicopters and a C-27 Spartan transport:






For the first time, Italy brought a Tornado and a pair of AMX light strike aircraft to the show. According to one of the AMX pilots, 2019 might be the first and last NATO Days for the aircraft as the Italian air force is planning to retire the type quite soon:





Germany brought this Tornado and Sea Lynx as well as an A400:




Hungary brought this Gripen and Falcon 7X as well as a "Hind" helicopter:




Canada brought a CF-18 Hornet:





Switzerland also provided a Hornet as well as their Pilatus PC-7 team:




The Dassault Alpha Jet was a big presence on the ground and in the air this year, with two Belgian examples in the statics and the Patrouille de France making their NATO Days debut in the air:





The Czechs and Slovaks had their shared corner in the statics with a mix or aircraft both old and new to their respective air forces. Here we have a Czech Yak-40 and Mi-35 along with a Slovak Blackhawk:





A couple of shots of a Czech Mi-17 doing its thing in the dynamic displays:




A Polish CASA 295 on its way to dropping some paratroopers:



A Czech police Bell 412 in action:



A few other residents of the static park this year:

[Old Wombat]

 

[JayBee]

 

[kerick]

Nice post and great pics! Any idea what's up with the "British" F-16? Battle of Britain markings?

[PR19_Kit]

Nice post and great pics! Any idea what's up with the "British" F-16? Battle of Britain markings?

That same F-16 was at RIAT this year in the same markings. It's in commemoration of the squadron's beginnings when it was formed in the UK during WWII.

[kitnut617]

Nice post and great pics! Any idea what's up with the "British" F-16? Battle of Britain markings?

IIRC, it was an all Norwegian manned squadron in the RAF at the time, and the scheme is to commemorate them.

[zenrat]

Two Mils and a MiG 21.  Made my evening.  Thanks for sharing.

[NARSES2]

Great stuff there, thanks mate 

[upnorth]

The F-16 was done up for the 75th anniversary of D-Day earlier this year.