NATO Day 21.09.2019

[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:

 

 

Edited September 22, 2019 by upnorth

[junglierating]

Any UK participation?

[upnorth]

8 minutes ago, junglierating said:

Any UK participation?

Very little, but they usually aren't one of the bigger participants.

 

The Typhoon display team was there, but that was it.

 

There was suppose to be a Typhoon and Watchkeeper UAV in the statics, but they didn't show.

[canberraman]

Nice set of photos from one of the best military airshows in NATO.

 

Mark

[junglierating]

1 hour ago, upnorth said:

Very little, but they usually aren't one of the bigger participants.

 

The Typhoon display team was there, but that was it.

 

There was suppose to be a Typhoon and Watchkeeper UAV in the statics, but they didn't show.

I'm suprised anyone showed up that said it's all cost benefit analysis and little thought to the soft skills side of things ....mind you the RN are kinda busy ....impressed that the Royal artillery might have rocked up with watchkeeper though👍👏

[upnorth]

19 minutes ago, junglierating said:

I'm suprised anyone showed up that said it's all cost benefit analysis and little thought to the soft skills side of things ....mind you the RN are kinda busy ....impressed that the Royal artillery might have rocked up with watchkeeper though👍👏

I saw that reflected at the Typhoon display tent.

 

The couple of young ladies that were working it seemed rather lost for what they should be doing. They also had next to nothing in the way of PR material and souvenir goodies for the crowds.

 

Why bother with a tent and staff for it when you're not going to give the staff anything of substance to hand out or sell to the crowd?

[modelling minion]

Great set of pictures, thanks for sharing them.

Very embarrassed by the lack of UK participants.