NATO Days 2021, part 1 (Static displays)

[upnorth]

Hello all,

The weekend of September 18 and 19 saw the annual NATO Days event at Ostrava, Czech Republic take place. The 2020 edition was not open to the public due to COVID cooncerns, so it was good to be able to go again.

Here's a selection of what was in the static park. I'll make a separate post for the flying displays:

The U.S. Marines brought a UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper to the show. Over the next few years, the Czech  air force will be replacing their Mi-17 and Mi-24 fleets with them:

A pair of UH-60M Blackhawks. One from the Slovak air force and the other from the U.S. Army:

A U.S. Army Apache:

A look out the back door of a C-5 Galaxy to a Luftwaffe A400:

The Lockheed F-35 made its NATO Days premier in the hands of the Italian air force:

General view down the line of larger static subjects:

A Saab Gripen of the Swedish air force:

A CF-18 Hornet in from Canada:

Dutch F-16:

Slovenian Pilatuc PC-9:

[spruecutter96]

A great set of images, my friend. I am saddened to hear that the Czech Hinds and Mi-17's will be retired soon. I think that many folks will miss them. 

 

Thanks for sharing with us. 

 

Chris. 

[SAT69]

The C-5 is from the Air Force Reserve unit stationed at what is now Kelly City base in San Antonio, Texas.