NATO Days in Ostrava 2022

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NATO Days in Ostrava 2022

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The airshow will take place on the 17th and 18th of September. The highlight will be a B-52 doing fly-bys on the Saturday. This will also be one of the last Czech Mi-35 displays before being retired/donated to Ukraine.

Participants

Flying:
Patrouille Suisse (F-5 x 6) - Swiss Air Force

Eurofighter Typhoon - Austrian Air Force
F-16 - Belgium Air Force
F/A-18 Hornet - Finnish Air Force
JAS-39 Gripen - Hungarian Air Force
JAS-39 Gripen E - Saab

NH-90 - German Army
EC-135 - German Air Force
Mi-24 - Hungarian Air Force
Mi-35 and Mi-171- Czech Army
Mi-35 solo - Czech Army
W-3A - Czech Army
UH-60M - Slovak Air Force
Bell 412 - Czech Republic Police

A-400M - German Air Force
B-52 fly-bys - U.S. Air Force - Saturday only
A330 MRTT fly-bys - NATO
Air-to-air refuelling demo (German A-400M and Czech Gripen x 2)
Paratroopers mass landing (jumping from CASA-295M) - French Air Force
L 410 NG - Aircraft Industries
Tactical Paradrop HALO (jumping from CASA-295M) - Polish Land Forces
ZLIN Aircraft will perform flypasts on both days to open the show.

Static:
C-390 - Brazilian Air Force
NH-90 - German Army
EC-135 - German Navy
P-3 Orion - German Navy
Sea Lynx - German Navy
EC-135 - German Air Force
Tornado - German Air Force
B-52 - U.S. Air Force
KC-135 - U.S. Air Force
AH-64 Apache - U.S. Army
UH-60M - Slovak Air Force
F-4E x2 - Turkish Air Force
AN-2 - Latvian Air Force
AS365 - Lithuanian Air Force
Rafale - French Air Force
M28 Bryza - Polish Air Force
F/A-18 Hornet - Royal Canadian Air Force
Bell 206 - German Police
MQ-9 - U.S. Air Force
C-17 - U.S. Air Force
AH-1Z - U.S. Marine Corps
UH-1Y - U.S. Marine Corps
C-5M - U.S. Air Force

Updated 14/09
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It has also been announced that the Czech Gripen demo will not be performing this year due to operational commitments (Baltic Air Policing)

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Tommy wrote:
Thu 25 Aug 2022, 8:42 am
Hurrah! Great news indeed.

Looking forward to this one... just hoping the Turkish Phantoms actually show up.
Posting comments on an aviation-related chatroom, are ya? Looks like it an' all...

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https://www.facebook.com/122838009787/p ... sn=scwspmo
Polish M28 Bryza confirmed for static. 🙄

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Air refuelling demo (German A400 and a pair of Czech Gripens) has been added. Gripen E has changed from static to flying display.

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MQ-9, C-17, AH-1Z, UH-1Y, C-5M, F/A-18 Hornet and Bell 206 added - all static.
French air force parachutists and Czech police Bell 412 added to the flying display.
I wonder if the RAF Typhoon will still attend.

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Most arrivals planned for Thursday,
arr and trainings schedule available via official app - NATO Days 2022
I plan to go on Thu, maybe Fri as I can't be there for weekend...

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Added:
Dutch F-35A x2 flypast SATURDAY ONLY
Support aircraft:
A400M Atlas from Belgium
C-295M from Finland
C-27J Spartan slovakia
Saab 2000 from Sweden
Challenger CL604 from Switzerland
Falcon 900 from Switzerland

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Cancelled:
  • NATO E-3A - Operational reasons
  • Royal Danish Air Force C-130J - Operational reasons
  • U.S. Army RQ-7 Shadow - Operational reasons
  • U.S. Army CH-47 - Operational reasons
  • U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk - Operational reasons
  • German Navy Sea King - Operational reasons
  • German Navy Do-228 - Operational reasons
  • Slovenian PC-9M - both static and flying - training duties

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Two more cancellations, both were due to display:
RAF Typhoon team - Displays halted after the Queen passed away.
Slovak L-39N - TEC

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Another two cancellations:
Lithuanian Air Force - C-27J Spartan - Static
Estonian Air Force - M28 - Static

B-52, C-5, and C-17 all arrived

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Wings of Storm (PC-9 x 6) have cancelled because the Mi-8 which was acting as SP would not arrive in time.

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Free live stream :

B52 flypast has been cancelled

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