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September 20 and 21 of 2025 brought this year’s edition of NATO Days back to Ostrava, in the north-east of the Czech Republic.
It was a nicely varied show, as always, though photography was tricky with the sun creating a lot of backlit pictures.
Here’s some of Saturday’s show through my lens:
This week is the end of an era as the Polish air force retires the last of its Sukhoi Su-22 fleet.
The Su-22 is an attack aircraft produced by the former Soviet Union. It entered service with the Polish air force in 1984.
The retirement of the Polish Su-22 fleet marks the end of Su-22 operations in Europe.
It’s an aircraft I didn’t get a chance to see much of in action. By the time I relocated from Canada to the Czech Republic in 2004, Czech air force Su-22s were in museums.
These are pictures I took of Polish Su-22s at the 2013 and 2022 editions of the AirPower air show in Zeltweg, Austria:
June 21 and 22 of 2025 saw the annual Letecký Den (Air Day) event at Břeclav, Czech Republic take place.
It was a great show, the weather could not have been better and there was a good amount of variety and action to take in.
The show had some of the regular performers as well as some newcomers to keep things fresh
Here’s some of my pictures for the Saturday show:
The Pardubice Aviation Fair is an annual event that takes place in Pardubice, Czech Republic. the 2025 edition of the show took place on June 7 and 8. I attended the June 7 show.
It was a pleasantly varied show with a lot of vintage aircraft with some modern in the mix.
We had scattered rain throughout the day, so photogaraphy was a challenge, but I managed to get some presentable shots.
On May 17 of 2025, the Czech air force base at Čáslav hosted its Day of Open Doors event.
The mostly overcast and windy weather, along with higly variable lighting conditions, made photography a challenge to say the least.
In spite of the challenges, it was a good show and I’m happy I went to it.
Here’s a few images from the day:
Pickled Wings 