Italy will take on the role of the Special Partner Nation of the jubilee 25th NATO Days in Ostrava & 16th Czech Air Force Days. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jana Černochová, with her Italian counterpart, Guido Crosetto, at a joint meeting on the occasion of the North Atlantic Alliance summit in The Hague.

Visitors of the 25th NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days can look forward to a unique experience. After twelve years, the star formation Turkish Stars will return to the event, making them the third aerobatic group heading to Ostrava Airport this year.

After a one-year break, visitors of the NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days can look forward to the return of the Slovenian Air Force. It will present its PC-9M aircraft in static and in the popular aerobatic dynamic display.

This year's NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days will offer visitors another rarity. After 16 years, the Greek Air Force will present two Mirage 2000 fighter jet in a static display.

On the other side of the airport, away from the public displays, parked planes and helicopters. Waiting for their time to show off to visitors. They are carefully managed by a team led by Capt. Leona Hájková from the 26th Command, Control and Reconnaissance Regiment. As the coordinator of safety measures on the dynamic apron, she oversees strict compliance with the rules and precautions so that nothing happens to people or aircraft. Sounds simple, but what's behind this position? Has she found her favourite among the aircraft? And how does she remember writing the first monograph on the Air Force? We asked, Captain Hájková answered, and now you can read it.

This year's NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days will not be without the traditional large-scale participation of the German Luftwaffe. Visitors can look forward to a display of equipment in dynamic and static displays - giant transport aircraft, combat machines and a multi-purpose helicopter.

The second aerobatic group confirmed its participation in this year's NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days. It is the Croatian group Wings of the Storm, which will offer its aerobatic skills on six PC-9M turbo-prop trainer aircraft.

She is one of those people who is not in plain sight at the event - but you can see and read the result of her and her team's work. It's not just about writing something - it takes a lot of planning and coordination. And that she'll be in the Air Force at some point? No, that wasn't the original plan, but as she says, she's doing everything she once wished for. In the next installment of #HumansofNATODays, we spoke with Maj. Zuzana Sekaninová, Press and Information Officer at the Air Force Headquarters. 

At this year's NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days, a representative aircraft of the Belgian Air Force will be presented to the public for the first time in a static display.

There are people who have been to more NATO Days editions than most of the participants or even most members of the organizing team. Those people have become an inseparable part of the event. They are first to come in the morning and among the last to leave in the evening. You can see them on the rooftop of the staff building, you can meet them in the crowd. But you never see them on video - because they are the ones operating the cameras and capturing the atmosphere. In this part of the Humans of NATO Days series, we talked to Iain Campbell of the PlanesTV company. He and his colleagues provide the video footage for the live stream of the event or for the clips they produce.