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.

Visitors to the NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days could see this aircraft over the Ostrava Airport in the past during the opening flypasts. This year, however, they will finally get to see it making its debut on a static display and theywill be able to see it up close.

In exactly six months, the gates of the 25^th NATO Days in Ostrava & the 16^th Czech Air Force Days will open and on that occasion we begin to announce the confirmed participants. The first of them is one of the most famous aerobatic groups in the world, the Red Arrows, which will dominate the skies over the Leos Janacek Ostrava Airport for the third time.

He dives to depths of 100 metres, but he's also drawn to the air. He's been on missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary. You could meet him in the tent of the Police of the Czech Republic at the static display of the work of divers. What's it like to be surrounded by water on all sides? What do police divers most often look for? And what is the most fascinating thing about this job? This time we spoke with Martin Kučera, a police diver from the Department of Special Diving Activities and Training.

You probably won't see him at any of the displays at the venue, but you can still meet him. Although it might be better if you don't. Warrant Officer Jan Ostrý is in charge of paramedic services at NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days. What does it all entail? How long does it take to prepare? And what would he like to say to the visitors of the event?

When he attended the NATO Days in Ostrava for the first time, it was also the first year of the Czech Air Force Days. He did not want to be a soldier originally, but then he liked serving in the air force, and he has been in it for 16 years. Moreover, as he says, he has his own ‘air force’ as well. This time we interviewed Warrant Officer Richard Černošek from the Combat Training Department of the Air Force Headquarters.

He participated in NATO Days as a Gripen display pilot from 2009 to 2012. Then he returned in 2019 as Flight Director. And he repeated that role in 2020, 2021 and 2023. Had the event not been cancelled, he would have added 2024. He retired at the end of last year, but he left a huge legacy at NATO Days. He started out in a Mig-21, but in a Gripen he reached two milestones of thousands of flying hours. This time we interviewed Lieutenant Colonel Michal Daňek, who is also known by his colleagues under the callsign MACRO.

He attended the event for the first time years ago, as a professional soldier. He was there when the 157th Rescue Batallion of the Czech Armed Forces transformed from an army unit to a firefighting unit. He started as a deputy commander, now he commands the Emergency Unit of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic himself. As he said, he and other members of the department do not do it for money - but for people and they get paid. And the equipment they use to save lives and eliminate the consequences of natural disasters is presented every year at the NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days. David Kareš, Commander of the Emergency Unit of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.