09:00 - 09:12

IAR 99 Soim Solo Display

Romanian Air Force

IAR 99 Soim (hawk) from 95th Air Base of Romanian Air Force Pilot in Command Captain-commander Catalin Alexandru, nicknamed "Piticu" (Dwarf), is a flight instructor with more than 1200 flight hours of which over 580 hours on MiG-21 LanceR and over 500 on IAR 99 Hawk. His crewmate, Captain Cosmin Gaman, nicknamed “Pisoi” (Kitten) has a few more steps to become a flight instructor. He has more than 400 flight hours of which more than 300 on IAR 99 Hawk. Hawk uses British Rolls-Royce turbojet engine produced under licence in Romania. IAR 99 Hawk replaced Czech L-29 Dolphin and L-39 Albatros as jet trainer for Romanian Air force.

09:19 - 09:29

Vehicle extrication

Vehicle extrication squad of Fire and Rescue Service of Capital of Prague

09:37 - 09:52

Intervention agains crowd-threatening attacker

Czech Police Intervention Unit, Special Response Team Žilina

The intervention unit intervenes against an active attacker who threatens the crowd. The perpetrator seized a truck into which he may have placed an explosive or a flammable substance. The airport is a place of possible attack because NATO Days are held here. The T-KAT ballistic vehicle designed to stop it will be placed at the point where the offender is supposed to pass, and the intervention teams will intervene against the truck.

10:00 - 10:15

Service hypology

Ostrava Municipal Police

Hippology of the Municipal Police Ostrava will show their riders and horses skills.

10:30 - 10:50

The International Control Action

Customs Administration of the Czech Republic, Customs Administration of Germany

Customs officers will jointly demonstrate the activity of mobile surveillance patrols of the Czech and German customs administrations in a dynamic demonstration. It will also present a new mobile luggage X-ray, through fictitious illegal transport and subsequent seizure of tobacco products near the border crossing.

11:10 - 11:25

Opening ceremony

11:30 - 11:31

Tank shot

Czech Armed Forces

11:43 - 11:58

IAR 330 Puma Solo Display

Romanian Air Force

Pilot in Command Captain-commander Constantin “Coco” Costea is a flight instructor with more than 1900 flight hours. His colleague and friend, Copilot Lietenant-commander Alin “Kasha” Ianachiuc, is a weapon and tactics - flight instructor, with more than 1600 flight hours. This crew had the honour to be part of Romanian detachment that participate last year at NATO Fly Pass, flying over the new NATO HQ marking the beginning of the NATO Summit 2018. Both display pilots are part of the 952nd squadron that is endowed with IAR 330 SOCAT.

12:10 - 12:15

Swiss bloc I: PC-7 Team take-off

Swiss Air Force

Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team celebrates this year its 30th anniversary. Team leader Captain Cyril “Johnny” Johner has flown over 2500 flight hours on PC-21, PC-7 and F/A-18. Pilots of the team are Lieutenant Colonel Daniel “Stampa” Stämpfli, Captain Marius “Pnö” Egger, Captain Beda “Beda” Staehelin, Captain Maurice “Moe” Mattle, Captain Matthias “Nemo” Grossen, Captain Christian “Sassel” Savary, Captain Alain “Fondü” Von Büren, Captain Benjamin “Daffy” Matthey, Captain Andreas “Menkster” Menk It takes minimally four years to became a Swiss PC-7 team pilot.

12:30 - 12:35

Patriot & ASCOD

TATRA TRUCKS, GDELS

Patriot II is a new armoured vehicle on the unique Czech Tatra chassis. The construction of the vehicle allows integration of remotely controlled turret with armament up to 20 mm calibre. Patriot II can be also fitted with guided missiles or mortar. It can be easily transported by transport aircraft and vessels. Patriot II has ballistic armour and anti-explosion seats for maximal crew protection against improvised explosives devices and mines.

12:40 - 12:45

Swiss bloc III: F/A-18 Hornet & PC-7 Team overflight

Swiss Air Force

Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team celebrates this year its 30th anniversary. Team leader Captain Cyril “Johnny” Johner has flown over 2500 flight hours on PC-21, PC-7 and F/A-18. Pilots of the team are Lieutenant Colonel Daniel “Stampa” Stämpfli, Captain Marius “Pnö” Egger, Captain Beda “Beda” Staehelin, Captain Maurice “Moe” Mattle, Captain Matthias “Nemo” Grossen, Captain Christian “Sassel” Savary, Captain Alain “Fondü” Von Büren, Captain Benjamin “Daffy” Matthey, Captain Andreas “Menkster” Menk It takes minimally four years to became a Swiss PC-7 team pilot. F/A-18 display pilot Captain Nicolas “Vincent” Rossier has over 2000 flying hours, including 1000 hours on the F/A-18 Hornet. In the past, Captain Nicolas “Vincent” Rossier was flying on Pilatus PC-7, F-5E Tiger II and now he flies on F/A-18 Hornet. This is his last show as Swiss Hornet display pilot.

12:55 - 13:22

Swiss bloc V: PC-7 Team

Swiss Air Force

Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team celebrates this year its 30th anniversary. Team leader Captain Cyril “Johnny” Johner has flown over 2500 flight hours on PC-21, PC-7 and F/A-18. Pilots of the team are Lieutenant Colonel Daniel “Stampa” Stämpfli, Captain Marius “Pnö” Egger, Captain Beda “Beda” Staehelin, Captain Maurice “Moe” Mattle, Captain Matthias “Nemo” Grossen, Captain Christian “Sassel” Savary, Captain Alain “Fondü” Von Büren, Captain Benjamin “Daffy” Matthey, Captain Andreas “Menkster” Menk It takes minimally four years to became a Swiss PC-7 team pilot.

13:27 - 13:42

Mi-24/35 solo display

221. Helicopter Squadron

Czech Hinds belong to 221st Tactical Squadron of attack helicopters in AFB Náměšť nad Oslavou. Attack helicopter Mi-24/35, NATO code name Hind, can engage air and land targets with its un/guided rockets and heavy machine gun. Despite its size, Hind is one of the fastest helicopter on the sky. It can fly over 300 km/h. Czech Mi-24/35 Hinds will be replaced by US made Bell AH-1Z Viper. The display pilot of Hind is Captain Michal Bystřičan.

13:47 - 14:27

Patrouille de France

French Air Force

Czech premiere of legendary and worldwide known display team of French Air Force with 66 years of history, what makes them one of the oldest serving display team in the world. Eight Alpahajets E pilots of Patruille de France fly in speeds between 300 – 800 km/h with distances from each jet only about 2-3 meters. The pilots have to cope with -3 to 7 G force. Patrouille de France pilots are selected from fighter pilots.

14:32 - 14:52

Attack on the Enemy

7th Mechanized Brigade, Romanian Armed Forces

Czech and Romanian armoured units will conduct a joint attack against enemy forces. Czech 7. mechanised brigade is the heaviest firepower of the Czech army. They use modernised tanks T-72MCZ, tracked infantry combat vehicles and wheeled infantry combat vehicles Pandur II. Currently, a competition for replacement of old soviet era built tracked combat vehicles is under way. Romanian army will present its modernised tank TR-88M1 Bison. It is a Romanian domestically made tank modernised on NATO standarts.

15:44 - 16:08

Midnight Hawks

Finnish Air Force

Finnish Midnight Hawks are on NATO Days for the first time. All Midnight Hawks pilots are qualified air combat and Hawk flight instructors at the Air Force Academy. Air Force Academy, Fighter squadron 41 Midnight Hawk No.1 Team Leader Vesa Loukko Left wing No. 2 Captain Eero Mannismäki Right wing No. 3 Captain Juho Tervahartiala Slot No. 4 Captain Tapani Parvio 50 Finnish Hawks were domestically built in 1980s. According to Paris Treaty from 1947, Finnish Air Force was limited to 60 fighter jets. As the Hawks were counted as trainers (even though they were armed), Finnish air force could augment its capacity. These historic conditions were nullified in early 1990s.

16:20 - 16:20

Departure of 1x Patrouille de France

French Air Force

Czech premiere of legendary and worldwide known display team of French Air Force with 66 years of history, what makes them one of the oldest serving display team in the world. Eight Alpahajets E pilots of Patruille de France fly in speeds between 300 – 800 km/h with distances from each jet only about 2-3 meters. The pilots have to cope with -3 to 7 G force. Patrouille de France pilots are selected from fighter pilots.

16:40 - 16:50

Typhoon Display Team

Royal Air Force

British Typhoon Display Team is flying on NATO Days for the fourth time. The last appearance was in 2018. Display pilot Flight Lieutenant Jim Peterson flew his Typhoon on NATO Days in 2018. This is his last show as Typhoon Display pilot. 29th Squadron of Royal Airforce form Coningsby is one of the oldest units in Europe with its more than 100 years of history. The aircraft is the latest and the most advanced Typhoon in RAF, the Typhoon FGR4. It is an air-superiority fighter with full land attack capabilities. Typhoon was developed in a joint program together with Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. It has two extremely powerful turbofan powerplants EJ200 which make fantastic noise typical for Typhoons.

16:55 - 17:08

MEDEVAC solo display by W-3A Sokol

24th Transport Aviation Base

Display pilot Major Petr “Šáfa” Šafařík has total flight time of 2600 flight hours, of which more than 2200 flight hours logged on W-3A Sokol. He performed the SAR Air Display at NATO Days last year with W-3A Sokol. Major Šafařík have been flying within the Czech Air Force since 1999. His currently flown types are W-3A Sokol and Mi-17. His current qualifications is Flight Instructor/Inspector on both types of helicopter. W-3A Sokol is used in the Czech Air Force for transport a search and rescue missions. W-3A Sokol is a Polish made helicopter by PZL Swidnik company.

17:23 - 17:41

The Tigers Freefall Team

British Army

The Tigers carry out a range of displays from various heights with flags and with smoke. The team was established in 1986 and is comprised of 9 members of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. The team were originally provided with the name "The Flying Dragons" Nowadays there is still 9 members of the team: Frank Millerick Team Leader, Nathen May, Liam Donovan, Dan Hurst, Chris Grey, Ryan Clark, Carl Hobbs, Alex Goodman and Luke Smith. Together they have over 3000 of parachute jumps. The Tigers have performed at a large array of events. Recently they performered at the opening of the birthday celebrations for Her Majesty Queen Margrethe ll of Denmark. They are attending NATO days after 3 years.

17:46 - 17:46

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10:00 - 11:00

K9 neutralisation of dangerous offenders

Cynology of the Police of the Czech Republic, Regional Directorate of the Police Force of the Slovak

The presentation will be divided in five parts. The first part will present K9 tactical handling. The K9 officer will have his dog between his legs, so that he has his hands free for the manipulation with gun. Another four parts are various model situations like neutralisation of offenders.

12:18 - 12:38

Activities of a squad at checkpoint in front of critical infrastructure object

Regional Military Command Ostrava

Infantry squad is checking incoming vehicle with a driver in front of a critical infrastructure object. An unreported gun has been discovered by the driver. The driver is arrested and handed over to Czech police.

15:42 - 16:07

K9 Unit of Czech Customs Service

Customs Administration of the Czech Republic

K9 officers will present training of their dogs in sniffing out drugs, tabacco, alcohol, money, CITES and guns a and ammunition.