Romanian Aviation and Air Force Day will be celebrated on Saturday, at the Air Heroes Monument in Aviatorilor Square, when a military and religious ceremony will take place, with the laying of wreaths in memory of the heroes, informs the Ministry of National Defense (MApN).
According to a press release sent to AGERPRES, military aircraft belonging to the Romanian Air Force will fly during the ceremony: F-16 Fighting Falcon, C-130 Hercules, C-27J Spartan, IAR-330 and IAR-99, as well as EC-135 helicopters SMURD and S-70M Black Hawk and a Learjet 75 aircraft belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, SA-365 Dauphin helicopters of the Romanian Information Service, Extra 300 aircraft belonging to the Romanian Aeroclub, a C-17 Globemaster aircraft from the Papa Air Base in Hungary and an F-18 Hornet aircraft of the Finnish Air Force.
Finland is currently carrying out an air police mission in our country.
Romanian Aviation and Air Force Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the date on which, according to the Orthodox calendar, the Holy Prophet Ilie Tesvitean, the spiritual protector of aviators, is celebrated.
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