The final preparations for the festival of aviation lovers are underway. The last weekend of August at the global Air Show Radom 2025 will be presented by pilots from 20 countries. There will besides be a night drone show and a formal farewell of the Su-22 aircraft. As announced by Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda, it is possible that a tiny air show will take place next year in Grace.
Radom Air Show is the largest event of this kind in Poland and 1 of the leading in Europe. Representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the Military Property Agency, local authorities and safety services of the event spoke yesterday about preparations for this year's festival of aviation lovers. The gathering was held at the 42nd School Aviation Base in Radom.
Air stars
Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda encouraged to watch the shows. – This is an extraordinary event that concerns the Polish Army, its past and equipment. It is worth showing the full society, how the Polish army is modernizing and how the aviation changes and how our soldiers are trained," said the deputy chief of the MON.
The stars of the acrobatics were announced by Marcin Horyń, president of the Military Property Agency, co-organizer of the shows. “We signed agreements with top pilots and civilian aviation teams to supply spectacular and unforgettable shows to viewers on both Saturday and Sunday”, Horyń assured. Among others, the Greek F-16 Demo squad “Zeus” and the Jordanian Royal Jordanian Falcons group will present their aerial craftsmanship over Radom. Poland will represent Poland “Orlik” actor Team and pilots from the civilian White-Red Wings Foundation who execute stunts on 3 military aircraft withdrawn from service TS-11 Spark.
There will besides be news. On Saturday, the first time in the past of the Air Show in Radom will be a night show utilizing 700 drones!
Legendary Su-22 and red arrows
Director of shows Gen. Brig. Pil. Waldemar Gołębiowski announced that the programme of the event besides included a symbolic farewell legendary Su-22 aircraftwho served in Polish aviation for more than 40 years. As he stressed, a peculiar show with the participation of this device will be enriched with pyrotechnic displays both on the ground and in the air.
The general of arms present at the briefing Marek Sokołowski, the commander-general of the types of armed forces, reported that the shows would besides be an occasion to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the conflict of England. The sky show will feature 1 of the world's best acrobatics teams, the British Red Arrows. – There will be something to look at, there will be dynamic, 1 of the more complicated sky shows – added Gen. Sokołowski.
Not just in the sky
A static exhibition was besides prepared alongside the sky acrobatics, where various equipment of the Polish Army and allied units can be seen: from the aircraft for VIPs, or B-737, through transports C-130 and C-295 and helicopters AW101, AW149 and Mi-24, to tanks Abrams, HIMARS launchersThe Wolverines and the U.S. Bradleys. president Horyn stressed that all logistics and safety issues had already been addressed. “Thanks to close cooperation between the MON, AMW and the cities of Radom, we are ready for the biggest aviation event in this part of Europe”, he said.
MON deputy chief Paweł Bejda recalled that the erstwhile edition of the shows in 2023 saw over 170 1000 people. Organizers hope that this year the number of visitors may exceed 180 thousand. "This event attracts not only residents of the region, but besides tourists from all over the country and abroad," stressed the Deputy Minister.
The Air Show in Radom is simply a cyclical event held all 2 years. Deputy Minister Bejda announced work on organizing additional air shows at the fresh location. – We are working on the thought of launching a tiny Air Show in Grace. We hope that this year there will be an Air Show Radom, and next year a tiny Air Show in Grace, and so on in turns," said Bejda. The grace is 1 of the most crucial cities for airmen, for there in 32 Tactical Aviation Base will be stationed in the future by Polish F-35 squadrons.
Last admissions
Shows on Saturday 30 August will take 12 hours, Sunday 8 hours. The sale of tickets for the first day of the event is already at the finish line, but passes for Sunday performances are inactive available.
