{"id":1429,"date":"2017-11-03T18:47:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2017-11-03T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:47:22","slug":"air-day-debut-for-lithuanian-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/air-day-debut-for-lithuanian-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Day Debut for Lithuanian Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lithuanian<\/p>\n

RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day is delighted to announce the participation of two aircraft types from debuting nation Lithuania. The Baltic state\u2019s air force will send an Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer and a Mil Mi-8T utility helicopter for static display. Rarely seen at Western European events, they get Air Day\u2019s international line-up off to the very best of starts.<\/p>\n

The L-39 Albatros was a real success for Czech firm Aero Vodochody. During a 25-year production run, 2,900 were built and supplied to almost 50 militaries. Lithuania, plus around a dozen other nations, took delivery of the L-39ZA armed trainer\/light attack variant. Its duties include surveying and defending Lithuanian airspace.<\/p>\n

The remarkable Mil Mi-8 (NATO codenamed \u2018Hip\u2019) is the world\u2019s most produced-helicopter: a staggering 17,000-plus examples of the Soviet-origin design having been manufactured. Lithuania only employs three Mi-8Ts (\u2018Hip-Cs\u2019) in the troop transport and search and rescue roles.<\/p>\n

As the Lithuanian Air Force continues with their modernisation programme these assets are a very welcome addition to the Royal Navy\u2019s air show at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton on Saturday 7 July. Early bird tickets with no booking fees are now on sale for a limited period only at www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/yeovilton-airday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day is delighted to announce the participation of two aircraft types from debuting nation Lithuania. The Baltic state\u2019s air force will send an Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer and a Mil Mi-8T utility helicopter for static display. Rarely seen at Western European events, they get Air Day\u2019s international line-up off to … Continue reading Air Day Debut for Lithuanian Air Force<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[287,10,55,237],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-287","tag-news","tag-november","tag-rnas-yeovilton-air-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}