{"id":2053,"date":"2019-06-09T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2019-06-13T22:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:08:38","slug":"thousands-turn-out-to-see-event-in-lielvarde-marking-latvian-air-forces-100th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"Thousands turn out to see event in Lielvarde marking Latvian Air Force&#8217;s 100th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thousands of people turned out to see an event at Lielvarde Air Base yesterday marking the 100th anniversary of the Latvian Air Force, LETA observed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2054\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?attachment_id=2054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2054\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2054\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-June-9-Latvian-Air-Forces-100th-anniversary.jpg\" alt=\"The Latvian Air Force's 100th anniversary\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-June-9-Latvian-Air-Forces-100th-anniversary.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-June-9-Latvian-Air-Forces-100th-anniversary-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Latvian Air Force&#8217;s 100th anniversary (Photo by The Baltik Times)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The event opened with a concert in the morning, which was followed by a two-hour military airshow featuring planes from Poland, Latvia and Finland. Air Force and Border Guard helicopters, as well as national airline airBaltic&#8217;s aircraft Airbus A220-300 also participated in the event.<\/p>\n<p>People attending the event later on had the opportunity to see and board Lithuanian, Polish, Estonian, U.S. helicopters and aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The event closed with a performance of the National Armed Forces&#8217; Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> RIGA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltictimes.com\/thousands_turn_out_to_see_event_in_lielvarde_marking_latvian_air_force_s_100th_anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Baltik Times<\/strong><\/a>) \u2013 By LETA\/TBT Staff | 09 June 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong> The Latvian Air Force&#8217;s 100th anniversary (Photo by <strong>The Baltik Times<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?cat=1672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Osman Tufekci<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news.asp?newst=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASIA<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news.asp?newst=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUROPE<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news.asp?newst=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIDDLE EAST<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news_turk.asp?newst=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Turkey XairForces<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Editor)<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/airwar.xairforces.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WORLD AIR WAR HISTORY<\/a>\u00a0BY\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xairforces.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XAIRFORCES.NET<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:xairforces@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">xairforces@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/OsmanTufekci2053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook.com\/OsmanTufekci2053<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Osman_Tufekci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter.com\/Osman_Tufekci<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/ali-osman-tufekci-a9989184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin.com\/in\/ali-osman-tufekci-a9989184<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people turned out to see an event at Lielvarde Air Base yesterday marking the 100th anniversary of the Latvian Air Force, LETA observed. 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