Pilots of the Hawks of Romania aerobatic team perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Photos of a display of aerobatics and military air power at the Bucharest International Air Show
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians gathered at Bucharest’s Aurel Vlaicu airport for the BIAS 2025 International Air Show, where more than 200 pilots and 100 aircraft performed. The precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force Patrouille de France performed at the international air show for the first time to the delight of the crowd.
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People wave as a Douglas DC-6B plane of the Flying Bulls Red Bull aerobatic team flies above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF), the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force, perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF), the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force, perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Romanian paratroopers glide above the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Hawks of Romania aerobatic team perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, as pyrotechnics go off on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)An Eurofighter Typhoon German Air Force fighter jet flies above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF), the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force, perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF), the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force, perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)A Romanian Air Force helicopter gunship launches flares above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pilots of the Patrouille de France (PAF), the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air and Space Force, perform above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)An MIG-15 fighter jet from Poland flies above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pyrotechnics go off as the Air Bandits aerobatic team, led by Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys, performs above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, at the end of the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)A Douglas DC-6B plane leads the Flying Bulls Red Bull aerobatic team above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, on the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Pyrotechnics go off as the Air Bandits aerobatic team, led by Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys, performs above the runway of the Aurel Vlaicu airport, at the end of the first day of the Bucharest International Air Show, BIAS 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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