{"id":411842,"date":"2019-08-04T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/ukraine-celebrates-air-force-day\/"},"modified":"2019-08-04T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T08:00:21","slug":"ukraine-celebrates-air-force-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-celebrates-air-force-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Celebrates Air Force Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47853 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/630_360_1533450745-1558-e1564909679184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"314\" \/>Photo Ukrinform-UATV<\/h5>\n<p>Today, Ukraine celebrates Air Force Day, a professional holiday which has been recognized on the first Sunday of August since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Air Force Warriors! Dear veterans! I congratulate you on the professional holiday of the defenders of the Ukrainian sky \u2014 Air Force Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is a holiday of courageous people who day and night defend the airspace of the Fatherland, in difficult conditions carry out combat and training departures, and skillfully and quickly transport servicemen, weapons, and equipment over long distances,&#8221;\u00a0Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/news\/vitannya-prezidenta-osobovomu-skladu-i-veteranam-povitryanih-56721\">said<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman also congratulated the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ukrainian Air Force is made up of powerful and effective troops that protect our country&#8217;s airspace. The military personnel and civilian personnel carry out their professional duties and responsibilities with honor,&#8221; the prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmu.gov.ua\/ua\/news\/privitannya-premyer-ministra-ukrayini-volodimira-grojsmana-z-dnem-povitryanih-sil-zbrojnih-sil-ukrayini-26072019\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak\u00a0also had words to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sincerely congratulate all the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their professional holiday! I am grateful to the Air Force soldiers for their courage and determination during combat missions and for the enormous burdens and risks they have had to endure and overcome in Ukraine&#8217;s difficult times. You capably fulfill the most difficult mission for the security of our country,&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mil.gov.ua\/news\/2019\/08\/04\/privitannya-ministra-oboroni-z-dnem-povitryanih-sil-zbrojnih-sil-ukraini\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Ukrinform-UATV Today, Ukraine celebrates Air Force Day, a professional holiday which &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":411843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-411842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine Celebrates Air Force Day - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-celebrates-air-force-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine Celebrates Air Force Day - 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