From September 2 to 3, 2022, the ” Airpower 2022” (-> here you can find all the latest “Airpower” news) took place for the 10th time under the motto “Above the clouds!” at Hinterstoisser Air Base in Zeltweg. Europe’s largest airshow, which is organized by the Austrian Armed Forces together with partners Red Bull and the Province of Styria, was visited by a total of 275,000 visitors on both days in the event area and tens of thousands more on the perimeter. Now the “Airpower 2022” after the international Paul Bowen Award The “Airpower 2022” also received a prestigious national award: it was named a nominee for the special Sport Events prize, making it one of the best sporting events of 2022 by the Austrian Event Awards.
“We all felt and experienced the special enthusiasm of the audience during the two days in September 2022. I am delighted that we as organizers, together with our partners Red Bull and the Province of Styria, were honored as nominees for the Austrian Event Award. Our efforts to organize a festival for the family that also awakens enthusiasm for flying have been confirmed once again. Of course, this is also an incentive and a mandate for the next Airpower in 2024“, explains Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner.
“I am delighted that we as organizers, together with our partners Red Bull and the Province of Styria, have been named a nominee for the Austrian Event Award.”
Verteidigungsministerin Klaudia Tanner
“Airpower 2022”, Europe’s largest airshow, was planned down to the smallest detail for over a year from early summer 2021. “In military terms, the event was not just the largest exercise of the Austrian Armed Forces in 2022, but a real operation. What has to work immediately and right away at every ‘Airpower’ is the cooperation with the international military aviation guests – be it flying into Zeltweg, supplying the foreign participants, practising the displays, adhering to common flight safety rules, perfectly functioning cooperation between the air ground services or working together under high time pressure on the two days of the event. I would like to thank all my employees and am proud of our team effort, which has now also been recognized as a nominee for the Austrian Event Award as one of the best sporting events of 2022 after receiving the Paul Bowen Award of Achievement as the best international airshow of 2022,” says Brigadier Wolfgang Prieler, Project Manager of “Airpower”.
“Airpower 2024” in Zeltweg again on September 6 and 7, 2024
In 2024, specifically on 6 and 7 September 2024, the Austrian Armed Forces will be organizing “Airpower 2024” at Hinterstoisser Air Base in Zeltweg together with its partners, the Province of Styria and Red Bull. It will consist of a military performance show on the ground, as well as demonstrations by the Austrian Air Force and international military aerobatic teams, the Flying Bulls and participants from the civil aviation sector, a static display by civilian exhibitors from the aviation industry, research and education, as well as an extensive supporting event on the airfield grounds, including the Military Aviation Museum.
