In speed and silence the Government, upon invitation of the Ministry of Defence, approved quite a substantial increase in the budget program of the development of the capabilities of the Air Force, the main part of which is the acquisition of multipurpose and attack helicopters, the system H-1: UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper. The initial...
For the period of 2019 - 2021, a thousand Czech soldiers from a task force of the Army of the Czech Republic, which was established on the basis of the 71st Mechanized Battalion (7th Mechanized Brigade), are included in the NATO Response Force. Since early 2020, they have been on highest alert. Czech soldiers together with the battalions...
The Czech Air Force got the last of five L-159T1 two-seat aircraft after the PP2000 maintenance done by the domestic manufacturer AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s.. Now, the 21st Tactical Air Force Base Čáslav has a total of eight two-seat advanced training and light combat L-159 aircraft: five L-159T1+ and three L-159T2 aircraft delivered...
Thirteen interception takeoffs and a completed plan of flight hours spent in the air were carried out by Czech fighters operating from the Estonian base Ämari. Task Force flying JAS-39 Gripen jets has been deployed since 1st September 2019 to protect the airspace of the Baltic countries, which do not have their own jet fighter air...