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 …
Among the priorities announced by the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Aleš Opata concerning the development of forces the formation of an airborne regiment based on the existing 43rd Airborne Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade was mentioned.
Until 2020 the soldiers of the Strakonice air defence regiment which forms the core element of the Ground Air Defence Task Force are attached to the NATO Response Force headed by the German 9th Armoured Brigade. In 2019 they will join the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).