The ´Blackjacks´ are visiting South Africa

Exactly on the same day when Vladimir Putin, the President of Russian Federation, opened the first ever Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Sochi, a pair of Tupolev Tu-160 ´White Swan´ strategic bombers (NATO reporting name ´Blackjack´) arrived to Waterkloof air force base near Pretoria, South Africa. Those two supersonic nuclear bombers that arrived at South... Read More

JAS-39 Gripen C / Extra 300 SR

What is the hottest aviation news in Czech Republic today? Undoubtedly, the joint display of Martin Šonka (2018 champion of the Red Bull Air Race) and Capt. Ivo Kardoš (JAS-39 display pilot of the Czech Air Force), performed on 25th May during the open doors event in 21st Air Force Base in Čáslav. The... Read More

Spitfire and JAS-39 Gripen – the latest news from the Aviation Fair programme.

There are just a few days left until the 29th edition of the Aviation Fair in Pardubice, and we would like to share with you this short information about a few latest additions to the air show flying display programme. The Czech Air Force already belongs to the traditional participants of the Aviation Fair... Read More

Fourteen years of fourteen Gripens in the Czech Air Force

Exactly fourteen years ago, on April 18th, 2015, the very first six supersonic jet fighters from Sweden – JAS39 Gripen – arrived to Čáslav air force base, and therefore opening the Gripen era in the Czech Air Force. When, in 1999, Czech Republic together with Poland and Hungary joined the NATO, the 41st Fighter... Read More

Gearing up for the 2019 airshow season

Between 19th February and 13th March, the Gripen rehearsal flights before the new display season took place at the 21st Air Force Base in Časláv. The Czech Air Force is a JAS-39 Gripen C/D operator since 2005, all fourteen aircraft (12 single-seat Gripen C and 2 two-seat Gripen D) are leased from Sweden until... Read More

Emphasizing the 25 years of cooperation with the live-fly exercise – Sky Avenger 2018

A quarter century ago the United States Air National Guard (ANG) began the cooperation and joint trainings with the Czech Air Force. The initial goal of this partnership was to train the Czech military personnel on their way to NATO and make them familiar with the alliance standards. The Czech Republic became the NATO... Read More