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The ´Blackjacks´ are visiting South Africa

28 October 2019 Jacek Domański

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´) […]

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JAS-39 Gripen C / Extra 300 SR

28 May 2019 Milan Toman

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 […]

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

27 May 2019 Jacek Domański

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 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Fourteen years of fourteen Gripens in the Czech Air Force

22 April 2019 Jacek Domański

Exactly fourteen years ago, on April 18th, 2005, the very first six supersonic jet fighters from Sweden – JAS-39 Gripen – arrived to Čáslav air force base, therefore opening the Gripen era in the Czech […]

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Gearing up for the 2019 airshow season

2 April 2019 Milan Toman

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 […]

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

26 May 2018 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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