As part of the international exercise BALTOPS 24, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) deployed a detachment of the US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jets to Ronneby air base in Sweden. The Harrier […]
Between 9th and 27th May 2024, the Czech Air Force hosted the multinational live-fly exercise, codenamed Lion Effort 2024. It was already the fifth edition of the training, bringing together the air forces operating JAS-39 […]
On 9th December 1988, a light multirole fighter JAS 39, developed by the Swedish aerospace company Saab AB, performed its approximately fifty minutes long maiden flight. The aeroplane was flown by Stig Holmström, company test […]
According to some press information and social media posts, the JAS-39 Gripen fighter of the South African Air Force took into the skies again, after a one-year grounding. The first flight after that break was […]
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic announced that the country is going to buy – as replacement for current fleet of JAS-39 Gripen aircraft – a certain number of the Lockheed Martin F-35 […]
Seventeen years ago, on 18th April 2005, the first six JAS-39 Gripen aircraft arrived to Čáslav air force base in the Czech Republic, therefore opening the new era in the Czech Air Force. Implementation of […]
Svenska Aeroplan AktieBolag (SAAB) company is founded. ´Our country should manufacture its own weapons as much as possible. We have good shipyards and armouries but we have no production in the country for warplanes.´ These […]
A few days ago, on 11th November 2020, the JAS-39C/D jet fighters operated by the Czech Air Force reached another milestone of their service, by accumulating 30,000 flying hours. This remarkable achievement has also a […]
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´) […]
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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