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43rd Airborne Battalion in helicopter rappel exercise

14.3.2016

Soldiers of the 43rd Airborne Battalion, based in Chrudim, participated last week in a routine helicopter combat rappel training exercise.

Medics prepare for biological threats

8.3.2016

A five-day training exercise recently organised at the Centre of Biological Protection at Techonin was aimed at testing the readiness of staff in dealing with the potential outbreak of highly infectious diseases or a bio-terrorist attack on Czech territory.

Soldiers compete in open alpine ski championship

29.2.2016

From 24th - 26th February, during the open alpine ski championship in the Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mountains), forty nine contestants tested their skills and stamina.

Royal Thai Air Force pilots train in Pardubice

23.2.2016

A squadron of pilots of the Thai Royal Air Force completed a five-day intensive training exercise last week using the advanced SAAB 39 Gripen flight simulator at the Tactical Simulation Centre of the LOM State Enterprise in Pardubice.

Air unit in Afghanistan renamed to follow in the tradition of 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron RAF

18.2.2016

The Czech officer, Major Radek M., assumed command of the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron during a ceremony in Kabul last week. The squadron, which was renamed the 311th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron will continue in the tradition of the Czechoslovak 311th Bomber Squadron which courageously and successfully fought in the Royal Air Force during World War II.