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15th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to NATO

19.3.2014

"Defence matters" said the Minister of Defence, Martin Stropnicky, speaking at the 15th anniversary conference of the Czech Republic‘s accession to NATO, which was held at Prague Castle on 12th March. He went on to say, "After 15 years of the Czech Republic’s membership in NATO, our security is still not commonplace".

Rotation of units for Parwan and Mali

12.3.2014

Fresh replacement units for deployment in Afghanistan and Africa are ready to assume their operational tasks this March. Soldiers of the 2nd Guard Company will replace the 1st GC at the Bagram Air Field in the Afghan Province of Parwan, a NATO-led ISAF operation, while soldiers of the 3rd Czech unit at the EU Training Mission in Mali will take over from the previous 2nd unit.

Czech Armed Forces involved in Exercise BLACKOUT 2014

6.3.2014

An extremely powerful storm destroys key transformers and a massive blackout hits Prague and parts of the Central Bohemian Region last week. Fortunately, this was just a military exercise.

Search and Rescue: training for excellence

25.2.2014

A two-day joint military and civilian rescue exercise conducted the scenario of saving lives of skiers and evacuation from a blocked ski chairlift in the Sumava Mountains last week.

Sand storms and snow in the Sinai put Czech airmen to test

17.2.2014

A Czech Air Force C-295 CASA transport aircraft successfully accomplished its more than three-month operational tour in the Sinai in support of the Multinational Force & Observers mission, and was recently replaced by another airplane from the four-member CASA fleet operated by the Czech military.