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Czechs would like to operate supersonic aircraft also after 2015

30.7.2012

The Czech government have decided that the Defence Ministry will go on in talks with Swedish party over prolongation of a lease agreement on SAAB 39 Gripen aircraft till this November.

Ministry plans to complement equipment of small arms before 2020

23.7.2012

Ministry of Defence plans to buy approximately 10 thousand CZ 805 BREN attack rifles, 7 thousand CZ 75 PHANTOM pistols and 500 CZ SCORPION sub-machine guns during next several years.

Special Forces Task Force safely back home from Afghanistan

16.7.2012

A hundred of 2nd Task Force soldiers, who returned from a six-month deployment in Afghan province of Nangarhar in June, gathered together with their family members at their home town Prostejov Community Centre to receive awards for excellent service, from highest representatives of the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff.

Two recent operations in Wardak lasted twenty two days

9.7.2012

"OMID" and "HONEY BADGER", two search and patrol operations successfully carried out by soldiers of the 4th Czech OMLT unit in Wardak with their Afghan and American colleagues, took 22 days in total.

A new Chief of the General Staff introduced at the Armed Forces Day

2.7.2012

On the occasion of the Czech Armed Forces Day ceremony held at the National Memorial in Prague-Vitkov on 29 June 2012, Minister of Defence Alexandr Vondra introduced new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic Lieutenant General Petr Pavel.