Russian ministry of defence has ordered 18 Czech Let L-410 planes for special forces of Russian Army. The planes will be assembled in Russia with Czech components and engines in plant of UZGA company where the company makes Izraeli Searcher Mk II drons, Austrian DA 42 planes and US Bell 407 choppers for Russian market as well.
“Pilot Training Center (CLV) of the Czech Air Force has chosen Bell 505 Jet Ranger X as replacement for Mi-2. Mi-2´s operation in CVL will be terminated in spring of next year and CVL get 6 new Bells.”
Well, CLV has signed contract for six Enstrom 480B-G helicopters instead of Bells…
“That does dot mean Czechs are going to buy UH-1Ys, it only means they get the permission to buy them if they choose to do so..”
Well Czech government consider only two chances right now – UH-1Y or AW139M, headquarters of Czech Army has already recommended UH-1Y few month ago….
Pilot Training Center (CLV) of the Czech Air Force has chosen Bell 505 Jet Ranger X as replacement for Mi-2. Mi-2´s operation in CVL will be terminated in spring of next year and CVL get 6 new Bells.
Under the fuselage is housing for cameras, it is integral part of the fuselage and it was typical only for reconnaissance version L-29R. On the picture is version L-29RS, one of four planes donated to Vietnam AF by Czechoslovak Air Force.
In the case of L-29RS the housing for cameras is empty, and the plane is only singleseater for advanced training. In fact L-29RS was imposed version, and was created when CzAF found out structural problems of some twoseater reconnaissance L-29R. 31 L-29R was converted into L-29RS and those planes lost reconnaissance equipment and all equipment of the second cockpit and wing tip fuel tanks.
L-29R
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L-39ZO can carry same weapons like L-39ZA except air-to-air guided missiles (R-3/R-13), so UB-16 pod, CP-100s, FAB and OFAB boms 100, 150, 250 and 500, submunition bomb RBK-250, PK-3 pod with three vz.77 7,62mm machineguns, LRM-122 pod for four LR-122mm rockets, theoretically L-39ZO can carry 9A624 gun pod.
Ministry of defence has announced intention to purchase another two C-295, two medium transport aircraft and there is a purpose to get additional 10 JAS-39 Gripen as well…
Coloured footage of Il-28 and MiG-15 from 1958 in Skleněná oblaka movie
quite funny training of firing on aerial targets with small arms in early 1950s
Czechoslovak aviation in the 1920s
Famous Air Race in Zürich 1937
Czechoslovak Air Force 1945 -1982, including MiG-15s´farewell.
MiG-15 in action
First days on CzAF airbases after ruskie occupation in 1968, including the first Czech plane take off after invasion (after about 30 days CzAF have got permission for training flights)
Production of MiG-15 in Aero Vodochody
L-39 Albatros
Czech Air Force tender for new multirole helicopter has come to the final phase. Replacement for Mi-24/35 will be UH-1Y (btw with guided missiles and Czech Plamen gun pod, Air Force’s favourite) or armed AW139M (cheaper variant). Decision will be finished by new government after election in this autumn
Aero has announced the start of the first four L-39NGs production, three prototypes and one pre-serial plane…
The first two brand new UH-60M of Slovak Air Force have already landed on Prešov AB
Photo
https://spravy.pravda.sk/fotogaleria/63171-prve-dva-vrtulniky-black-hawk-su-uz-na-slovensku/
“Czech Gripens are ex-SwAF JAS39C/Ds. Hungarian ones are reworked ex-SwAF JAS39A/Bs.
South African and Thai Gripens were new-built, as far as I know..”
Nope, Czech Gripens were and are only Czech, and never have been with SwAF service and no hand of SwAF pilot has touched these Gripens. Just Czech Gripens were took out from production plan of gripens for SwAF and were made as planes for Czech AF. So CzAF has got brand new planes, even before HuAF, as the first foreign user…. But in fact Czech Gripens are owned by Swedish state and are leased by Czech government.