Joint Operations Commander
Major General Jaroslav Míka
Education
- 1991 - 1993
Military Aviation College Košice, aircraft and missile technology
- 1993 - 1995
Military Academy Brno, aircraft and missile technology, pilot, bachelor’s degree
- 2000 - 2001
Military Academy Brno, aircraft and missile technology, pilot, master’s degree
- 2003 - 2004
Air University Maxwell AFB, USA, Squadron Officer School
- 2011 - 2012
Air University Maxwell AFB, USA, Air War College
- 2018 - 2019
Royal College of Defence Studies, London, United Kingdom
- 2020
Security and Military-Strategic Studies Centrum, Brno
- 2022
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany
- 2023
NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
- 2024
National Defense University, Taipei, R.O.C., Taiwan
Service career:
- 1995 - 2000
Pilot, L-39 ZA
- 2000 - 2001
Senior pilot, L-39 ZA
- 2001 - 2005
Flight commander, L-159 ALCA
- 2006 - 2007
Flight commander, JAS-39 Gripen
- 2007 - 2013
Commander, 211th Tactical Squadron
- 2013 - 2015
Deputy Commander, 21st Tactical Wing
- 2015 - 2016
Commander, 21st Tactical Wing
- 2016 - 2018
Chief, Combat Training Branch, Air Force Command
- 2018 - 2020
Deputy Commander, 21st Tactical Air Force Base
- 2020 - 2022
Commander, 21st Tactical Air Force Base
- 2022 - 2024
Deputy Director, MoD Force Development Division
- 2025 - 2026
Deputy Commander, Joint Operations Command
- 2026
Commander, Joint Operations Command
Deployments:
- 2009
Commander, Czech Armed Forces 1st Task Force Baltic Air Policing, Lithuania
Decorations:
- Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, 1st grade
- Czech Armed Forces Honorary Medal of Merit, 2nd grade
- Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence, 2nd grade
- Golden Linden Decoration of the Minister of Defence
- Service Abroad Medal of the Minister of Defence, 3rd grade