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'Winged Lion' plaque inscribed with names of 2,507 Czechoslovak airmen

17.11.2017

On 13th November, Major General Jaromir Sebesta, Commander of the Czech Air Force, and Colonel Michael Longstaff, the U.K. Defence Attaché to the Czech Republic, attended the unveiling ceremony of a memorial plaque set below the monument of the Winged Lion Memorial in Prague which lists all the names of the Czechoslovak Royal Air Force airmen who fought during WWII.

Battalion field exercises validate combat readiness of the 7th Mechanised Brigade

10.11.2017

Over the last two weeks, the 73rd Tank Battalion and the 74th Light Motorised Battalion have been participating in field training exercises at Hradiste and Libava Military Training Areas to refresh, refine and consolidate their combat skills, and promote maximum coordination when engaging with combat support units.

Soldiers in Afghanistan commemorate the foundation of Czechoslovakia

3.11.2017

Czech and Slovak soldiers from military units serving at the Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport Base celebrated the 99th Anniversary of the foundation of the independent state of Czechoslovakia on October 28th, 1918. The Czech 9th Guard Company also commemorated the event at its base at Bagram Air Field.

Specialised hospital to get back-up personnel from Active Reserve Force

27.10.2017

The Biological Defence Centre in Techonin held another Open Day last week to attract members of the public interested in working as reserve personnel.

German WWII soldiers’ identity cards now accessible to the public

13.10.2017

The Military Archive Central Registry in Prague recently made the decision to copy and make available to the public approximately 1,160 German military identity cards from the Second World War era.