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EU honours Czech soldier with highest award

20.1.2017

The first soldier to receive the newly introduced EU Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service was the Czech Corporal C. H. from the 44th Light Motorised Battalion based at Jindrichuv Hradec. The medal was awarded for the corporal's prompt reaction during the attack on the Headquarters of the EU Training Mission in Bamako, Mali.

Minister of Defence receives shipment of Tatra trucks

10.1.2017

Minister of Defence Martin Stropnicky was symbolically presented with the keys to 26 Tatra T-810 flatbed trucks by representatives of TATRA TRUCKS a.s. during a ceremony last week at the Material Centre in Stepanov.

Israeli company to deliver MADR radars to the Czech Republic

21.12.2016

On 14th December, the Czech government approved a recommendation from the 33-membered assessment commission of the Ministry of Defence, and agreed that eight ELM 2084 MMR radars will be supplied by the Israeli company, IAI Elta.

Refurbished MiG-15 fighter bomber unveiled

13.12.2016

The unveiling ceremony of the MiG-15bis SB aircraft at Kbely airport, Prague, was seen as a symbolic return of the recently overhauled aircraft which will be displayed as part of the Air Museum collection at the Kbely Military History Institute.

President Milos Zeman visits army firing range

7.12.2016

The personnel of the 41st Mechanised Battalion presented their skills to President Milos Zeman at the Vrsovice firing range near Louny during his three-day visit of the Ustecky Region.