List of military aircraft of the Czech Republic

The following list of military aircraft of the Czech Republic is a list of military aircraft and civil aircraft for military use currently in service with the Czech Air Force, the Czech Land Forces (unmanned aerial vehicles) and the Flight Training Center as well as retired aircraft.

Current aircraft

Czech Air Force
Main article: Czech Air Force
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Aero L-39ZA AlbatrosCzechoslovakiaJetTrainer198939[1][2]
Aero L-159A ALCACzech RepublicJetAttack20001672[1][2]
Aero L-159T1Czech RepublicJetTrainer200755[1][2]
Aero L-159T2Czech RepublicJetTrainer201933
Airbus A319CJGermanyJetTransport200622[1][2]
Bombardier Challenger CL-601CanadaJetTransport199211[1][2]
CASA C-295MSpainPropellerTransport201044[1][2]
Let L-410 TurboletCzechoslovakiaPropellerTransport198946[1][2]
Let L-410FGCzechoslovakiaPropellerPatrol198522[1][2][3]
Mil Mi-8USSRRotorcraftTransport1984318[1][2][4]
Mil Mi-17USSRRotorcraftTransport1989528[1][2][5]
Mil Mi-171ShRussiaRotorcraftTransport20041516[1][2][6]
Mil Mi-24VRussiaRotorcraftAttack20031017[1][2]
PZL W-3 SokółPolandRotorcraftUtility19951011[1][2]
Saab JAS 39 GripenSwedenJetMulti-role20051414[1][2]
Yakovlev Yak-40USSRJetTransport197822[1][2]

Flight Training Center

Flight Training Center (Czech: Centrum leteckého výcviku; CLV) in Pardubice is not a part of the Air Force. Primary flight training was outsourced as of 1 April 2004. CLV is a branch of LOM PRAHA s.p., state owned company.[7]

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Aero L-39C AlbatrosCzechoslovakiaJetTrainer19727[8][9]
Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer1[8]
Let L-410 TurboletCzechoslovakiaPropellerTransport2[8]
Mil Mi-2PolandRotorcraftUtility19822[8]
Mil Mi-17USSRRotorcraftTransport19856[8]
Zlín Z-43Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer1[8]
Zlín Z-142Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer19929[8]

Czech Land Forces
Main article: Czech Land Forces

Unmanned aerial vehicles of the Czech Army are used mainly by the Unmanned Reconnaissance Aerial Vehicle Company of the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion with one "Scan Eagle Group" and four "RQ-11B Raven Sections" ready for deployment (as of 2017).[10]

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Elbit SkylarkIsraelUAVReconnaissance20092Acquired for overseas deployment.[11]
RQ-11B RavenUnited StatesUAVReconnaissance6[10]
Scan EagleUnited StatesUAVReconnaissance10[10]
Wasp IIIUnited StatesUAVReconnaissance2010Acquired for ISTAR and FAC units.[12]

Retired aircraft

Czech Air Force
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedRetiredTotalNotes
Antonov An-12BPUSSRPropellerTransport198119941Introduced in 1964 in USSR.[13]
Antonov An-26USSRPropellerTransport198220114[14]
Tupolev Tu-134AUSSRJetTransport197119961
Tupolev Tu-154M CarelessUSSRJetTransport199820072[15]
Aero L-29 DelfinCzechoslovakiaJetTrainer1963200332
Antonov An-30 ClankUSSRPropellerPatrol198820031[16]
Mil Mi-2USSRRotorcraftUtility1981200438
MiG-21MFUSSRJetFighter1971200572
MiG-21UMUSSRJetFighter/Trainer1972200522[17]
MiG-23BNUSSRJetFighter-bomber1977199432
MiG-23MFUSSRJetFighter1978199413
MiG-23MLUSSRJetFighter1981199817
MiG-23UMUSSRJetFighter/Trainer197819988
MiG-29AUSSRJetFighter198919959
MiG-29UBUSSRJetFighter/Trainer198919951
Sukhoi Su-22USSRJetFighter-bomber198420023756 as of 1990; Slovakia received 19 in 1993.
Sukhoi Su-25USSRJetAttack1984200025
Antonov An-24VUSSRPropellerTransport196720054[18]

Czech Land Forces
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedRetiredTotalNotes
Sojka IIICzech RepublicUAVReconnaissance2011

See also

References
  1. Soušek, Tomáš (2015-08-21). "Vzdušné síly Armády ČR". In Čadil, Jan (ed.). Vzdušné síly AČR - Ročenka 2015 [Czech Air Force Yearbook 2015] (in Czech and English). Praha: Magnet Press Slovakia in cooperation with L+K. ISBN 978-80-89169-33-7.
  2. "Equipment Size in 2016". Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Ministerstvo obrany. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/1525.html
  4. http://www.vrtulnik.cz/mi-8.htm
  5. http://www.vrtulnik.cz/mil/mi-17.htm
  6. "LN: Pilot to blame for Czech helicopter's accident in Spain". Prague Daily Monitor. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. EVici webdesign s.r.o. "LOM PRAHA". Lompraha.cz. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  8. "VZ 2014 (.pdf)". LOM PRAHA. LOM PRAHA s.p. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. Soušek, Tomáš (2013-08-17). Čadil, Jan (ed.). "Labutí píseň pro L-39 Albatros" [Swan song of L-39 Albatros]. Czech Air Force Yearbook 2013 (in Czech and English). Praha: Aeromedia.
  10. "O nás [About us]". 102. průzkumný prapor Prostějov. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. Soušek, Tomáš (2010-01-08). "Skylark I-LE – další bezpilotní letoun v AČR" [Skylark I-LE – another UAV of the Czech Army]. ATM (in Czech). Vol. 42 no. 1. Prague: Aeromedia. pp. 8–9. ISSN 1802-4823.
  12. Soušek, Tomáš (2013-02-01). "Přenosné soupravy ISTAR v AČR" [Man-portable ISTAR sets of the Czech Army]. ATM (in Czech). Vol. 45 no. 2. Prague: Aeromedia. pp. 4–7. ISSN 1802-4823.
  13. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/52725
  14. Lang, Pavel. "Kolik vzletů, tolik přistání. To je pro letadla ten nejlepší výsledek" [The same number of takeoffs and landings. The best result of the aircraft]. acr.army.cz. Ministerstvo obrany. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  15. Soušek, Tomáš (2008-02-18). "První v Americe, první v Austrálii" [First in America, first in Australia] (PDF). A report (in Czech). No. 4. Ministerstvo obrany. pp. 36–37.
  16. "Antonov An-24, An-26, An-30". Brigadýr. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  17. https://www.valka.cz/10769-MiG-21-Ve-znamen-and-iacute-Delty-1-and-269-and-aacutest
  18. "Antonov An-24 V, výr. č. 07109". VHU. Vojenský historický ústav Praha. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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