List of military aircraft of the Czech Republic

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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.

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Current aircraft

Czech Air Force

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Aero L-159A ALCA Czech RepublicJetAttack20001672 [1] [2]
Aero L-159T1 Czech RepublicJetTrainer200755 [1] [2]
Aero L-159T2 Czech RepublicJetTrainer201933
Airbus A319CJ GermanyJetTransport200622 [1] [2]
CASA C-295M SpainPropellerTransport201066 [1] [2]
Let L-410 Turbolet CzechoslovakiaPropellerTransport198946 [1] [2]
Let L-410FG CzechoslovakiaPropellerPatrol198522 [1] [2] [3]
Mil Mi-24 V/Mi-35 USSR/RussiaRotorcraftattack2004?17Donated to Ukraine in 2022-2024 [4] [5] [6]
Mil Mi-8 USSRRotorcraftTransport1984118 [7] [8]
Mil Mi-17 USSRRotorcraftTransport1989528 [1] [2] [9]
Mil Mi-171Sh RussiaRotorcraftTransport20041516 [1] [2] [10]
PZL W-3 Sokół PolandRotorcraftUtility19951011 [1] [2]
Bell UH-1Y Venom USARotorcraftUtility2023610 [11] [12]
Bell AH-1Z Viper USARotorcraftAttack2023410 [11]
Saab JAS 39 Gripen SwedenJetMulti-role20051414 [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. [13]

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Aero L-39 Skyfox Czech RepublicJetTrainer20252 [14]
Aero L-39C Albatros CzechoslovakiaJetTrainer19727 [15] [16]
Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97 Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer1 [15]
Let L-410 Turbolet CzechoslovakiaPropellerTransport12 [15] [17]
Mil Mi-17 USSRRotorcraftTransport198537 [15] [18] [19]
Enstrom 480B USARotorcraftTrainer20189 [20] [19]
Zlín Z-43 Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer1 [15]
Zlín Z-142 Czech RepublicPropellerTrainer19929 [15]

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). [21]

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Elbit Skylark IsraelUAVReconnaissance20092Acquired for overseas deployment. [22]
RQ-11B Raven United StatesUAVReconnaissance6 [21]
Scan Eagle United StatesUAVReconnaissance10 [21]
Wasp III United StatesUAVReconnaissance2010Acquired for ISTAR and FAC units. [23]
RQ-20 Puma United StatesUAVReconnaissance2008One system RQ-20A Puma was purchased in 2018. In 2022 was purchased four systems Puma 3 AE.

Retired aircraft

Czech Air Force

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedRetiredTotalNotes
Antonov An-12BP USSRPropellerTransport198119941Introduced in 1964 in USSR. [24]
Antonov An-26 USSRPropellerTransport198220114 [25]
Tupolev Tu-134A USSRJetTransport197119961
Tupolev Tu-154M USSRJetTransport199820072 [26]
Aero L-29 Delfin CzechoslovakiaJetTrainer1963200332
Antonov An-30 USSRPropellerPatrol198820031 [27]
Mil Mi-2 USSRRotorcraftUtility1981200438
Mil Mi-24D RussiaRotorcraftAttack19782022124 Donated to Ukraine in 2022 [28]
MiG-21MF USSRJetFighter1971200572
MiG-21UM USSRJetFighter/Trainer1972200522 [29]
MiG-23BN USSRJetFighter-bomber1977199432
MiG-23MF USSRJetFighter1978199413
MiG-23ML USSRJetFighter1981199817
MiG-23UM USSRJetFighter/Trainer197819988
MiG-29A USSRJetFighter198919959
MiG-29UB USSRJetFighter/Trainer198919951
Sukhoi Su-22 USSRJetFighter-bomber198420023756 as of 1990; Slovakia received 19 in 1993.
Sukhoi Su-25 USSRJetAttack1984200025
Yak-40 USSRJetTransport197220202museum exponats [30]
Bombardier Challenger CL-601 CanadaJetTransport199220211 [31]
Aero L-39ZA Albatros CzechoslovakiaJetTrainer198920199 [32]
Antonov An-24V USSRPropellerTransport196720054 [33]

Czech Land Forces

TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedRetiredTotalNotes
Sojka III Czech RepublicUAVReconnaissance19992011
Tu-143 USSRUAVReconnaissance19851995 [34]

See also

References

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