The Czechoslovak Air Force (Československé letectvo) or the Czechoslovak Army Air Force (Československé vojenské letectvo) was the air force branch of...
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It succeeded the Czechoslovak Air Force together with the Czech Air Force in 1993. The Slovak Air Force is part of NATO Integrated Air Defense System –...
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force. With traditions of military aviation dating back to 1918, the Czech Air Force, together with the Slovak Air Force, succeeded the Czechoslovak Air...
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No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. It was the RAF's only Czechoslovak-manned...
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Karel Janoušek (category Royal Air Force air marshals of World War II)
senior Czechoslovak Air Force officer. He began his career as a soldier, serving in the Austrian Imperial-Royal Landwehr 1915–16, Czechoslovak Legion...
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No. 310 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The squadron was formed on 10 July 1940...
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by the Soviet Air Force, but served until 1950 with the Czechoslovak Air Force. By 1943, the La-5 had become a mainstay of the Soviet Air Forces, yet both...
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attained a Czechoslovak national speed record of 365.7 kilometres per hour (227.2 mph). Deliveries of aircraft to the Czechoslovak Air Force commenced...
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reconnaissance version Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force Czechoslovak National Security Guard Israel Israeli Air Force 101 Squadron Czech Republic UC-26...
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Karel Kuttelwascher (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
and Czechoslovak National Liberation Committee agreed that Czechoslovak airmen would be transferred from the Foreign Legion to the French Air Force pending...
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Alois Vašátko (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
was a Czechoslovak artillery officer who became an air force pilot. In the Second World War he was a fighter ace, first in the French Air Force in the...
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Tunisian Air Force. Czech Republic Czech Air Force – four inherited from the Czechoslovak Air Force. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force - six delivered...
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of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1954 until 1989. From 1955 it was a member force of the Warsaw Pact. On 14 March...
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Miloslav Mansfeld (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
Czechoslovak fighter pilot who became a flying ace in the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War. Mansfeld was a Czechoslovak Air Force pilot...
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Vladimír Remek (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
commissioned as a lieutenant in the Czechoslovak Air Force. Remek served as a fighter pilot, flying MiG-21s in the 1st Fighter Air Regiment. In the 1970s Remek...
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Although German use of the Me 262 ended with World War II, the Czechoslovak Air Force operated a small number until 1951. Also, Israel may have used between...
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Eduard Prchal (category Czechoslovak Royal Air Force pilots of World War II)
with help of his uncle, a colonel, he applied successfully to the Czechoslovak Air Force. His basic flying training ended in October 1931, and he was posted...
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The Czechoslovak Army (Czech and Slovak: Československá armáda) was the name of the armed forces of Czechoslovakia. It was established in 1918 following...
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AF. S-101: Czechoslovak designation. Albania Albanian Air Force - The first aircraft was received in 1951. Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force - Received over...
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of which were from the Soviet Air Forces. In 1974, the first L-39 trainer entered service with the Czechoslovak Air Force. Several specialised variants...
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No. 312 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The squadron was formed at Duxford on...
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Czech Republic Czech Air Force People's Republic of China PLAAF got 4 L-29s in 1968. Czechoslovakia The Czechoslovak Air Force[citation needed] East...
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Josef František (category Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II)
he joined the Czechoslovak Air Force. He was trained at the Air Training School at Prostějov. In 1935, he was a corporal in the 1st Air Regiment. In 1936...
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marketed to the Czechoslovak Air Force. It was also exported to Bulgaria, where it was known as the "Pelikan". Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force – (One unit in...
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Josef Jan Hanuš (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
1911 – 21 April 1992) was a Czechoslovak fighter pilot who served in first the French Air Force and then the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) in...
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No. 313 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The squadron was formed at RAF Catterick...
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František Fajtl (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron and wing commander and led a group of Czechoslovak fighter pilots who formed an air regiment under Soviet Air Force command...
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Ilyushin Il-28 (section Czechoslovak variants)
Union as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force Il-28 and Il-28Us locally designated B-228 and CB-228 which operated...
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Miroslav Štandera (category Czechoslovak Air Force officers)
312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF, a Royal Air Force squadron made up of exiled Czechoslovak fighter pilots. In 1940, he was one of 87 Czechoslovak fighter...
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in service. Algeria Algerian Air Force – 40 Su-7BMK. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force – the Czechoslovak Air Force was the first foreign operator...
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