The Czech Air Power personnel have begun coaching on Bell UH-1Y Venom multirole utility and AH-1Z Viper assault helicopters forward of the graduation of deliveries in 2023. Since July, a bunch of pilots and onboard technicians from the twenty second Helicopter Air Power Base in Náaeste nad Oslavou have been coaching on the US Marine Corps Base Pendleton. In September, the preliminary theoretical coaching was changed by the primary sensible flights. The Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD) introduced that air and floor crews from the Czech Air Power had begun coaching on the UH-1Y Venom utility and AH-1Z Viper assault helicopter. The Czech Air Power will purchase a complete of 20 helicopters: ten UH-1Y Venom multirole utility helicopters, and ten AH-1Z Viper assault helicopters.
The Czech Air Power is at present geared up with eight Mi-35/24V assault helicopters which have in service with the Czech Armed Forces since 2003. The {hardware} is morally and bodily out of date and was utilized by the Soviets as early as in the course of the conflict in Afghanistan within the Nineteen Eighties. The progressively decommissioned Mi-24 helicopters can, if wanted, be used as a supply of spare components for Mi-171Sh helicopters, or they are often alternatively put up on the market. The Czech Armed Forces will acquire fashionable machines match for scale back its dependence on Russia. The Czech Armed Forces may also obtain related armament together with the brand new American helicopters: Hellfire air-to-ground missiles, and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.
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Since July, two teams of pilots and technicians from Nám?š? nad Oslavou have been retraining within the USA for the brand new forms of helicopters. Bell’s cellular coaching group can be coaching native employees within the Czech Republic over the course of two years, earlier than they grasp the helicopters’ operation and upkeep system. The Czech defence trade’s participation will quantity to 1 third of the challenge’s worth, and can embrace state enterprises LOM Praha and VTÚ (Navy Technical Institute), in addition to Ray Service and VR Group. LOM Praha will present the life cycle help of the helicopters which is able to happen in a brand new H1 facility. A brand new simulation centre can be in-built Namest nad Oslavou for the coaching of floor and flight personnel for the brand new machines.
The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine assault helicopter, primarily based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace producer Bell Helicopter. Being one of many newest members of the prolific Bell Huey household, it is usually known as “Zulu Cobra”, primarily based on the navy phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter. The Bell UH-1Y Venom (additionally known as Tremendous Huey) is a twin-engine, medium-sized utility helicopter constructed by Bell Helicopter below the H-1 improve program of the US Marine Corps. One of many newest members of the quite a few Huey household, the UH-1Y can also be known as “Yankee”, primarily based on the NATO phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter.
