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On August 28, 2023, the Czech Air Force started the two-week home air defence exercise Resilient Sky. The drills are designed to verify and enhance operations planning and control and the command and control system itself, involving of more than 400 service members from across the Czech Air Force and dozens of air assets and ground vehicles. The national Integrated Emergency System – so-called blue-light services will participate.

Czech Air Force launches key national air defence drills

The Resilient Sky tests the Czech National Reinforcement Air Defence System aimed at protecting the Czech Republic’s airspace in crises or emergencies. In the past, the system was activated in the wake of 9/11, during the Prague NATO Summit in 2002 and when the New START treaty was signed in Prague. It involves national aircraft, …

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Conducted throughout August across the Baltic Sea region, the three-week multinational cross-border air exercise Furious Wolf 23 brought together Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroups and numerous Allied air-crews to train calling in fires and showcase NATO's strike capabilities.

Exercise Furious Wolf 23 integrates Close Air Support capabilities across Baltic region [VIDEO]

Led for the first time by soldiers from the British Army’s 3rd Battalion Royal Horse Artillery, the combined arms air exercise in the Baltic States saw soldiers from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, the UK and the US practicing the coordination of multinational close air support.     Using …

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