Czech purchase Bell AH-1Z and UH-1Y

[SplineDrive]

Originally Posted by Vzlet

After years of near-daily encounters along the West German/Czechoslovak border in the 1980s, it's ironic that AH-1s are finally chasing Mi-24s out of Czech skies!

I'd never seen this photo before... thanks for sharing!

[Vzlet]

Another from that era:

[pax britanica]

The new Czech president iwas until recently the military head of NATO so he probably has apretty good idea of how to play this into closer NATO/US ties as well as having contacts who can give his peopel a lot of commentary about which is best for their need

[chopper2004]

UH-1Y delivered

The Czech new Bell UH-1Y have arrived yesterday .

Cheers

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