Arrival of the American C-17 Globemaster military aircraft, which delivered to the 22nd base of the helicopter air force the simulator needed for training on the new American helicopters of the H-1 series, March 12, 2023 Vícenice, Třebíčsko.
Náměšť nad Oslavou (Třebíčsko) – The helicopter air base in Náměšť nad Oslavou took over the first part of the equipment for the simulator, which will be used to retrain personnel on new helicopters from the USA. The equipment was transported from the Ramstein base in Germany by a C-17 transport aircraft of the US Air Force. The plane landed on the landing field of the Náměšť base two hours after noon.
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“It is a very important device that we need to train our pilots,” Petr Slíva, commander of the 22nd wing of the Náměšť base, told journalists. He added that the simulator can simulate the environment in which the helicopter moves, such as mountains or desert, thus saving a lot of flight hours during training. “Getting this simulator gives us the ability to train all the weapons systems here on the base, making training more efficient and cheaper,” he said. An American team will arrive to put it into operation. “It should be ready for the training of our pilots around June. It will undergo a demanding certification,” said Slíva.
The army is buying eight UH-1Y Venom multi-purpose helicopters and four AH-1Z Viper combat helicopters from the United States. According to Slíva, the first two new helicopters should arrive in May, and the delivery of the other two machines should follow approximately one month apart. The new helicopters in the Czech army will replace the Russian Mi-24/35 combat helicopters.
The United States of America will provide the Czech Republic with another eight helicopters free of charge, the Czech Republic must pay for their transport and modernization. To modernize these helicopters, the army will use the compensation provided to the Czech Republic by the USA for the equipment delivered to Ukraine. They will be delivered by 2026, said the commander of the Czech Air Force, Petr Čepelka, during a visit to the Náměšť base on Wednesday.
