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The Slovak Air Force, known since 2002 as the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Vzdušné sily Ozbrojených síl Slovenskej republiky), is the aviation and air defense branch of the Slovak Armed Forces. Operating 15 aircraft and 18 helicopters from three air bases : Malacky–Kuchyňa, Sliač, Prešov.
The IFPA founder was an Australian Pilot - Thomas Orsos, who was promoted to Commander of IFPA and awarded the honorary rank of Lt. Col. for services rendered to the Slovak Republic's Air Force in operating "accident-free" operations of the IFPA unit for over 5 years and processing some 400+ visitor pilots.
Ján Režňák (14 April 1919 in Jablonica, Czechoslovakia – 19 September 2007 in Martin, Slovakia) was the top Slovak fighter ace in the Slovak Air Force during the Second World War. [1] He accumulated 32 kills on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. [2] [3]
Slovakia received on Monday the first two of the 14 new F-16 military jets from the United States whose delivery was pushed back two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of chips.
Retired US Air Force Col. John Venable, a former F-16 pilot and a defense expert at the Mitchell Institute, told BI that one of those lessons is that old techniques — specifically low-altitude ...
It was crewed mostly by escaped Czechoslovak pilots, but its first commander was the British Squadron Leader Frank Tyson. [2] On 12 September a Slovak fighter pilot, Ján Ambruš, was appointed as joint commander of the squadron. [3] The plan was for responsibility to be transferred gradually from Tyson to Ambruš.
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands at an airbase in Ben Guerir, about 58 kilometers (36 miles) north of Marrakesh, during the "African Lion" military exercise on June 14, 2021.
World War II Slovak aircraft marking. The Slovak Air Force (Slovak: Slovenské vzdušné zbrane, or SVZ), between 1939 and 1945, was the air force of the short-lived World War II Slovak Republic. Its mission was to provide air support at fronts, and to protect Bratislava and metropolitan areas against enemy air attack.