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 by AFP Staff Writers Prague (AFP) Aug 19, 2022
The United States said Friday it will donate eight combat and multi-purpose helicopters to the Czech Republic, a NATO member. The Czech Republic has been a major contributor of military equipment to Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24. The six combat AH-1Z and two multi-purpose UH-1Y helicopters will be given under the Excess Defense Articles programme, the US embassy in Prague said. "The Czech Republic will only pay for the upgrade and transport of the equipment," the embassy said on Twitter. In 2019, Prague announced it would buy eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters made by the Texas-based Bell company to replace obsolete Russian-made Mi-35/24s. All 20 choppers are expected to arrive next year. The Russian helicopters are a legacy of four decades of totalitarian communist rule -- until 1989 -- in the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic split from Slovakia in 1993 and joined NATO in 1999. It has since focused on upgrading the outdated Soviet-era military equipment to meet the bloc's standards.
Taiwan shows off most advanced fighter jet after China drills Hualien, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 Taiwan displayed on Wednesday its most advanced fighter jet, the missile-equipped F-16V, in a rare nighttime demonstration in the wake of China's unprecedented military drills around the island. Beijing staged days of air and sea drills in the Taiwan Strait this month after visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation to the self-ruled island territory. Taipei has carried out its own drills to simulate defence against invasion by China and on Wednesday air force person ... read more
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