Military

Sliac, August 26 (TASR) – A B-52 bomber aircraft of the United States Air Force was presented to the media by representatives of the US Embassy in Slovakia as well as by the pilots themselves at the airbase in Sliac (Banska Bystrica region) on Friday. Apart from the press, dozens of

Presov, August 22 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) handed over new military equipment consisting of 30 Land Rover vehicles to soldiers of the special ISTAR Battalion in Presov on Monday. The vehicles produced by the British carmaker will replace old Soviet vehicles that have

Sliac, August 18 (TASR) – Three BAE Hawk aircraft of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) are currently taking part in a joint exercise with Slovak pilots at the airbase in Sliac (Banska Bystrica region), TASR learnt on Thursday. The exercise will last until August 25, with one of the British

Sliac, August 11 (TASR) – The skies above Sliac (Banska Bystrica region) will feature an unusual spectacle over the next couple of weeks – mock air-to-air combat, with Slovak and British fighter pilots taking part in joint exercises, Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on Thursday. The two-week training exercise (August

Sliac, July 27 (TASR) – The coordination of ground and air forces in destroying land-based targets and training in refuelling combat aircraft in flight are just a couple of the tasks that are being carried out by Slovak and US soldiers in a joint training exercise called Slovak Warthog at the

Martin/Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – Military training of the first volunteers began at the Training Battalion base in Martin (Zilina region) on Wednesday and will last until September 30, Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on the same day. Under a pilot project, 37 volunteers (including 13 women) will