120.PRVNÍ, STÍHACÍ, ZVOLENSKÝ 1993-1994 6.díl (M.Irra)

The sixth part of the monograph on the Zvolen fighter regiment

The title First, Fighter, Zvolen 1993-1994 was published by Jakab Publishing in its aviation line. It is neither a kit nor an accessory for a model but a printed publication in Czech. The author is Miroslav Irra, who has long worked on the history of the Czechoslovak Air Force and has devoted a whole separate series of books to this unit.

What the volume deals with

The sixth part follows on from the earlier books of the same series and brings the story of the unit to its end. It covers 1993 and 1994, that is, the period after the division of Czechoslovakia, when the regiment passed to the newly created Czech Air Force of the Army of the Czech Republic and when it was disbanded at the close of 1994. It was the fighter regiment with the longest unbroken existence in the Czechoslovak Air Force, whose beginnings reach back to a unit formed during the Second World War.

What you will find in the volume

• an account of the last two years of the existence of the unit
• the transition from the federal to the Czech Air Force
• the circumstances of the disbanding of the regiment at the end of 1994
• continuity with the five earlier parts of the series

Who the book is for

It will be appreciated by those interested in the post-1989 history of the Czech Air Force, by collectors of the whole line and by modelers looking for sources on the markings and service of the machines of home fighter units in the 1990s. The book is written in Czech, so it is accessible without knowledge of a foreign language.