Náměšť nad Oslavou Air Base
Active (the army’s attack and transport helicopter base: AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom and Mi-171Š; temporary home of the L-159 ALCAs from April 2026 to autumn 2028)
Náměšť nad Oslavou Air Base: what it was built for and what flies there now
The airfield at Sedlec and Vícenice, west of Brno near the town of Náměšť nad Oslavou, was approved by the Czechoslovak government on 20 June 1956 and built for a jet regiment. The 20th Fighter Regiment, formed at Čáslav on 1 October 1956, moved in on 14 January 1960 with MiG-15s. Over the following decades the base flew the Su-7, the Su-22 and the Su-25 in the ground-attack role, and later L-39ZA and L-159 jets; the regiment was given the honorific “Biskajský” by the president in 1990.
In 2013 Náměšť changed character. Jet flying ended, and on 24 September 2013 nine Mi-171Š transport helicopters flew in from Přerov, where military flying was being shut down; on 1 December 2013 the two bases were merged as the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base “Biskajská”, which by its own count now has more than 1,000 people. Since then Náměšť has been the home of the army’s attack helicopters and its Mi-171Š transports; the W-3A Sokols and Mi-17s fly from Prague-Kbely. Its Mi-24 and Mi-35 attack helicopters flew their last live-fire sorties in June 2023 after 45 years in service, and were replaced by US-built H-1s: the first two AH-1Z Vipers arrived in a C-17 on 26 July 2023, and the last of the twelve bought (eight UH-1Y Venoms and four AH-1Z Vipers) on 13 June 2024. The United States is adding eight more, six AH-1Zs and two UH-1Ys, as a gift in recognition of Czech aid to Ukraine, for a final fleet of ten of each.
The 221st Squadron, which flies the H-1s, has belonged to the NATO Tiger Association since 2001. From April 2026 the base is also carrying the L-159s of Čáslav while that runway is rebuilt, bringing jets back to Náměšť for the first time since 2013. About 20,000 people came to the base’s 60th anniversary open day in October 2016.
Since September 2025, after Russian drones entered Polish airspace, the base has kept a helicopter task group in eastern Poland; two UH-1Y Venoms arrived there on 18 March 2026 for the H-1’s first foreign deployment. On 23 July 2026 a UH-1Y returning from a training flight fell from about 50 m on the airfield and caught fire: Senior Sergeant Kateřina Steinocherová, 21, was killed and the four others on board were injured. The H-1 fleet was grounded and returned to flight on 26 August 2026. The runway is 2,400 m long according to the AIP; a 2023 ministry modernisation study, as reported by CzechAirForce.com, describes it as 2,440 m, and neither source explains the difference.
Náměšť nad Oslavou from above
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Náměšť nad Oslavou Air Base in numbers
Location & codes
- ICAO
- LKNA
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Region
- Vysočina RegionKraj Vysočina
- Coordinates
- 49.1662 N, 16.1244 E
- Elevation
- 472 m (1,549 ft)
- Usage
- Military
Runways & facilities
- Runways
- 1
- Designator
- 12/30
- Length
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
- Surface
- Concrete
- Quick Reaction Alert
- None
Command & status
- Status
- Activethe army’s attack and transport helicopter base: AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom and Mi-171Š; temporary home of the L-159 ALCAs from April 2026 to autumn 2028
- Operator
- Czech Air Force
- Opened
- 1960
- Command
- 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base “Biskajská” (22. základna vrtulníkového letectva “Biskajská”), Czech Air Force, headquartered at Sedlec; formed on 1 December 2013, more than 1,000 people by its own count
- Resident units
- 3 current, 1 former
- Based types
- 5
Who flies from Náměšť nad Oslavou Air Base
- 221st Helicopter Squadron (221. vrtulníková letka)Attack and multirole helicopter squadron · active
- AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom, Mi-24V/Mi-35 (to 2023)
- 222nd Helicopter Squadron (222. vrtulníková letka)Transport helicopter squadron · active · from 2013
- Mi-171Š
- 212th Tactical Squadron detachmentLight combat squadron (temporary) · active · from 2026
- Aero L-159 ALCA
- 20th Fighter Regiment “Biskajský” (20. stíhací letecký pluk)1960–2013 · Formed at Čáslav on 1 October 1956 and moved into the newly finished airfield on 14 January 1960; it took the honorific “Biskajský” in 1990. The base’s own history lists MiG-15, Su-7, Su-22, Su-25, L-29, L-39ZA and L-159 as the jets flown here; the succession of unit numbers between 1990 and 2013 is not given in the sources read, so the “to” year marks the end of jet flying in 2013, not the regiment’s disbandment.
- MiG-15, Su-7, Su-22, Su-25, L-29 Delfín, L-39ZA Albatros, L-159 ALCA
Aircraft types based here
AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom, Mi-24V/Mi-35 (to 2023), Mi-171Š, Aero L-159 ALCA, MiG-15, Su-7, Su-22, Su-25, L-29 Delfín, L-39ZA Albatros, L-159 ALCA
What Náměšť nad Oslavou is known for
The army’s helicopter base
Every Czech attack helicopter and the Mi-171Š transports fly from Náměšť, home of the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base “Biskajská” and, by its own count, more than 1,000 people.
12 US-built H-1s delivered: the first two AH-1Z Vipers arrived by C-17 on 26 July 2023, the last of eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z on 13 June 2024.
Built for jets
The government approved the airfield in 1956 and a fighter regiment moved in four years later; the barracks were deliberately built well away from the flying field.
20 June 1956: construction approved. 14 January 1960: the 20th Fighter Regiment arrived with MiG-15s.
Cold War fighter-bombers
For three decades the base flew Soviet Sukhoi strike jets, from the Su-7 to the swing-wing Su-22, and the Su-25 attack aircraft was also on its books.
In 1998 the Czech Republic still flew 28 Su-22M-4s and 5 Su-22UM-3Ks; the last was withdrawn in 2002.
The Biscay name
The base carries the honorific “Biskajská”, after No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF, which hunted U-boats over the Bay of Biscay.
No. 311 Squadron flew 3,160 sorties from September 1940 to June 1945 and lost 250 men killed.
A Tiger squadron
The 221st Helicopter Squadron belongs to the NATO Tiger Association and flew its painted Hinds, now Venoms, at Tiger Meets across Europe.
Member since 2001; won the Tiger Games at Araxos in 2022 and a Special Tiger Spirit award there in 2026.
Drone hunters for Poland
Since Russian drones crossed into Poland in September 2025, Náměšť has kept a helicopter task group on NATO’s eastern flank.
About 100 soldiers per rotation; the H-1s flew their first foreign operation there from 18 March 2026.
The long version
01A jet base in the Highlands, 1956–1965Read
The airfield sits on the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands between the villages of Sedlec and Vícenice, near the small town of Náměšť nad Oslavou, west of Brno. On 20 June 1956 the government of Czechoslovakia approved its construction. It was built for the jet age: according to a 2023 account of the Ministry of Defence’s modernisation study, it was the only base in former Czechoslovakia built to a new concept in which the barracks are completely separate from the airfield itself.
The unit it was built for already existed. The 20th Fighter Regiment was formed on 1 October 1956 at Čáslav, under the 6th Fighter Air Division in Brno, and waited there for the concrete to set. On 14 January 1960 it moved to Náměšť. The army counts 1 October 1956 as the birthday of the Náměšť garrison, and marked its 60th anniversary in 2016 with an open day that drew nearly 20,000 people.
The first equipment was the MiG-15 in its Czechoslovak licence-built forms, the S-102 and S-103, plus two-seat trainers. The base’s own history says the MiG-15s were the first jets on the new field in 1960 and were replaced after five years by the Soviet Su-7 fighter-bomber, which then stayed for a long time. The base also lists older piston types such as the C-11 (Yak-11) and C-105 among the aircraft it once flew.
02Sukhois and the ground-attack roleRead
With the Su-7 the regiment’s job moved from air defence to striking ground targets. The base’s own aircraft pages list the Su-7BM, Su-7BKL and the two-seat Su-7U as types flown at Náměšť, and state plainly that the Su-7BM was equipped for tactical nuclear weapons in Czechoslovak service. The page does not say whether any such weapons were ever held in the country, and no source read for this page does.
The swing-wing Su-22 followed. Náměšť flew the Su-22M-4 and the two-seat Su-22UM-3K; in 1998 the Czech Republic still had 28 and five of them. The base history also lists the Su-25 attack aircraft, which entered Czechoslovak service in 1985; in 1998 the country flew 24 Su-25Ks and one Su-25UBK. The Su-25s were withdrawn at the end of 2000 and the last Su-22 in 2002.
The unit changed names as the army shrank. The base’s list of commanders shows the sequence: the 20th Fighter Regiment, the 20th Fighter-Bomber Regiment and 20th Air Base, the 32nd Tactical Air Base and the 22nd Air Base. The dates of each change are not given in the sources read. In 1990 the regiment received the honorific “Biskajský” from the president’s office, honouring No. 311 Squadron RAF.
The jet story ended with Czech-built trainers and light fighters: the L-29 Delfín, the L-39C and armed L-39ZA, and finally the L-159 ALCA. In 1998 the air force still had 17 L-39ZAs. The base history lists the L-159 among its types but does not say how many were based here; jet flying at Náměšť stopped in 2013. Among older types the base also lists the Mi-1, its first helicopter.
03From jets to rotors: the 2013 mergerRead
In 2013 the army closed military flying at Přerov and moved its helicopters to Náměšť. At 10:27 on 24 September 2013 nine Mi-171Š transport helicopters took off from Přerov and landed at Náměšť at noon, after a formation flight past Prostějov and Brno. The 23rd Helicopter Base had 16 Mi-171Šs in all: one was already at Sedlec after the Ramstein Rover 2013 exercise and six were in overhaul at LOM Praha and went straight to their new home.
The army’s own account says the move was uneventful. Its deputy commander, Colonel Michal Kytlica, reported that the flight went to plan without any difficulties, and organised flying from Sedlec was planned for early November. The same year, the army noted, jet flying at the base came to an end. On 1 December 2013 the two bases were merged into the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base, with its headquarters at Sedlec near Vícenice.
The new base is organised in six squadrons. The 221st flies the combat helicopters, the 222nd the Mi-171Š transports for ground troops and special forces, and the 223rd to 226th repair aircraft, run communications, fire and rescue, biological protection and logistics. Its commanders have included Colonel Petr Čepelka, who handed over to Colonel Miroslav Svoboda from 1 November 2018, Rudolf Straka from 1 July 2019 and Petr Slíva from 1 July 2025.
04Goodbye Hind, hello ViperRead
The Mi-24 had been the army’s attack helicopter since the first four reached Prostějov on 24 August 1978. By the 2010s the survivors, including 17 Mi-35s received in the 2000s against Russian debt, flew with the 221st Squadron. On 6 June 2023 Captain Jaroslav Šimek, First Lieutenant Jaroslav Palička and Warrant Officer Pavel Solař flew the last live firing of a Czech Hind, two night attack runs with S-8 rockets and the 12.7 mm gun.
The replacement was American. A contract signed on 12 December 2019 bought eight UH-1Y Venoms and four AH-1Z Vipers. The first two Vipers arrived at Náměšť inside a US Air Force C-17 on 26 July 2023, and the last pair on 13 June 2024. The United States is also giving eight more H-1s in recognition of Czech aid to Ukraine; iROZHLAS reported them in 2023 as six Vipers and two Venoms, for a final fleet of ten of each.
On 14 October 2023 about 250 former Hind pilots and technicians came to Náměšť for the farewell, with two Mi-24Vs flying a display. CZDefence counts seven serious Mi-24 accidents in Czechoslovak and Czech service, four of them fatal, and none fatal after 1998. The last Mi-35s left service in early March 2024 and went to Ukraine. Czech instructors had also trained Afghan Mi-24 crews in Kabul from 2008 to 2019.
Training the new crews took two years. In October 2024 the base certified its first Czech H-1 instructors, led by Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Kica, commander of the 221st and of the H-1 training group, with an American team staying into 2025. To guide the new helicopters a TACAN beacon was installed in July 2024 for 39.8 million koruna, the first of its model in Europe according to CzechAirForce.com.
05Tigers, floods and the eastern flankRead
The 221st Squadron has belonged to the NATO Tiger Association since 2001. Its Mi-24/35 “Alien Tiger 2” won the best tiger scheme in 2016, and at Araxos in Greece in May 2022 the squadron won the Tiger Games with two Hinds, probably the type’s last big foreign exercise. After a four-year gap it returned to Araxos in May 2026 with two UH-1Y Venoms and took a Special Tiger Spirit award.
At home the helicopters are the army’s heavy lift in a disaster. In the floods of September 2024 Náměšť’s Mi-171Šs lifted 14 people out of cut-off areas and carried about 25 tonnes of aid. Two more went to Wrocław in Poland from 16 September and, in 50 sorties and 30 flying hours, lifted more than 130 tonnes of sandbags to hold back the Oder.
After Russian drones entered Polish airspace, the Czech government sent a helicopter unit to eastern Poland in September 2025, with about 100 soldiers per rotation drawn mostly from Náměšť. Upgraded Mi-171ŠMs went first; two UH-1Y Venoms arrived on 18 March 2026 for the H-1’s first foreign operation, and two AH-1Z Vipers took over near the Belarusian border in July 2026 to hunt Shahed-type drones.
Allies also come to Náměšť. From 23 to 29 November 2024 three French Mirage 2000Ds from Nancy-Ochey operated from the base under France’s MORANE agile-deployment concept, rehearsing cross-servicing with Czech Gripen technicians before flying on to Romania. In September 2026 it was one of four sites of Ample Strike, a multinational close air support exercise that drew 26 JTAC teams from 19 countries and nearly 600 people.
06GHOST 41 and the base’s futureRead
On Thursday 23 July 2026, at about 14:05 local time, a UH-1Y Venom returning from a routine training flight fell from about 50 metres within the Náměšť airfield and caught fire. One of the five on board, 21-year-old Senior Sergeant Kateřina Steinocherová, an aerial gunner, was killed; four were injured, two of them seriously according to CzechAirForce.com. It was the first fatal Czech military air accident since an L-159 crashed near Kolín in 2012, iROZHLAS reported.
The army grounded all Venoms and Vipers, including the two Vipers in Poland, which Polish forces covered. It says the investigating commission is still working with several possible causes; the specialist site CzechAirForce.com discussed loss of tail-rotor effectiveness during a quick-stop manoeuvre in gusty wind as one hypothesis, stressing that it was not confirmed. The military police opened a case on suspicion of endangerment through negligence. After special inspections and crew retraining the H-1s flew again from 26 August 2026.
Meanwhile Náměšť is being prepared for more. A Ministry of Defence study ordered in August 2023 plans a rebuilt runway, a parallel taxiway, a depot hangar for the H-1s and room for 20 H-1s, six heavy helicopters and, temporarily, 16 fifth-generation fighters, with the work in service by 2030. Jets are already back: from 1 April 2026 the L-159s of Čáslav fly from Náměšť while their home runway is rebuilt, until autumn 2028.
Náměšť nad Oslavou, year by year
20 June: the Czechoslovak government approves construction of the airfield; 1 October: the 20th Fighter Regiment forms at Čáslav.
14 January: the 20th Fighter Regiment moves into the new base at Náměšť with MiG-15s.
The Su-7 fighter-bomber replaces the MiG-15, five years after the move, according to the army.
The Su-25 attack aircraft enters Czechoslovak service; the base lists it among its types.
The regiment receives the honorific “Biskajský” after No. 311 Squadron RAF.
The Czech Republic still flies 28 Su-22M-4s, 5 Su-22UM-3Ks and 24 Su-25Ks.
End of the year: the Su-25s are withdrawn.
The last Su-22 leaves Czech service.
September: a British military Lynx crashes in the Oslava valley near Kuroslepy during Exercise Flying Rhino; six killed.
24 September: nine Mi-171Š fly in from Přerov; jet flying ends; 1 December: the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base is formed.
1 October: nearly 20,000 visitors at the garrison’s 60th-anniversary open day.
12 December: contract for eight UH-1Y Venoms and four AH-1Z Vipers.
May: the 221st Squadron wins the Tiger Games at Araxos with two Mi-24/35s.
6 June: last Czech Hind live firing; 26 July: first two AH-1Zs arrive by C-17; 14 October: Mi-24 farewell.
13 June: last of the 12 H-1s arrives; September: flood rescues at home and in Poland; November: French Mirage 2000Ds operate from the base.
September: helicopter task group deploys to eastern Poland after Russian drone incursions.
1 April: Čáslav’s L-159s move in until autumn 2028; 23 July: fatal UH-1Y crash on the airfield; 26 August: H-1s return to flight.
What happened here
The Spelter drop
The base keeps the memory of a wartime parachute operation from Britain. On the night of 4–5 May 1944 a Halifax dropped the four-man group Spelter over Kramolín in the Třebíč district, near the future airfield, to map the resistance in central Moravia and open radio contact with London. Captain Břetislav Chrastina lost contact with the others at the start. Sergeant Jaroslav Kotásek was shot while escaping on 16 June 1944; Rudolf Novotný and Jan Vavrda survived with help from local families. A memorial stone was unveiled at the drop site on 5 May 2011.
Six killed in a British Lynx
During the Czech-British exercise Flying Rhino in 2004 a British military Lynx helicopter crashed in the Oslava river valley near Kuroslepy, a few kilometres from the base, and six soldiers were killed. The base marks the anniversary: on 9 September 2026 a Mi-171 from Náměšť flew over the memorial, wreaths were laid, and the base commander Petr Slíva and the British defence attaché, Colonel David Burrows, spoke. The base’s report does not give the exact date of the crash or its cause, and no official British report was read for this page.
The helicopters arrive from Přerov
Nine Mi-171Š transport helicopters left Přerov at 10:27 and landed at Náměšť at noon, flying via Prostějov and Brno. It was the practical end of military flying at Přerov and of jet flying at Náměšť: the 23rd Helicopter Base’s 16 Mi-171Šs were being gathered in one place, with six coming directly from overhaul at LOM Praha. The deputy base commander, Colonel Michal Kytlica, reported that the flight went to plan. On 1 December 2013 the two bases became the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base.
Vipers in a C-17
A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster landed at Náměšť with the first two AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters. Defence Minister Jana Černochová called it a significant moment that ended dependence on Russian equipment. An American training team arrived in August and training began on 1 September 2023; the helicopters needed about two weeks of assembly and certification after arrival. The last two of the 12 bought arrived on 13 June 2024.
Farewell to the Hind
About 250 former Mi-24 pilots and technicians gathered at Náměšť to say goodbye to the helicopter that had served since August 1978; two Mi-24Vs flew a display. The live-firing career had ended on 6 June 2023. By CZDefence’s count the type suffered seven serious accidents in Czechoslovak and Czech service, four of them fatal, with none fatal after 1998. The remaining Mi-35s left service in early March 2024 and were given to Ukraine.
Floods at home and in Poland
When central Europe flooded in September 2024, Náměšť sent Mi-171Š helicopters into the worst-hit areas from the evening of 14 September. Crews lifted 14 people out of cut-off places and carried about 25 tonnes of humanitarian aid. From 16 September two Mi-171ŠMs flew from Wrocław-Strachowice in Poland, where in 50 sorties and 30 flying hours they carried more than 130 tonnes of sandbags to reinforce Oder embankments and about a tonne of supplies, and supported Polish special forces near Opole.
French Mirages on a helicopter base
Three French Mirage 2000Ds from Nancy-Ochey arrived at Náměšť on 25 November 2024, supported by an A400M, a KC-130J and a CN-235. The deployment tested France’s MORANE concept, its version of NATO agile combat employment: operating from an unfamiliar allied base with local fuel and ground equipment. The French crews rehearsed cross-servicing with Czech Gripen technicians and close air support with JTACs before leaving for Romania on 29 November.
The loss of GHOST 41
A UH-1Y Venom with five aboard, returning from a training flight, fell from about 50 metres on the Náměšť airfield shortly after 14:00 and burned. Senior Sergeant Kateřina Steinocherová, 21, was killed and four crew were injured; reports of how many others were treated, mostly for smoke, range from three to seven. The army grounded all H-1s pending checks; they returned to flight on 26 August. The commission’s final findings had not been published at the time of writing.
Náměšť nad Oslavou Air Base and its neighbours
| Nearby base | ICAO | Status | Based types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Čáslav Air Base | LKCV | Active | JAS-39C/D Gripen, MiG-21MFN (to July 2005), Aero L-159A ALCA, L-159T1/T2 |
| Pardubice Air Base | LKPD | Active | JAS-39C/D Gripen, Aero L-39NG Skyfox (6; 8 planned), Zlín Z-143LSi and Z-242L (8 ordered), Let L-410UVP-T (1) |
| Přerov-Bochoř Airfield | Active | Mi-171Š, MiG-21MF, MiG-21UM, L-39ZA Albatros |
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- AIP Czech Republic (eAIP), AD 2 LKNA Náměšť (effective 3 September 2026)ARP 490958.35N 0160727.78E, elevation 1,547 ft (471.5 m), RWY 12/30 2,400 x 45 m concrete.
- Do armády: 22. základna vrtulníkového letectvaSquadrons 221–226; 221st in NATO Tiger Association since 2001.
- 22. základna vrtulníkového letectva: O základněGovernment approval 20 June 1956; 20th regiment moved in 14 January 1960; honorific 1990; merger December 2013; types flown.
- Armáda ČR: Uplynulo 60 let od vzniku stíhacího leteckého pluku (2 October 2016)60th anniversary; nearly 20,000 visitors at the open day.
- Armáda ČR: Plánované ukončení vojenského leteckého provozu na letišti v Přerově bylo zahájeno (25 September 2013)Nine Mi-171Š to Náměšť on 24 September 2013; 16 at the base.
- ČTK / ČeskéNoviny.cz: Letouny JAS-39 Gripen se dnes začaly přesouvat z čáslavské základny do Pardubic (10 March 2026)Gripens to Pardubice, L-159 to Náměšť; operations from 1 April 2026; works to autumn 2028; HOCHTIEF-led consortium.
- Armáda ČR: V ČR už jsou všechny vrtulníky H-1, poslední dva přilétly dnes (13 June 2024)8 UH-1Y and 4 AH-1Z delivered; 8 more donated by the US.
- iROZHLAS: Armáda se po 45 letech loučí s vrtulníky Mi-24/35 (6 June 2023)Last live firing by the 221st squadron.
- iROZHLAS: V Náměšti přistál transportní letoun americké armády. Přivezl vrtulníky Viper (26 July 2023)First two AH-1Z delivered by C-17 to Náměšť.
- 22. základna vrtulníkového letectva: O násOfficial: base formed 1 December 2013 at Sedlec, Vícenice; more than 1,000 people.
- CzechAirForce.com: Náměšťská premiéra: vrtulníky Venom poprvé v zahraniční operaci (28 March 2026)Specialist site: two UH-1Y (0491, 0495) arrived 18 March 2026.
- CzechAirForce.com: Vipery proti Šáhidům – misi v Polsku zahájila 6. Heli Unit AČR (24 July 2026)Specialist site: two AH-1Z from July 2026 near the Belarusian border; stayed in Poland during the grounding.
- iROZHLAS: V Náměšti nad Oslavou se zřítil armádní vrtulník s pěti vojáky na palubě (23 July 2026)One killed, four injured; others treated for smoke; H-1 fleet grounded.
- iROZHLAS: Vrtulníky Viper a Venom se vrací do vzduchu. Po nehodě prošly kontrolou (26 August 2026)Return to flight 26 August 2026; commission still weighing several causes; military police case.
- CzechAirForce.com: Vrtulníková základna v Náměšti projde výraznou modernizací (27 September 2023)Specialist site: MoD study August 2023; runway described as 2,440 x 45 m; 15.5 m difference between thresholds; capacity targets; ready by 2030.
Verified 2026-09-29.