Picek will ask for two more planes

Defense Minister Vlastimil Picek said that he will recommend for governmental approval a plan to purchase two more transportation aircrafts for the army. During the Sunday talk show Partie on the Prima Family channel Mr Picek said he will present the government with a detailed document concerning the transportation and helicopter air force in the second half of the year. The minister wants to acquire more airplanes, saying that the four CASA planes that were purchased in a highly disputed deal in 2009 do not fulfill all the needs of the Czech army.

Author: Masha Volynsky