During 3000km longer flight (nearly 4 hours) from Keflavik airport to home base at Caslav, the Gripens conducted air-to-air refuelling with a USAFE tanker KC-135R (callsign QUID 455) from 100th Air Refuelling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom.
"Charlie Foxtrot 02" is landing on RWY 27. Flying training missions from Pardubice (without QRA Tango or Alpha Scramble flights) were greatly restricted due to noise restrictions.
QRA Gripens assigned to 211. tl (tactical sq.) / 21. zTL (tactical AFB) Caslav landing on RWY 27 from "Tango scramble". Second JAS-39C is tc.nr. 9244. Note the tc. nr. 9237 - wings are
temporarily without weapon pylons.
Gripens assigned to 211. tl (tactical sq.) / 21. zTL (tactical AFB) Caslav taxiing to take off into morning training sortie. Second JAS-39C is tc.nr. 9244.
"Tiger", in c/s from NTM 2009 in Kleine Brogel, assigned to 211. tl (tactical sq.) / 21. zTL (tactical AFB) Caslav returns from training sortie on RWY 27. In background are on apron L-39C´s from CLV (Air training centre).