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From September 6 to 17, 2004 a joint exercise of Czech and British armed forces took place at the Czech air bases
Čáslav, Přerov and Náměšť nad Oslavou. Following the crash of British Lynx helicopter on September
9 the exercise was continued with limited intensity.
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Not a participant of the exercise but returning from CIAF: MiG-21MFN 5603.
However, simulated air combat between MiG-21 and Harrier was part of the scenario of Flying Rhino.
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For the ferry flights from the UK the Harrier GR.7 were fitted with four drop tanks.
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Training of joint air-to-ground missions of Harriers and L-159s was one main objective of the exercise.
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Lynx arriving in Čáslav. The crash of one of these helicopters with six people killed led to the strong reduction
of flight activities.
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