Rank 52 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the Saab JAS 39C Gripen as the Czech Air Force actually flies it from Čáslav — not as a generic delta on white. The 211th Tactical Squadron took over fourteen leased Gripens in July 2005, replacing the long-serving MiG-21 and giving the Czech Republic a genuine fourth-generation NATO air-defence node overnight. Here the C-model sits in a dynamic rear-quarter flight view: canards forward of the delta wing, underwing tanks and missiles, 9239 on the fuselage, and the squadron's griffin-and-sword fin flash that NATO Tiger Meet regulars recognise even when the special tiger decals stay in the hangar. Čáslav Air Base sits east of Prague as the hub for Baltic air policing rotations and domestic quick-reaction alert — the kind of operational detail enthusiasts notice when the faded 20 | 05 band sits behind the silhouette.