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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">12_2026_ZEZULOVA</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.12</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Ensuring Host Nation Support Through Airfield Damage Repair Capability: A Strategic Requirement for the Czech Republic</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ZEZULOVÁ</surname>
            <given-names>Eva</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:eva.zezulova@unob.cz">eva.zezulova@unob.cz</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department of Engineer Technologies, Faculty of Military Technologies, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ŠTOLLER</surname>
            <given-names>Jiří</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department of Engineer Technologies, Faculty of Military Technologies, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>DVOŘÁK</surname>
            <given-names>Petr</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Department of Engineer Technologies, Faculty of Military Technologies, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>107</fpage>
      <lpage>111</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Airfield infrastructure represents a critical element of national defence and a key enabler of NATO Host Nation Support (HNS). Modern conflicts demonstrate that airfields are priority targets, and even limited damage to runways can significantly disrupt air operations. NATO standards, particularly STANAG 2929 and AATMP‑03, therefore define Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) as a mandatory capability enabling rapid restoration of airfield functionality. This paper analyses ADR as an essential component of HNS and assesses the current state of ADR capability in the Czech Republic. Based on NATO doctrinal requirements and national research outcomes, the study highlights existing capability gaps and outlines key measures necessary to ensure compliance with alliance obligations and to enhance national and collective resilience.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Host Nation Support</kwd>
        <kwd>Airfield Damage Repair</kwd>
        <kwd>NATO STANAG 2929</kwd>
        <kwd>AATMP‑03</kwd>
        <kwd>RAOS</kwd>
        <kwd>MOS/MAOS</kwd>
        <kwd>rapid runway repair</kwd>
        <kwd>military engineering</kwd>
        <kwd>operational resilience</kwd>
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