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Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Air Force and Air Defence Brigade of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brigada Zračne snage i protivzračne odbrane(Bosnian)
  • Бригада ваздушне снаге и противваздухопловна одбрана(Serbian)
Founded1 December 2006;17 years ago(2006-12-01)
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Aerial defence
Size
  • 700 airmen
  • 300+ civilian personnel
  • 1,100 guard personnel
Part ofArmed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
HeadquartersSarajevo
Motto(s)
  • Perspektiva
  • "Perspective"
ColoursUltramarine BlueandGolden Yellow
Insignia
Fin flash
Aircraft flown
HelicopterMil Mi-8,Mil Mi-17,Bell UH-1 Iroquois,Aérospatiale Gazelle

TheAir Force and Air Defence Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina(Bosnian:Brigada zračne snage i protivzračne odbrane Bosne i Hercegovine;Croatian:Brigada zračne snage i protuzračne obrane Bosne i Hercegovine;Serbian:Бригада ваздушне снаге и противваздухопловна одбрана Босне и Херцеговине,romanized:Brigada vazdušne snage i protivvazduhoplovna odbrana Bosne i Hercegovine) is part of theArmed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The headquarters is in Sarajevo. It maintains operating bases atSarajevo International Airport,Banja Luka International AirportandTuzla International Airport.

History

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The Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed when elements of theArmy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand theRepublika Srpska Air Forcewere merged in 2006.[1]

Structure

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  • Air Force and Air Defense Brigade,atSarajevo Air BaseandBanja Luka Air Base
    • 1st Helicopter Squadron, at Banja Luka Air Base
    • 2nd Helicopter Squadron, at Sarajevo Air Base
    • Air Defence Battalion, at Sarajevo Air Base
    • Early Warning and Surveillance Battalion, at Banja Luka Air Base
    • Flight Support Battalion, with detachments at the two air bases

Airbases

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Aircraft

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A BosnianBell Huey II TH-1Hpresented at Rajlovac Air Force Base.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8 Russia utility / transport Mi-8T 6[2]
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 10[2] One crashed into a lake[3][4]
Aérospatiale Gazelle France utility SA341 8[2]

Retired

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Previous notable aircraft operated by the Air Force consisted of theUTVA 75,CASA C-212 Aviocar,Mil Mi-34,Mil Mi-24,Soko J-22 Orao,Soko G-2 Galeb,Soko G-4 Super Galeb,and theBell 206helicopter.[5][6]

Air Defense

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Name Origin Type In service Notes
SAM
2K12 Kub Soviet Union mobileSAMsystem 20[7]
9K31 Strela-1[8] Soviet Union mobileSAMsystem 34
9K35 Strela-10[9] Soviet Union mobileSAMsystem
M53/59 Praga Czechoslovakia SPAAG 96[10]
9K34 Strela-3[9] Soviet Union MANPADS
FIM-92 Stinger[11] United States MANPADS
9K38 Igla[9] Soviet Union MANPADS
Anti Aircraft artillery
Bofors 40 mm gun[12] Sweden Anti-aircraft gun 47[10]
ZU-23-2 Soviet Union Anti-aircraft gun 30[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Dougherty, Kevin (11 January 2006)."Bosnia breaks through ethnic divide by merging Serb, Muslim-Croat forces".Stars and Stripes.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2018.Retrieved27 April2018.
  2. ^abcHoyle, Craig (2023)."World Air Forces 2024".FlightGlobal.Retrieved22 March2024.
  3. ^"Accident Bell UH-1H Iroquois A-26, Wednesday 28 August 2024".Aviation Safety Network.Retrieved27 September2024.
  4. ^"Helikopter OS BiH pao u Jablaničko jezero, posada nije životno ugrožena"[The helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina fell into the Jablanička lake, the crew is not in danger]. 28 August 2024.Retrieved27 September2024.
  5. ^"World Air Forces 2004".flightglobal.com.September 2004. p. 46.Retrieved27 April2018.
  6. ^"World Air Forces 2013"(PDF).Flightglobal Insight. 2013.Retrieved26 February2013.
  7. ^IISS 2012 Military Balance,pp. 97.
  8. ^"SA-9 Gaskin 9K31 Strela-1 ground to air missile system technical data sheet specifications | Russia Russian missile system vehicle UK | Russia Russian army military equipment vehicles UK".Army Recognition.11 March 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 12 April 2018.Retrieved27 April2018.
  9. ^abc"Bosnia Herzegovina army land ground armed defense forces military equipment armored vehicle UK | Bosnia Herzegovina army land ground forces UK | East Europe UK".Army Recognition.1 June 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 25 September 2018.Retrieved27 April2018.
  10. ^abcAdministrator."Bosnia Herzegovina army land ground armed defense forces military equipment armored vehicle UK | Bosnia Herzegovina army land ground forces UK | East Europe UK".armyrecognition.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-09-25.Retrieved2018-05-26.
  11. ^"Detailing the development and operational history of the General Dynamics / Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger Man-Portable, Air Defense Missile System".26 February 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 30 July 2018.Retrieved27 April2018.
  12. ^A. Šarenkapa (12 January 2016)."Haubice, transporteri, raketni bacači i snajperi: Oružane snage BiH predstavile vojnu opremu (FOTO)".Faktor.Archivedfrom the original on 6 March 2018.Retrieved27 April2018.
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