Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian

Bosnian language

Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, , : Zračne Snage i Protivzračna Odbrana Bosne i Hercegovine Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

,:"Zračne Snage i Protuzračna Obrana Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

: Ваздушне Снаге и противваздушне одбране Босне и Херцеговине) is a part of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The HQ stands in Sarajevo. The Air forces are using Sarajevo Airport, Banja Luka Airport and Tuzla Airport. The Forces are controlled by NATO and EUFOR. The budget of the air arm is the smallest of any European air forces, but has large number of ammunition like rockets, bombs etc.

The Air force holds a Nato standard on the army. The air arm has three special unit battalions. From 2010 two Mil Mi-17 be operating in Afghanistan with 6 pilots and 30 troops from the army.

Squadrons

1st Helicopter Squadron, Sarajevo Airport
2nd Helicopter Squadron, Banja Luka Airport
3rd Helicopter Squadron, Tuzla Airport
Air Defense Battalion
1st Air Defence Battalion, Sarajevo Airport
2nd Air Defence Battalion, Banja Luka Airport
3rd Air Defence Battalion, Tuzla Airport
Early Warning and Surveillance Battalion
Flight Support Battalion

Airbases

Sarajevo Airport
Banja Luka Airport
Tuzla Airport
Coralici Airfield (Is used by the 2nd Air Defence Battalion Bihać

Bihac

Bihać is a city and municipality on the river Una in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. Bihać is located in the Una-Sana Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...

was main airport to the 5th corpus of the ARBiH sinde 1992 - 1996.

Aircraft

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| Multi-Role and Reconnaissance
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| 11
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| UH-1H
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| Utility helicopter
| UH-1H
| 14
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| Mil Mi-8/17
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Aérospatiale Gazelle

The Aérospatiale Gazelle is a five-seat light helicopter, powered by a single turbine engine. It was designed and manufactured in France by Sud Aviation . It was also manufactured under licence by Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom , by SOKO in Yugoslavia and ABHCO in Egypt...

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| Utility helicopter
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| 4
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| Mil Mi-34

Mil Mi-34

|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.-External links:*...

Lola Utva 75

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| Basic Trainer
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| 10 in service.

Air defence

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| FIM-92 Stinger

FIM-92 Stinger

The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile , which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles and helicopters , developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S...

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| SAM
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| 50
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| 9K38 Igla
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| SAM
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| 20
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| Bofors 40 mm L/70
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| AAA
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| Two batteries
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| ZU-23-2

ZU-23-2

The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for Zenitnaya Ustanovka - anti-aircraft mount.-Development history:...

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| AAA
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| 150
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| 9K31 Strela-1
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| SAM
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| 15 units, 5 on all main air bases
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| 2K12 Kub
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| SAM
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| ?
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| P-40 radar

P-40 radar

The P-40 "Armour" or 1S12 is a 3-D UHF radar developed and operated by the former Soviet Union.-Development:...

M42 Duster

The M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun, or "Duster," is an armored light air-defense gun built for the U.S. Army from 1952 until December 1959. Production of this vehicle was performed by the tank division of the General Motors Corporation. It used components from the M41 light tank...

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| Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery
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| 5-10
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| ZSU-57-2

ZSU-57-2

The ZSU-57-2 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka , meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels....

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| Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery
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| 5-15
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| M53/59
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| Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery
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| 30-40
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| BOV-3
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| Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery
| BOV-3
| 39
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External links

http://www.mod.gov.ba/bs/default.asp

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