Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Air Force and Anti-Air Defence Brigade Brigada zračne snage i protivzračna odbrane Бригада ваздушних снага и противваздушне одбране
Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founded	2006
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Branch	Air force
Role	Defending Bosnian airspace
Size	28 Aircraft
Part of	Military of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Command HQ	Sarajevo
Insignia
Fin
Aircraft flown
Transport	Bell UH-1H, Soko Gazelle , Mil Mi-8/17

The Air Force and Anti-Air Defence Brigade (Bosnian: Brigada zračnih snaga i protivzračne odbrane, Croatian: Brigada zračnih snaga i protuzračne obrane, Serbian: Бригада ваздушних снага и противваздушне одбране) 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 force.

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.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence Brigade of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed when elements of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska Air Force were merged in 2006.^[1]

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 (was used by the 2nd Air Defence Battalion (Bihać), was main airport of the 5th corpus of the ARBiH from 1992 - 1996.)

Equipment

Aircraft

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Type	Versions	In service[2]	Notes
UH-1H		United States	Utility helicopter	UH-1H	14	Source:http://www2.webng.com/security/osbih8.html
Mil Mi-8/17		Soviet Union	Utility helicopter	Mi-8T Mi-17	5 Mi-8T 1 Mi-17	1 crashed on February 10, 2012
Soko Gazelle		France /  Yugoslavia	Utility helicopter	SA 341H	6	Three are attack versions. Three more to be acquired.
UTVA 75		Yugoslavia	Basic trainer	Utva 75	1
J-22 Orao		Yugoslavia	Strike Fighter	J-22	1	In storage. 6 were offered for sale to Serbia.
G-4 Super Galeb		Yugoslavia	Advanced Trainer/Light Attack	G-4	1	In storage.
J-21 Jastreb		Yugoslavia	Reconnaissance/Light Attack	J-21, IJ-21, NJ-21(Two seater Jastreb)	Unknown	In storage. Kept because it's easy to operate and can intercept slow movers.

Air defence

MANPAD's and SAM's	Photo	Origin	Type	Versions	In service	Notes
FIM-92 Stinger		United States	MANPADS		50
9K38 Igla		Soviet Union	MANPADS		20
Bofors 40mm gun		Sweden	AAA	L/70	Two batteries
ZU-23-2		Soviet Union	AAA		150
9K31 Strela-1		Soviet Union	SAM		15 units, 5 on all main air bases
2K12 Kub		Soviet Union	SAM		?
P-40 radar		Soviet Union	Radar			Used with 2K12 Kub
M53/59 Praga		Soviet Union	Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun		21

See also

• Republika Srpska Air Force
• Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

• [1]

External links

• [2]