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The FR Yugoslav Strike Mission was a Yugoslav Air Force mission to destroy KLA positions during the Kosovo War[3][4][1]
Mission
The Yugoslav Air Force had flown a dozen sorties, in all, against UÇK targets around Kosovo at treetop level, mainly in Priština. Most of the aircraft involved were J-22 Oraos attacking KLA insurgents by bombing. One J-22 Orao crashed into a hill after being shot down by a KLA insurgent armed with a Strela-2 on March 25, 1999, killing the pilot, Lt. Colonel Života Ðurić, who crashed and destroyed one of the KLA command bases.[3][1] The rest of the objective was to shatter the strength of the KLA, which proved to be successful by destroying several command bases and killing a number of insurgents.[3][5] However, from March 24, 1999, with the arrival of NATO aircraft, most of the missions had to be cut back because of NATO aggression on Yugoslavia.
Aftermath
On June 10, 1999, the Serbian Generals, and other commanders that were active participants in the Kosovo War, signed the Kumanovo Treaty, forcing the Yugoslav Army and Special Anti-Terrorist Military Force to retreat from Kosovo. Yugoslav Air Force aircraft also returned to Batajnica Air Base due to the treaty. The Yugoslav Air Force performed as many as 36 combat flights over Kosovo and Metohija out of a total of 248 performed.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ""Vojska me je školovala da ubijem i da budem ubijen": Života je prvi pilot koji je poginuo tokom NATO bombardovanja". mondo.rs.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident SOKO J-22 Orao , Tuesday 23 March 1999". asn.flightsafety.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trajkovic, Suzana. "ŽIV NIJE HTEO MEĐU TERORISTE, OBRUŠIO SE AVIONOM NA NJIH Heroj Đurić je bio prva žrtva NATO te zlokobne 1999". alo.
- ↑ Salinger, Aleksandar Bećić, Igor (March 25, 2024). "Herojska smrt na krilima Orla: Života Đurić, prvi pilot koji je poginuo u ratu 1999. godine". Aero Telegraf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "SEĆANJE NA SRPSKOG HEROJA! Pukovnik Đurić nije hteo živ neprijateljima u ruke, već se avionom… (VIDEO) – SKYNEWS.RS".
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