Category: Yugoslavia

Yugoslav and Serbian MiG-29s (archived)

Yugoslav and Serbian MiG-29s (archived)

https://web.archive.org/web/20080604155806/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_380.shtml Yugoslav & Serbian MiG-29sBy ACIG TeamNov 30, 2003, 10:13Email this article Printer friendly page The former Air Force & Air Defence Force of Yugoslavia (Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protiv-Vazdusna Obrana, "JRViPVO") purchased a total of 14 MiG-29s and two MiG-29UBs from the USSR, in 1987. MiG-29s were taken into service with the 127. Lovacka Avijacijska Eskadrila (127.LAE, Fighter Air … Continue reading Yugoslav and Serbian MiG-29s (archived) →

Mass Murder at Ovčara

Mass Murder at Ovčara

Following the fall of Vukovar on 20 November 1991., Serb forces deported some 250 to 270 wounded from Vukovar hospital to Ovčara farm, some five kilometers south of the city. There, YNA troops and Chetniks tortured them for hours, before taking them - in groups of 30 - to a remote location between Ovčara and … Continue reading Mass Murder at Ovčara →

Croatian Homeland War Was Not a Civil War

Croatian Homeland War Was Not a Civil War

Among the Croatian Left and also in the West, there is a widespread idea that the Croatian Homeland War was a civil war (see: Index, and other far-Left media, as well as foreign Left-leaning media such as BBC and CNN). Faktograf, a Left-leaning fact checker, stated that the war was a civil war until 8th … Continue reading Croatian Homeland War Was Not a Civil War →

HOS – Croatian Defense Forces

HOS – Croatian Defense Forces

Croatian Defense Forces (HOS – Hrvatske Obrambene Snage) were the paramilitary force of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) and also one of the first organized paramilitary units operational in the Homeland War in Croatia and BiH, having been founded in 1991. In 1992., during reorganization of Croatian forces, Croatian Defense Forces were integrated with … Continue reading HOS – Croatian Defense Forces →

Why Serbia Did Not Help Serb Krajina

Why Serbia Did Not Help Serb Krajina

Serbia had played a key role in forming SAO Krajina, so question is, why it did little to nothing to help Serbs in Krajina in 1995, when Operation Storm was wiping out the pseudo-state? The reason lay several years in the past. In the year 1989., a part of Serbs in Croatia had joined the … Continue reading Why Serbia Did Not Help Serb Krajina →

MiG-21 Tactics in the Operation Storm

MiG-21 Tactics in the Operation Storm

Croatian MiG-21s had utilized numerous different tactical moves during the Operation Storm – some of which were new for MiG-21 pilots. Even though these were really old tactics by global standards, they had completely redefined usage of MiG-21 aircraft. Through liberation of Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoč in BiH, as well as mobilization of its forces, … Continue reading MiG-21 Tactics in the Operation Storm →

Croatian Air Force in the Operation Storm ’95

Croatian Air Force in the Operation Storm ’95

In the Homeland War, the role and importance of the Croatian Air Force grew steadily. Air Force was especially important in the Operation Storm, the final operation for liberation of occupied areas of Croatia. Development of the Air Force Beginning of the Croatian Air Force began with the air groups formed at the Command of … Continue reading Croatian Air Force in the Operation Storm ’95 →

Operation Storm 1995

Operation Storm 1995

Introduction Operation Storm '95, or just the Operation Storm, is the greatest military victory in history of the Croatia. In only 84 hours, some 200 000 soldiers of the Croatian Army had liberated over 10 000 square kilometers of the occupied territory. This operation marked the end of the Homeland War. The Operation Operation Storm … Continue reading Operation Storm 1995 →

Operation Flash 1995 – Part 2

Operation Flash 1995 – Part 2

Operation on the direction North In the North, which was an auxilliary direction of the attack, were 52.dp (52nd Home Guard Regiment) and 105th Brigade of Croatian Army (HV), reinforced with an artillery battery of antitank cannons 76 mm from 127th Brigade HV (127.br HV). On the first day of the operation in the direction … Continue reading Operation Flash 1995 – Part 2 →

Operation Flash 1995 – Part 1

Operation Flash 1995 – Part 1

Prelude Serb rebellion against Croatia had been stoked by Belgrade in support of its own expansionist plans. Serbia's goal was to use the Serbs in Croatia as a fifth column, with rebellion and establishment of SAO Krajina eventually leading to an outcome where Serb areas on Croatia and Bosnia would be annexed by Serbia itself, … Continue reading Operation Flash 1995 – Part 1 →