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Искал одно... а нашёл... Ну в общем совсем другое.

Искал детали боевого применения оружия кораблями военно-морского флота Югославии во время войны 1999 года. Не то, чтобы у меня совсем ничего не было по данному вопросу. Было, но, как понял, далеко не всё. Известно мне было, что ВМФ Югославии отчитались после войны про то, что смогли сбить 3 натовских самолёта, 3 беспилотника и более 5 крылатых ракет. Ну и искал информацию о деталях выполненных стрельб. Применённому оружию и количеству и типу выпущенных кораблями ракет.
И вот тут наступила эпоха открытий. По мере углубления поиска всё чаще и чаще стали попадаться по ссылкам ответы: "страница удалена". Причём по ссылкам на источники того времени. А дальше... чем дальше в лес - тем толще партизаны вообще все ссылки удалены оказались... Наткнулся на чистопородную цензуру. Когда из интернета, казалось, убрана вся информация про потери авиации НАТО во время той войны. То, что есть в открытом доступе сейчас и вылжено везде, после этого, стало вызывать, как минимум вопросы, по её достоверности. А копнув ещё по-глубже удалось выяснить, что информация по потерям авиации НАТО, выкладываемая и доступная сейчас вообще не является достоверной. То есть она как бы достоверна. Но представляет из себя далеко не все потери натовской авиации. По мере копания вглубь всплыл один весьма интересный доклад: These are official figures released by Yugoslav command regarding NATO losses. Попытки найти его в интернете успехом поначалу не увенчались. Все ссылки на документ оказались мёртвыми. В кэшах поисковиков также был ноль информации... В самом интернете осталось буквально менее 10 упоминаний о том, что данный документ вообще существовал.
А раз так, то туда и нужно копать. В смысле в ту сторону. Хотя бы затем, чтобы узнать что из сбя представляет документ подлежащий тотальной цензуре. Потому что если США и НАТО абсолютным образом уничтожают какие-либо документы, значит в них есть то, чего они хотят скрыть. А это именно то, чего мне и нужно чтобы узнать детали боевого применения военно-морского флота Югославии во время войны 1999 года.
Немного помедитировав и покопавшись в пространстве удалось узнать, что текст, точнее его копия, сохранился и находится он в Иране. Где-то среди их сайтов. Дльше было дело техники. Но увы... из найденного документа получить детали оказалось невозможно. Там всё в куче. Все потери авиации. Понять кто и чем сбил кого, если это прямо не указано, невозможно. Потому вопрос так и остался открытым. Скажу сразу - после прочтения документа мне стало понятным то, почему он находится в интернете, точнее той части, до которой США могут дотянуться, под цензурой. А также стало ясным то, что вся современная информация по поводу натовских потерь в авиации в той войне является недостоверной и прошедшей цензуру.

Ниже я размещаю документ на всеобщее обозрение, потому что в российском сегменте интернета его нет вообще. Но учтите, читая его, что это лишь копия первоначального доклада который был начисто уничтожен из сети. И потому не удивляйтесь, когда увидите упоминания о ссылках. В оригинале там были ссылки. Но оригинала доклада мы уже вряд ли когда-либо увидим. Итак читайте.

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NATO aircraft losses - summary

These are official figures released by Yugoslav command regarding NATO losses. RV & PVO information was released by Yugoslav command (by General Dragoljub Ojdanic, Chief of General Staff of FRY Army) on June 15, 1999, so it's the most recent information available. But again these numbers include only RV & PVO kills (Air Force and Air Defenses). Information about FRY Navy kills was released by FRY Navy Commander, Milan Zec, on 06-10-99. And the information about NATO aircraft downed by the Third Army was released by the Third Army Commander, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, on 06-12-99. Information about NATO aircraft downed by the 2nd Army was released by Major General Spasoje Smiljanic in his interview to Politika newspaper at the end of April. Information regarding aircraft shot down by the 1st Army was provided by General Ninoslav Krstic in his interview for the "Vojska" magazine on May 24, 1999.
• Total RV i PVO & other air defenses: 61 planes, 7 helicopters, 30 UAVs and 238 cruise missiles
o 3rd Army: 34 planes, 5 helicopters, 25 UAVs and 52 cruise missiles
o Navy: 3 planes, 3 UAVs and over 5 cruise missiles
o 2nd Army: 24 planes, 2 helicopters, 2 UAVs, 30 cruise missiles
o 1st Army: 6 planes, 129 cruise missiles
Total: 61 aircraft, 7 helicopters, 30 UAVs and over 238 cruise missiles. These numbers include only those NATO aircraft that crashed in Yugoslavia

March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 at least one USAF F-16C fighter was lost in air-to-air combat 7km south of Pancevo (map). Serbs said the aircraft was downed by a MiG-29. Four more F-16s were lost due to ground fire in the third wave of attacks. Russian GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate - military intel. service) confirmed that four USAF F-16s were shot down by SAMs and AAAs.
F-16 fighter aircraft experienced significant technical difficulties in 1998-1999 and about 400 such aircraft were grounded by the USAF for safety reasons. It should be fully expected that the F-16s deployed to Italy may develop considerable technical problems during intensive operations against Yugoslavia. This problem will be also augmented by the acute shortage of qualified technical personnel already experienced even before the war. More information here.
April 4 On 04-04-99 a "USAF 31st FW F-16C made emergency diversion to Sarajevo Airport Bosnia-Herzegovina." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 92)
April 7 On 04-07-99 one Belgian F-16B two-seat fighter/bomber aircraft (possibly of Belgian 349 Squadron assigned to NATO) was shot down near Novi Sad. Two pilots ejected and were captured: a 42-year-old male pilot and a 28-year-old female co-pilot. The aircraft was shot down by Aleksandar Sunjka using a 20mm anti-aircraft gun. For more info about Belgian F-16s click here.
May 2 According to a statement made by NATO spokesman Jamie Shea on 05-02-99, one American F-16 fighter aircraft made an emergency landing at Sarajevo airport. He did not specify the exact date of the incident. So far, it has only been known that two damaged NATO aircraft landed at Sarajevo: the USAF F-15 on March 25th and a British Harrier on April 19th.
April 19 On 04-19-99 a Danish AF F-16 "made emergency diversion to Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia-Herzegovina, due to a serious engine problem in the early hours of the morning while flying a combat air patrol mission to protect NATO SFOR troops in Bosnia." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 93)
May 2 A USAF F-16CG fighter aircraft (tail number AV555FS, serial number 88-0550) crashed 18km east of the town of Kozluk, Yugoslavia (according to official NATO report, however, 20km southeast of Sabac according to Yugoslavian reports, map) at 02:20 on 05-02-99. The pilot ejected and NATO reported that he was picked up by NATO rescue forces. Photo from The Times of London here. US Department of Defense news report here. Associated Press report here. Yugoslav sources reported that four NATO rescue helicopters were in the area and exchanged fire with Serbian police. One rescue helicopter was reported down and one more heavily damaged by AAA fire. Some more info here. Take a look at this F-16 (according to USAF) when it was still in one piece. There was an obvious disagreement between the USAF and NATO reports regarding a downing of an F-16 on 05-02-99: USAF and DoD reports identified the lost aircraft as F-16CG, while NATO reports identified the aircraft as F-16CJ. Both models were used extensively during the operation Allied Force. This discrepancy may indicate that that more than one F-16 might have been lost on that date. Adding further confusion, USAF and DoD reports showed that the aircraft crashed near the town of Metic, while official NATO statements place the crash site 18km east of the town of Kozluk, which is some distance away from Metic. Serbian military found and photographed the remains of the F-16CG, tail number AV555FS, near the village of Nakucani, which is quite some distance away from Metic. A report by Associated Press, insists that the aircraft shot down on 05-02-99 was an F-16CJ. The report describes the details of awards given out to several US pilots in connection with the operation Allied Force. Here is an interesting quote from this report: "One of the other Silver Star recipients also was involved in the rescue of a downed U.S. pilot, though in much different circumstances. Kavlick, 32, from Festus, Mo., was flying lead in a group of F-16CJs on a mission to destroy Serb SA-3 and SA-6 surface-to-air missile batteries near the city of Novi Sad on May 2 when his wingman was struck by an SA-3 missile, causing engine failure and forcing the pilot to eject." As you can see, again there is a discrepancy in the type of aircraft shot down. At least now we know that the F-16, whatever model, was brought down by an SA-3 missile and not a technical malfunction as was originally stated by NATO officials.
May 20 An F-16 jet fighter crashed in the village of Gradiste, Croatia 17km southwest of Vinkovci on 05-20-99 at 03:35 local time (map). The incident was observed by a number of local residents, who were woken up by a loud explosion and observed a fireball in the sky and a parachute. The crash site is heavily patrolled by police and several small clashes took place between the police and curious villagers.
May 28 An American F-16 fighter/bomber was shot down over Kosovo on 05-28-99. The aircraft crashed in central Macedonia at 13:45 local time. The pilot of the aircraft was rushed by a rescue helicopter to a hospital in Skopje. The pilot had serious injuries to his head and extremities. Two more wounded American pilots are recovering in the Skopje hospital. An amateur photographer managed to get a shot of the crash site before the remains of the F-16 were retrieved by NATO troops. This incident was reported by Macedonian "Evening News" newspaper. ITAR-TASS report here (in Russian).

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July 30, 2000 According to a USAF source, an F-16 fighter was ditched in the Adriatic during the operation "Allied Force." The pilot was rescued. No further information is available. Please e-mail me if you know something about this incident.

March 25 One heavily-damaged USAF F-15 landed at Sarajevo airport on 03-25-99 escorted by another F-15. Photo of a damaged F-15 over Sarajevo from Vojska newspaper. The incident was confirmed by LtCdr Sheena Thomson of SFOR during a joint NATO-SFOR press conference on 03-25-99. You can read the complete transcript of the press conference here.

March 26 One USAF F-15E ground attack/fighter aircraft was downed on 03-26-99 at 17:20 in the village of Donja Trnova, 15km southwest of Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska. Serbs claimed the plane was shot down by a MiG-29 fighter. BBC World News reported the loss on March 27, 1999. More info and a photo here.
March 26 On 03-26-99 USAF F-15E strike fighter of the 48th FW "reported to have run off the runway and been badly damaged while making an emergency landing at Istrana air base, Italy." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 92)
April 4 On April 4, exactly at 3:27AM one, possibly two USAF F-15 fighter jets were shot down, according to a first-hand report from Sgt. 'Sasa', who participated in the shoot-down. His story: At that time, three combat aircraft were detected flying over their position on Mtn. Ljubic (near Cacak, map). Two were flying very close to each other, while the third was relatively away. Their unit was armed with S-125 Neva SAMs. The order came to launch when the first aircraft was 15km away from their position. At exactly 19km away, it was hit with the first SAM, exploding in the air. Pilot did not eject. The pilot of the other jet ejected at the moment when the first aircraft was hit. They could clearly see the booster blast going vertical for a few moments, and several seconds later both aircraft disappeared from their radar screen. After that shooting, third aircraft, which was always near by, came down and launched its weapons. The Low Blow radar for S-125 was hit (located some 50m away from the launcher), during which Sgt. "Sasa" was seriously wounded while the others sustained only minor injuries. He came out of hospital after the end of the war. They could not confirm the aircraft type while their command says the aircraft were American, most probably F-15s.
April 25 On 04-25-99 a USAF F-15 fighter jet "made emergency landing at Sarajevo Airport, escorted by another F-15, due to a faulty hydraulic pump." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 93)
June 13 One damaged USAF F-15 fighter jet arrived at Aviano airbase, Italy on 06-13-99 at about 20:00 local time. Following landing the aircraft was surrounded by ambulances and fire trucks. Stratfor report here. Eyewitness report here.

March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 two F/A-18s were lost 11km south of Ruma (map). Both crews are dead. Several additional Canadian F/A-18s have been dispatched to Italy on 03-30-99.
March 26 At least one German "Tornado IDS" ground attack aircraft was lost sometime between 22:00 03.24.99 and 17:00 03.26.99 (but most likely in the first wave of attacks). This loss was confirmed by Russian military intelligence and Serbs said that they have found the aircraft's crash site. The "Tornado" was shot down 12km south of Pancevo (map) and was completely destroyed. Crew of two is dead. The chairman of NATO's military committee, Gen. Klaus Naumann denied this report.
March 27 Another German "Tornado" was shot down on 03-29-99, as reported by Yugoslav news agency Tanjug. The pilots are said to have ejected. This report may be related to the incident when a German Tornado attack aircraft was shot down and crashed on 03-27-99 around 01:00 in the vicinity of the village Konjevici (Mt. Maljen), near Cacak. The crew of the Tornado ejected and was captured by Serb forces. A detailed account of the incident was published in Vojska magazine (issue 349, 04-04-99, p. 6). You can read the article here (in Serbian).
April 15 One NATO Tornado ground attack aircraft was shot down over Podgorica in the evening hours of 04-15-99. The plane crashed into the Skadarsko lake (map). The plane was shot down by Lt. Zdravko Bankovic using an L70 Bofors anti-aircraft gun.
May 26 A NATO Tornado bomber aircraft was shot down on 05-26-99 at 01:35 over Pozarevac, east of Belgrade (map). The aircraft's fuel tanks fell in the village of Aleksandrovac, and parts of the plane crashed in the municipality of Petrovac na Mlavi area. Pilot ejected. Tanjug report here. Video here. Video caps here. ITAR-TASS report here (in Russian). The aircraft was initially misidentified as Harrier. NATO aircraft over Yugoslavia often drop fuel tanks in an attempt to evade SAMs. Read US News & World Report article here, which describes some of the details of SAM-evasion from a NATO pilot's perspective.
April 15 A French Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft was shot down over Podgorica in the evening hours of 04-15-99. The aircraft crashed into the Rumjie hill (map). The plane was shot down by Lt. Zdravko Bankovic, who on the same day shot down a Tornado ground strike aircraft, using the same L70 Bofors. According to reports, the Mirage was only lightly damaged, but the pilot panicked and ejected. He was captured shortly after.
May 7 Another French Mirage 2000 was downed between 3:43 and 4:30 on May 7, 1999 by a Yugoslav SA-6. The aircraft crashed near Svrljig, about 30 km northeast of Nis (map). The SA-6 SAM system responsible for this kill fired a total of 4 missiles during the war with NATO and downed 2 NATO combat jets. More information here.

March 26 A group of eight British Harrier fighter jets came under heavy AAA fire while on a mission over Yugoslavia on 03-26-99. All of the Harriers are said to have returned to the Gioia del Colle base. However, several aircraft are believed to have been heavily damaged. According the British Ministry of Defence, the Harriers had to turn back to their base before completing their mission.
March 30 According to Yugoslav and Russian press, on 03-30-99 Yugoslav air defense forces shot down one British Harrier fighter aircraft (from those Harriers that operated from a base in Italy).
April 13 A British Harrier fighter aircraft was shot down over Zrenjanin in northern Serbia on 04-13-99 at 21:30. The aircraft was hit by AAA fire, dropped its fuel tanks and later crashed near Tuzla in Bosnia in the village of Osmaci (map). Remains of the fuel tanks of a British Harrier with bullet holes in them were shown on BK television in Yugoslavia.

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April 17 Another British Harrier is believed to have been lost over Yugoslavia on 04-17-99. I am still verifying this information and will upload more data as it becomes available.
An audio recording (mp3 format, ~1.6Mb) of a conversation between a NATO combat aircraft pilot and an AWACS controller appeared on the Internet on 04-18-99. From the recording it is clear that a NATO aircraft came under fire and the pilot was forced to eject. Sources in Yugoslav media said that the destroyed aircraft was an F-16 fighter. An opposing theory suggests that the recording was made in 1994, when a British Sea Harrier was shot down over Bosnia. The Harriers were attacking armored vehicles near the town of Gorazde in Bosnia, approximately 50km SE of Sarajevo (map). In support of that theory, one can probably hear the name "Gorazde" on the recording around time index 3:14 from a female AWACS operator and again around time index 4:08. Also, the pilot of the damaged aircraft speaks with British accent. My initial assumption that the aircraft might have been an A-10A Thunderbolt was probably wrong. The aircraft in trouble is most likely a British Harrier.
May 1 According to an official NATO statement, one American USMC AV-8B Harrier crashed in the Adriatic on 05-1-99 while trying to land on a US carrier (USS Theodore Roosevelt) during a "training exercise", pilot was rescued. The US Sixth Fleet command said that the aircraft crashed after losing power 15km east of Brindisi, Italy (one of NATO's airbases is located at Brindisi, map). It is rather strange that a USMC Harrier would be landing on the Roosevelt and it is even more strange that the carrier would be floating around near the shore in shallow waters 15km east of a large ground airbase at Brindisi. What is also interesting is that the USS Nassau and USS Kearsarge amphibious assault ships deployed to the Adriatic, which carry USMC AV-8B Harriers, were nowhere near Brindisi at the time of the crash, but were just off Albanian shore. With this Harrier the number of lost NATO aircraft officially acknowledged by NATO comes to four as of 05-02-99, including the F-117A, an Apache helicopter, and the F-16CG. NATO also acknowledge a loss of four UAVs. Interestingly enough, at about the same time the Harrier was reported to have crashed during a "training exercise", an aircraft was shot down over Belgrade. The plane was hit at low altitude and the two pilots ejected. The incident was witnessed by hundreds of local residents, who observed the scene from their balconies.
May 29 A British Harrier fighter aircraft was shot down on 05-29-99 by a Serbian reservist Milan Galovic, a journalist from Politika magazine, using a Praga AAA. The incident occurred at 02:15 in the western Belgrade and the Harrier crashed near Karakaj in Bosnia after flying for over 100 km (map, map 2). The shoot down was confirmed by local radio amateurs, who were monitoring NATO radio frequencies. The aircraft exploded upon impact and the crash site was immediately surrounded by SFOR troops. A detailed account of the incident was published in the June 11, 1999, issue of REVIJA92 magazine.
March 27 Two F-117A LO light bombers were lost during the third wave of attacks. Pentagon acknowledged the loss of one F-117A, which was shot down by a Yugoslav SAM of undetermined type (possibly SA-6 or SA-3 with optical targeting) and crashed near the village Budjanovci. Pentagon acknowledged the loss of one F-117A (USAF 49th FW / 8th FS F-117A 82-0806/'HO'), which was shot down by a Yugoslav SAM of undetermined type (possibly SA-3 or SA-6) and crashed near the village Budjenovci. From the available footage of the F-117A wreckage it is possible to see bullet holes in the wing of the bomber, probably caused by a 23mm anti-aircraft gun. The damage to the rest of the aircraft seemed severe and looked like it indeed was caused by a SAM. Latest information suggests that the F-117 was shot down by an SA-3 surface-to-air missile with optical guidance. Pentagon officially confirmed that the F-117A was tracked by an enemy radar and that two SAMs were launched at the aircraft. In an interview with Associated Press on November 24, 1999, retired USAF Gen. Richard Hawley, formerly the head of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB in Virginia, talked about the loss of the F-117A 82-0806 during the Kosovo conflict. Gen. Hawley said that prior to the aircraft's departure from Aviano there "was a better that 50 / 50 chance it would be shot down. Those are unacceptable odds." After retiring from the USAF on June 11, 1999, Hawley blamed US field commander and other military planners for not correctly understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the aircraft. Hawley said "They put the 117 into a situation it wasn't designed to handle, so we lost the airplane, and I attribute it as much to a breakdown in our mission planning as to anything else... It encountered defenses we knew it was not designed to handle and it didn't need to get put into that situation." The USAF investigated the loss of the F-117A, however, keeps its findings classified.
The downing of the second F-117A was reported by the Russian National News Service in their March 27, 1999 special report. In regard to the first F-117A shot down, witnesses say that the aircraft was taken out by a SAM. From the available footage of the F-117A wreckage it is possible to see bullet holes in the wing of the bomber, probably caused by a 23mm anti-aircraft gun. The damage to the rest of the aircraft seemed severe and looked like it indeed was caused by a SAM. Pentagon officially confirmed that the F-117A was tracked by an enemy radar and that two SAMs were launched at the aircraft.
More information on the downing of the first F-117A here.
New photos of the shot down F-117A here. A video here (3,551Kb, mpeg)
I've seen the Le Parisien's photo of a downed "F-117", as was reported in their 03-29-99 issue. Evidently the newspaper was wrong and the photographed plane is not the Night Hawk but a MiG-29. Perhaps one of the two Fulcrums downed by NATO over Bosnia.
BBC mentioned a possibility of a second F-117 loss.
April 1 Radio-Zagreb, Yugoslav TV and other sources reported that a US F-117A stealth bomber had to make an emergency landing in Zagreb Airport. Apparently the aircraft sustained heavy damage from Yugoslav air defenses. I have strong reasons to believe that this report was not an April Fool's joke, despite of Croatian Radio 101 tying to present it that way (and being suspiciously persistent at that). Several articles appeared recently in in US press that speculate that a Czech-made Tamara anti-stealth radar may have been transferred to Yugoslavia and now is being used against American stealth aircraft.
April 6 According to the Serbian television report from 04-06-99, a NATO aircraft (presumably another F-117) was shot down early Tuesday morning (04-06-99) in the hilly area of Fruska Gora, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Belgrade, after NATO aircraft bombed a refinery in the nearby city of Novi Sad. Related Reuters report here. This was one of two NATO aircraft shot down over Yugoslavia on 04-06-99. The second unidentified jet was downed near Novi Sad after it bombed a bridge over Danube. The pilot is believed to have ejected.

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April 21 April 21 An F-117A 86-0837/'OT' of the USAF 422nd TES "suffered extensive damage in an unspecified landing accident, details unconfirmed, but reported as a Class A accident." (source: Air Forces Monthly, August 1999, p. 74) "Class A" accident normally means that the plane was totaled or came very near.
April 30 An F-117A of the 49th FW was damaged during strike mission by a nearby explosion of an SA-3 SAM, "...causing loss of part of the tail section, but the aircraft was able to return safely to Spangdahlem air base, Germany." (source: Air Force Monthly, July 1999, p. 75)
April 5, 2000 The ITAR-TASS news agency published a report based on the information provided by the GRU - Russian army's intelligence service. The report indicates that NATO lost three F-117A tactical stealth bombers and at least 40 other planes and over 1000 missiles.
July 30, 2000 According to a Pentagon source, one of the F-117As damaged during the operation "Allied Force" was scrapped. Available information suggests that this might have been the F-117A of the 49th FW that was damaged during strike mission by a nearby explosion of an SA-3 SAM on April 30. The missile strike caused loss of part of the tail section, but the aircraft was able to return safely to Spangdahlem air base, Germany. Alternatively, this could have been the F-117A 86-0837/'OT' of the USAF 422nd TES, which suffered extensive damage in an unspecified "Class A" landing accident. I am trying to establish the serial number of the F-117A recently written-off by the USAF. If you have any information regarding this, please e-mail me.

April 15 According to the radio Belgrade and radio "Voice of Russia" reports, an A-10 attack aircraft crashed in Skopje around 04-15-99 (map).
April 16 On 04-16-99 a USAF 52nd FW/ 81st FS A-10A 81-0984/'SP' "suffered oil pressure failure and diverted to Petrovac Airport, Skopje, Macedonia, for an emergency landing." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 93)



The OA-10A 81-0967 at Petrovec airbase following repairs
May 2 At 18:00 on 05-02-99 TV Sitel in Skopje, Macedonia reported that a heavily-damaged OA-10A Thunderbolt 81-0967 (construction number A10-0662) of the 23rd Wing, 74th Fighter Squadron, crash-landed near Skopje, not far from the Petrovec airport, used by NATO for emergency landings and rescue operations (map). Pentagon reports indicate that the aircraft was hit by an SA-7 man-portable SAM in the starboard engine. Many eye witnesses in Skopje reported that the aircraft appeared to have serious damage to one of its engines (right engine relative to the pilot) and a wing.
Several missiles were still attached to the underwing pylons, creating a danger of explosion and a panic among local residents. Some 40 minutes after the crash, the aircraft was towed by a NATO vehicle to the Petrovec airport. Photo here. A larger version of the same photo here. ABC News reported on 05-03-99: "NATO military spokesman General Walter Jertz said NATO encountered increased resistance by Serb anti-aircraft defences and one alliance plane, a U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt, had been hit and damaged but had landed safely in Skopje, Macedonia." Serbian television showed the remains of an A-10A Thunderbolt on 05-04-99. The video was shot on 05-02-99 and showed one of the aircraft's engines, which was directly hit by a missile, and other parts, including a plate with the plane's make (A-10A), serial number on the engine cover (A 40662, which is the construction number for the OA-10A 81-0967) and code number (77751). The ITAR-TASS report here. Video here. Photos. Reuters report here.
Early available information indicated that the aircraft was flown by Capt. Chris Short, who's A/OA-10A was confirmed to have been damaged. However, now it is know that Capt. Short's aircraft was damaged during a combat mission on May 11 (see next entry). The name of the pilot who flew the OA-10A 81-0967 is not known. Following the crash landing of the 81-0967 Macedonian TV reported that the pilot of the aircraft was injured. Eyewitness reports I have (from members of the Pristina air defense unit) of the incident involving the 81-0967 over Kosovo indicate that two A-10s were involved, one of which was shot down. Earlier it was believed that the aircraft parts shown on Serbian TV belonged to the downed A-10. However, the aircraft's construction number visible on the engine nacelle indicates that it belongs to the A-10 that landed in Macedonia.


May 11 On May 11, 1999, an OA-10A serial number 81-0984 piloted by Capt. Chris Short landed at the Gioia del Colle airbase in Italy with damage to the underside of the aircraft. The damage is believed to have been caused by a nearby explosion of an SA-13 SAM. It is known that the same aircraft was suffered oil pressure problems and was diverted to the Petrovec base in Macedonia for repair on April 16, 1999. RAF yearbook (p. 46) details Capt. Short's encounter with the SAM:
'Amongst the many encounters by the 81st FS was one on 11 May, when a pair of OA-10s were performing an airborne FAC mission over eastern Kosovo. Pilots Capt. Chris Short, and his wingman Col. Greg Sanders, entered their designated box area from the south and were notified by an E-3 to search for a possible Serbian helicopter. After 15 minutes of fruitless search, they discovered a possible tank revetment south of Pristina airfield. A Maverick missile was fired at the site, although it was not possible to determine if the tank had been successfully hit. The pilots radioed the position of the tank revetment to another FAC team, and departed the area. The A-10s then flew to another location, where earlier in the day two camouflaged APCs had been reported. Two vehicles were detected, but due to low fuel reserves, the pilots were only able to perform two attacks. Capt. Short rolled his A-10 towards the vehicle and fired a Maverick, scoring a direct hit. The second aircraft aimed for the other vehicle, and also fired a Maverick which missed its target. The two aircraft then climbed to altitude to return to the tanker before continuing their patrol. While in the climb, Capt. Short experienced a 'thump' on the underside of the fuselage behind the seat. As a defensive measure both aircraft ejected self protection flares. Neither Col. Sanders or Capt. Short could find any damage to their aircraft, so the two pilots resumed their flight after refuelling from the tanker. The two aircraft completed their mission, which included delivering Mk82 bombs onto a Serb target in Kosovo. The aircraft then returned to Gioia del Colle. It was only after taxing into the de-arming area that personnel noticed damaged to the underside of the A-10. The FM antenna had been torn away, and there was a large dent on the underside and a black scorch mark. A SAM is believed to have exploded nearby, with Capt. Short having a lucky escape'

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May 24 An American A-10A Thunderbolt ground attack aircraft was shot down near Klina (Glinan), Kosovo, about 46km to the west of Pristina, on 05-22-99 (map). The incident was reported by Tanjug news agency. ITAR-TASS report here.

June 11 An RAF C-130K Hercules C.1 XV 298 transport aircraft from RAF Lyneham crashed on 06-11-99 in Albanian town of Kukes, while attempting to land on a dirt airstrip built by UAE humanitarian mission in Albania. The aircraft was carrying 12 people and ammunition. It exploded upon impact. According to NATO spokesman, one person on board was injured and hospitalized. AP report here. Reuters report here.
October 25 According to The Sunday Times article, the RAF C-130K Hercules, that crashed in Kukes, Albania on 06-11-99 was used by British SAS troops trying to beat Russian paratroopers to the Slatina airport near Pristina, Kosovo. It was reported that serial numbers on the C-130K were removed.
March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 one Yugoslav MiG-21FK was lost 5km south of Loznica (map). The aircraft was shot down by two F/A-18s at an altitude of 4300m.
March 28 Chief of General Staff of Russian armed forces Gen. A. Kvashnin announced on 03-28-99 that Yugoslavia may have lost up to 4 MiG-21s. Gen. Kvashnin also said that Yugoslavs lost 2-3 MiG-23s (I was not aware that Yugoslavia even had those) and 2-3 MiG-29s. According to the general NATO lost at least 7 aircraft and over 30 cruise missiles were destroyed or damaged and did not hit their targets.
April 18 On 04-18-99 one MiG-21 was damaged and had to make an emergency landing 10km from Ponikve airbase in Yugoslavia, after being hit by a NATO SAM during an attack on Tuzla airport in Bosnia-Herzegovina. More details here.
May 12 A MiG-21 fighter aircraft is believed to have crashed shortly after taking off from Pristina airbase in Kosovo on 05-12-99. NATO radars detected the aircraft taking off, but, according to NATO officials, the MiG-21 was not attacked by any NATO forces an crashed on its own, probably due to a mechanical problem. However, a different story came from OSCE, which stated that this MiG-21 fighter was involved in bombing of KLA troops and crashed in Albanian territory near the village of Padesh. The KLA suffered heavy losses during the battle with Yugoslavian troop on 05-11-99 and the night of 05-12-99. Several MiG-21 aircraft were seen over Albania using cluster bombs against KLA terrorists, who mistakenly assumed that the planes belonged to NATO and did not bother to take cover. The KLA representative said that this MiG-21 was shot down by a NATO plane, but NATO said that it wasn't. Nando Times report here. Evidently, NATO was involved in this incident but is trying to keep the lid on the deteriorating situation in Albania.
May 11 NATO reported that it hit five MiG-21 aircraft on the ground during its attacks on 05-11-99. During a press briefing, NATO's military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Jertz said that two of the MiG-21s were attacked by two F-15E on a highway (!) He did not specify the exact location. According to the general, three more MiG-21s were hit on the ground close to Pristina. Again, no exact location was given. NATO did not provide any images of the supposedly destroyed MiGs. Since the beginning of the campaign, NATO published only one video of an attack on a MiG-21 on 04-16-99. There is a good chance that NATO planes attacked wooden mockups of MiGs or the older MiG-21 models withdrawn from service (more info here), which Yugoslavia uses quite extensively along with very realistic mockups of tanks and SAMs to disperse the efforts of NATO planes and draw them into air defense ambushes. In an official statement from 05-11-99, representative of the Belgian armed forces' general staff, Maj. Gen. Pier Serge (sp?), disagreed with NATO's assessment of the damage it caused to the Yugoslavian armed forces. According to the general, Yugoslavia lost only one-fifth of its MiG-21 fighters, a mere 6% of its tanks deployed in Kosovo, 18% of artillery, and 13% of military vehicles. He also said that only 30% of Yugoslavia's oil and oil product reserves were destroyed, not 80%, as NATO claims, and that many of Yugoslavian oil refineries, hit by NATO planes, continue to operate. ITAR-TASS report here, in Russian.

March 28 Chief of General Staff of Russian armed forces Gen. A. Kvashnin announced on 03-28-99 that Yugoslavia may have lost 2-3 MiG-23s (I was not aware that Yugoslavia even had those, however, some people informed me that Yugoslavia may have 5-10 MiG-23s of Iraqi origin: Iraq sent Yugoslavia several planes of that type prior to the Persian Gulf War and Yugoslavia is using MiG-23s in agreement with Iraq). Gen. Kvashnin also said that Yugoslavs lost up to 4 MiG-21s and 1-2 MiG-29s. According to the general NATO lost at least 7 aircraft and over 30 cruise missiles were destroyed or damaged and did not hit their targets.
March 24 One MiG-29 was shot down in an air-to-air combat on 03-24-99, shortly after taking-off from Batajnica airfield heading north to intercept attacking NATO aircraft. The aircraft was piloted by Major Nebojsa Nikolic (for an interview with Major Nikolic click here). The aircraft crashed in Knicanin, near the town of Titel in the Vojvodina province (see photos of the crash site here). A second MiG-29, from the same airfield, was accidentally damaged by Yugoslavian AAA fire. The plane landed safely.
One damaged MiG-29 was destroyed on the ground at Nis airfield by a NATO bomb. No exact date of the incident is known. There is a good chance that this was a decoy.
March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 one Yugoslav MiG-29 was lost 13km south of Bogatic (map). The aircraft was downed by three F-16s at 7100m - this kill is attributed to a Dutch F-16 fighter (for more details click here). The aircraft was piloted by Major Zoran Radosavljevic. The aircraft possibly crashed in Bosnia near Ugljevik. Photos here.
March 26 On March 26 a MiG-29 piloted by Lt.Col. Slobodan Peric was engaged by two USAF F-15Cs after shooting down a NATO aircraft (possibly an F-15E, see entry above) in the area between Lazarevac and Loznica. The MiG-29 crashed in Bosnia. In confusion, BBC and a number of other western news networks aired a video of what was claimed to be the second MiG-29 crash site in Bosnia. However, the aircraft on the video had inscriptions in English on the fuselage, including an "Annual Inspection" sign, which can be found only on the US aircraft. This aircraft might have been the F-15E shot down by Lt. Col. Peric, just before he himself was shot down by a pair of F-15Cs. More info and a photo here. Several photos of the "first" MiG-29 (piloted by Lt. Col. Peric) shot down over Bosnia were released by NATO.
March 28 Chief of General Staff of Russian armed forces Gen. A. Kvashnin announced on 03-28-99 that Yugoslavia may have lost 2-3 MiG-29s. Gen. Kvashnin also said that Yugoslavs lost 2-3 MiG-23s (I was not aware that Yugoslavia even had those, although now it appears that Yugoslavia used Iraqi MiG-23s transferred to Yugoslavia before the Persian Gulf War for repairs) and up to 4 MiG-21s. According to the general NATO lost at least 7 aircraft and over 30 cruise missiles were destroyed or damaged and did not hit their targets.

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May 4 On 05-04-99 NATO claimed to have shot down one Yugoslavian MiG-29 tactical fighter. The aircraft was reportedly shot down by a USAF F-16CJ of the 31st Air Expeditionary Wing's 78th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in a high-speed air-to-air engagement at an altitude of 4km. USAF report here. According to reliable sources in Yugoslavia, this MiG-29 was piloted by Col. Milenko Pavlovic, commander of the 204th Aviation Regiment. His MiG-29 was shot down on May 4 over Valjevo (map) by Yugoslav SA-6 Kub SAM in an incident of friendly fire and not by the USAF F-16CJ.
Early in the conflict (no exact date is yet known), one J-22 Orao aircraft was shot down while flying anti-cruise missile mission. The aircraft was hit by an AAM in close combat. The Orao was seriously damaged, but instead of ejecting, the pilot directed his plane into a pair of NATO aircraft, directly hitting and destroying one of them.
April 18 On 04-18-99 one J-22 Orao was destroyed by a NATO SAM during an attack on Tuzla airport in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Pilot did not survive. More details here.

April 22 One G-4 ground strike aircraft was destroyed by a NATO bomb during preparations for take-off from Nis airfield approximately on 04-22-99. No exact date of the incident is known.
One Yugoslavian Mi-8 helicopter from Nis airfield was relocated several times from place to place. During the last such relocation the Mi-8 hit a tree with its tail rotor and crashed. No location or exact date of the incident is known.
March 17 On 03-17-99 NATO have released a video (MPEG format, 3,315Kb, full listing of NATO videos here), entitled "HIP Helicopter Pristina Airfield", made by a targeting camera, of what appears (at least to NATO) to be an Mi-8 (NATO: Hip) transport helicopter. This is the first such video released by NATO. Photo here. But what is very interesting, on the video one can clearly see a four-bladed helicopter. All Mi-8s are five-bladed (as you can see from the photo on the left)! The helicopter on the video is most likely an Mi-4 (NATO: Hound) utility/transport helicopter. But there's one more problem: Yugoslavia has no operational Mi-4s (and it doesn't have any four-bladed helicopters that look even remotely like the one in NATO's video). What is even more interesting is that Albania does operate Mi-4s (the Chinese-built Z-5 version) and it is the only country in the region that does. It is known that Albania-based KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) terrorists do use a few transport helicopters, most likely Mi-4s, unofficially provided by Albanian army. On the NATO's video (the portion shown on BBC), the helicopter's blades are turning slowly (it has either just landed or it's taking off. You cannot really see the rotating blades on the on-line video, but it seemed like the blades were turning in the video clip shown on BBC. In any case, this is not essential). It's more than likely that another trigger-happy NATO flyer (like the one, who mistook tractors for tanks) caught this "Serbian" helo in the act and, not having too much time to think, let alone count the blades, blasted the hell out of it. NATO says that the helicopter was sitting on "Pristina Airfield", but look at the photo: since when are they plowing airfields? More "help" like that from NATO and KLA may be tempted to join IRA or Mr. Bin Laden (well, actually, it already has). For more click here.

April 24 On 04-24-99 a US Army AH-64A Apache helicopter "made a precautionary landing in a field at Castiglione della Pescaia on the Italian West coast after departing Pisa Airport, Italy, en route to Brindisi before crossing the Adriatic for deployment to Albania. A warning light indicating an engine problem was the reason for the landing and the helicopter continued with its journey after repairs had been carried out on site." (source: Air Forces Monthly, June 1999, p. 93)
April 26 A U.S. Army Apache helicopter crashed near Albania's capital, Tirana, on 04-26-99 and the two pilots were evacuated to the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at Tirana Airport, as was announced by Pentagon officials. This was a second major accident involving American Apache helicopter in less then a week: only several days earlier another Apache had to make an emergency landing on an Italian airbase after developing mechanical problems. This helicopter had to remain in Italy. More details on the Apache crash here.
April 26 According to different reports, from 11 to 14 Apaches were destroyed on the ground during an attack by Yugoslav Air Force on Rinas airport near Tirana, Albania, on April 26. More information here.
April 25 A U.S. Army Apache helicopter was captured by Yugoslav troops on 04-25-99, while flying a low-level reconnaissance mission. The information I received from reliable private sources in Yugoslavia suggests that the helicopter was ambushed by a group of 30 Yugoslav soldiers armed with Igla man-portable SAMs. The helicopter did not put up any resistance. It landed and the crew surrendered. There certainly is a good reason to suspect that the Apache which crashed during "exercises" and the Apache captured by the Serbs may be the same aircraft. After all, there were only 24 of them in the region, so, if an aircraft was lost to the Serbs, NATO would have had to admit it or to find a plausible explanation for the missing helicopter. What I find remarkable is the fact that both of the pilots not only survived but were reported to be in good condition. This would certainly free NATO from an obligation to inform their families and mention their names, at least in the immediate future. And this would certainly free NATO from dealing with the problem of two "dead" bodies (or two "patients" in a local hospital). A perfect solution: we had an accident, crew is fine - no bodies, no hospitalization. Perhaps NATO would even come up with a photo of the crash site. (Well, what'd you know, they did. But the photos...well, not exactly what I expected.)
May 5 Another American Apache helicopter crashed 75km north of Tirana on 05-05-99 at 01:30 local time. NATO reported the incident, saying that the helicopter crashed in yet another "training exercise" (this is getting ridiculous). The crew of two is dead. Out of the force of 24 Apaches dispatched to Albania, one remained in Italy after catching fire due to a mechanical malfunction and crash-landing on an Italian airbase, another Apache crashed during a "training exercise" of 04-27-99 near Tirana, and one Apache crashed on 05-05-99 also near Tirana and also on a "training mission." They better finish their "training" before they run out of helicopters. ABC News report here. ITAR-TASS report here. A few interesting details: according to the Pentagon officials, this group of (almost) 24 Apaches is the most experienced in the US. This group of pilots had 7-months combat experience in Bosnia. The two pilots who were killed in this latest Apache "accident", were among the most experienced of this group. As of May 5, 1999 the Pentagon officials did not rule out that the crashed might have been caused by hostile fire. The Pentagon officials did say that a loss of two Apaches in such a short period of time is "highly abnormal." Pentagon and NATO are at odds with each other regarding the use of the Apaches. In a few words: Americans are afraid to use them because of the threat of man-portable SAMs and a strong possibility of a massive response by the Yugoslavian troops. NY Times 05-16-99 article here. A 05-23-99 issue of German Weld am Sonntag newspaper quoted a classified NATO report stating that the U.S. Apache helicopter, that crashed in Albania on 05-05-99, was "likely shot down by Serb forces." According to the newspaper, the NATO report came to this conclusion "from the fact that the chopper erupted into a fireball in mid-air before crashing to the ground." Swedish Aftonbladet newspaper also quoted the classified NATO report suggesting that the second Apache, which crashed on 05-05-99, exploded in mid-air, possibly as a result of a SAM impact. Agence France Presse article from 05-22-99 here. A more coherent explanation for the second Apache crash in Albania was leaked by an unnamed Pentagon source, who suggested that the helicopter might have been shot down by a high-power sniper rifle, with which Serb troops are amply equipped. Such a weapon is equipped with capable night vision scope and can be fired in silence from long distance without being detected by the Apaches sensors as a portable SAM launch would be. Here is what The American Spectator magazine writes about the second Apache crash in Albania: "...Moreover, two of the Apaches had crashed on training missions early on, one during a nighttime exercise in the mountains that had left both pilots dead. A German newspaper reported that the chopper had been shot down by Serb rocket fire, a claim vigorously denied by the Pentagon. The official line was that the crash was still under investigation, and of the dozen or so pilots I spoke with only one consented to talk about the accident. He said he had been in the air that night on the same exercise and that the crash was "unexplainable." He said none of the pilots had any radar indication of hostile fire below, nor did the chopper appear to clip a wire or hit any other obstacle. "It just flew over a mountain," he said, "and exploded. We knew right away--no way those guys could have come out alive." Whatever happened, the incident had understandably set a sour mood around the camp for a time, I suppose particularly--though no pilot ever said so directly--because everyone knew they weren't there for battle in the first place." (source: The American Spectator, August 1999, Vol. 32 No. 8, Pg. 32). For the complete article click here.
Although the Apaches in Albania were never officially used in combat, Yugoslav military sources report that two AH-64s were shot down while escorting search-and-rescue teams over Kosovo. No exact dates or locations of these two incidents are known.
After going through all the trouble of getting those Apaches to Albania and preparing the crews, after all the publicity and embarrassment over the a month-long "rapid deployment" and the loss of two helicopters in less than a week, the Pentagon decided to commit only eight Apaches to the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Do the math: 24 Apaches, minus 2 "training" accidents," minus at least 11 Apaches destroyed or damaged helicopters at Rinas, minus 2 shot down during SAR missions, minus 1 captured Apache comes out to be 8, or exactly the number of Apaches the Pentagon so generously committed to Kosovo operations.
March 27 An SFOR helicopter crashed with on 03-27-99 around 03:20 in the area between Vrutak and Kremna, near Uzice. The helicopter exchanged fire with a Yugoslavian infantry unit and was shot down by a Strela-2M man-portable SAM. All 22 people onboard are dead.
March 28 One HH-60G Black Hawk carrying 2 pilots and 12 troops was shot down in the early morning of March 28, 1999. The helicopter came down in Bosnian Serb territory between the towns of Bijeljina and Tuzla, near the Serbian border (map). The crashed helicopter was quickly reached by NATO-led SFOR troops and local journalists were kept away. It is believed that the helicopter was operated by SFOR troops and not by a NATO special rescue unit. Reported by Tanjug, Yugoslav news agency. Russian ITAR-TASS news agency reported on 03-28-99 that this helicopter crash might have been related to another crash of a NATO aircraft.
March 29 On 03-29-99 Yugoslav and Russian news agencies reported two more NATO rescue helicopters down, possibly also HH-60Gs. For those of you who may be surprised what a troop-transporting helicopter would be doing over Serbia: the HH-60G is operated by US combat rescue units, whose heavy presence over Serbia is caused by the increasing number of downed NATO aircraft. It is known that this helicopter was shot down not far from a crash site of unidentified NATO jet aircraft downed just minutes earlier. Perhaps this was the aircraft remains of which were shown on Serb TV on 03-30-99 and reported by Russian ITAR-TASS news agency. It is said that the plane was a bomber.
The report of a rescue helicopter crash on 03-28-99 have been indirectly confirmed by a Greek newspaper Athinaiki, which in its 04-03-99 issue reported that 12 bodies of American servicemen were delivered from Macedonia to 424th General Army Hospital in Thessalonica on 03-31-99 and later shipped to the US (a high-ranking source in the hospital privately denied this report, but there was no official response from the hospital's administration, which by itself is very revealing). Seven more bodies of American soldiers were delivered also from Macedonia to Greece on 04-01-99. The newspaper reports that the bodies of the dead American servicemen were delivered by American special troops, which were joined by Greek police on the state border. The fact of delivery of 19 bodies of American servicemen to Greece was independently confirmed by Macedonian customs officials. They said that the coffins were delivered in two batches - 12 and later 7 - escorted by American military officers. The bodies are believed to be those of American pilots and members of rescue teams.
According to the latest report by Greek Athinaiki newspaper, NATO lost a total of 88 servicemen in Yugoslavia, of which 44 are Americans, 11 are Germans, 7 are British and 19 are of other nationalities. Athinaiki also believes that NATO lost 32 planes and helicopters in the conflict. NATO casualties reportedly are being transported back to home countries via Greece. It is certainly noteworthy that this independent look on NATO's actual losses in Yugoslavia comes from a country-member of the Alliance. Yugoslav media recently released images of coffins with American servicemen being carried through a border checkpoint in Macedonia.
Another Greek newspaper, Vradini, wrote that during the first 28 days (03-24-99 to 04-21-99) of NATO's aggression against Yugoslavia, NATO lost at least 81 servicemen, most of them were pilots of downed NATO aircraft and members of special rescue forces. According to the newspaper, this number does not include volunteers from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and other countries, who are fighting on the side of KLA terrorists. US military analysts believe that KLA sustained very heavy losses since the beginning of NATO bombing campaign. Numerous reports of many dead NATO servicemen pouring from Macedonia and Greece (NATO member) seem to confirm Yugoslavia's claims of several dozen destroyed NATO aircraft.
Speaking of losses among rescue units, on 05-03-99 Stratfor reported the following: "2150 GMT, 990503 – The U.S. announced on May 3 that it called more than 100 U.S. Air Force (USAF) para-rescue reservists to active duty. The 120 airmen of the 939th Rescue Wing based in Portland, Oregon, join 2,116 reservists called up last week to serve on active duty. U.S. officials said that the activation of the members of the 939th Rescue Wing would increase the U.S. military’s ability to quickly extract downed pilots from hostile environments." Feel free to interpret this any way you like (I guess you know what my interpretation would be.)
April 2 According to Russian Radio and RosBusinessConsulting news agency report on 04-02-99 Yugoslav air defenses shot down one NATO combat jet and two helicopters carrying 58 troops of NATO's special rescue units. The incident occurred 200km to the south-west of Belgrade in the same area where another NATO aircraft was shot down earlier. According to the Russian Radio report all NATO pilots and troops involved in this incident are believed to be dead. There is no information about the types of aircraft shot down. The number of the troops reported to have been on board of the two helicopters (58) suggests a possibility that CH-53/53E (most likely MH-53J operated by USAF in CSAR capacity) heavylift transport/assault helicopters were shot down.
May 26 American SFOR OH-58C Scout Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter crashed on 05-26-99 at 23:20 7km south-east of Brcko in the area of Ristici, Bosnia (map). SFOR, IPTF and LP responded to the scene. Two pilots on board suffered injuries: first pilot suffered minor injuries and was treated at SFOR base in Tuzla; second pilot sustained head and leg injuries and as of 05-27-99 he is still being treated at the Tuzla SFOR base. According to new information, the incident occured on the same day as unidentified Serbian troops fired rocket-propelled grenades at the US Army intelligence headquarter in Brcko. On the same day a Serb pilot ejected over Bosnia, also in the area of Ristici.
April 9, 2001 A NATO Puma helicopter - one of two such aircraft operated by the British KFOR units in Kosovo - has crashed at around 15:45 local time near Kacanik, 30 miles south of Pristina, Kosovo. The incident was confirmed by Maj. Axel Jandesek, a spokesman for the NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping force. Seven NATO servicemen were aboard the helicopter when it went down near the border between Kosovo and Macedonia. At least one person aboard the helicopter died in the crash. Unnamed NATO officials told Reuters that there is no sign of any hostile action and that the helicopter most likely crashed due to poor weather. Available early reports: 1, 2, 3, 4
About 6 British Puma helicopters were employed during the operation 'Allied Force' against Yugoslavia in 1999. The last incident involving a British KFOR Puma helicopter occured in January of 2001, when one such aircraft landed in Serbia due to navigational problems, as was reported by NATO officials.

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March 29 According to Yugoslav news agency Tanjug, from 03.28.99 - 03.29.99 five NATO fighter/bomber aircraft of unidentified type were downed over Yugoslavia. Two of the aircraft were downed over southern Kosovo - one around Pristina and another over Pastrik. According to Serb troops and police another of five aircraft was downed on the night of 03.28.99 in central Serbia near the town of Gornji Milanovac (map). ITAR-TASS report here. The pilot ejected. The fourth of five aircraft, downed between 03.28.99 - 03.29.99, crashed along with a transport helicopter (see above) in Bosnian territory between the towns of Bijeljina and Tuzla (map). The fifth plane came down in Bosnian Serb territory on Sunday afternoon 40km north-west of Zvornik (map), as was reported by Reuters. Perhaps this was the aircraft remains of which were shown on Serb TV on 03-30-99 and reported by Russian ITAR-TASS news agency. It is said that the plane was a bomber. Chinese Xinhua news agency also reported, based on Yugoslavian media information, that NATO lost four aircraft on 04-26-99.

April 2 According to Russian Radio and RosBusinessConsulting news agency report on 04-02-99 Yugoslav air defenses shot down one NATO combat jet and two helicopters carrying 58 troops of NATO's special rescue units. The incident occurred 200km to the south-west of Belgrade in the same area where another NATO aircraft was shot down earlier. According to the Russian Radio report all NATO pilots and troops involved in this incident are believed to be dead. There is no information about the types of aircraft shot down. The number of the troops reported to have been on board of the two helicopters (58) suggests a possibility that CH-53/53E heavylift transport/assault helicopters were shot down.
April 2 According to the statement by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by 04-02-99 NATO alliance lost at least 60 aircraft and cruise missile.
April 6 An unidentified NATO jet was downed by Yugoslav AAA fire near Novi Sad on 04-06-99 after it bombed a bridge over Danube (map). The pilot is believed to have ejected. This incident was reported by Yugoslav TV and Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.
April 11 A NATO aircraft (possibly a German Tornado) was shot down over northern Serbia at 00:12 a.m. local time (22:12 GMT) on 04-11-99, Tanjug news agency reported quoting eye witnesses. The witnesses said they saw anti-aircraft fire hit a plane over a village between Sombor and Odzaci in Vojvodina province, about 200 kilometers northwest of Belgrade (map). Xinhua news report here. Latest reports (June 2000) indicate that the aircraft's remains were recovered near Sombor. Pieces of the aircraft were picket up by the troops from the SAM unit that was responsible for downing the plane.
April 13 In the interview with Russia’s military daily Krasnaya Zvezda, or Red Star, Milosevic said Yugoslavia had shot down 36 NATO aircraft and 119 cruise missiles [less then 10% of the total number of cruise missiles launched at Yugoslavia] since the bombing began and accused the alliance of hiding its losses. (04-14-99) Russian ITAR-TASS news agency also reported that NATO lost 36-42 aircraft and 119 cruise missiles by 04-14-99.
April 13 According to unofficial sources in Yugoslav army, an unidentified NATO jet was shot down over Pancevo on 04-13-99.
April 18 On 04-18-99 a group of nine Yugoslavian aircraft attacked an airport in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which NATO aircraft used for emergency landings and rescue operations. As the result, 17 NATO aircraft and 3 helicopters were damaged or destroyed. One Yugoslavian J-22 Orao strike aircraft was lost to a SAM (pilot did not survive) and one MiG-21 fighter was damaged, also by a SAM, and had to crash-land (pilot survived and aircraft is mainly in-tact). More details here.
April 19 During an intensive air attack on Pristina on 04-19-99 NATO lost three aircraft, one of which is believed to have crashed into Cicavica mountain after being hit by a SAM about 7pm local time. All three aircraft were brought down over or near Pristina, as reported by the Yugoslav Army Pristina Corps anti-aircraft defenses. ITAR-TASS report here.
April 19 A NATO aircraft crashed into the Sara mountain in Macedonia on 04-19-99 at 10:30am local time, as reported by local residents. According to witness reports, the aircraft came from the direction of Kosovo and the crash site was quickly surrounded by NATO troops. This incident was reported by WAY news web site.
April 20 According to Yugoslav Tanjug and Russian ITAR-TASS news agencies, a NATO jet aircraft was shot down near village Jastrebac on 04-20-99 around 12 midnight local time (map). The loss was reported on BBC World news (04-19-99, 7:30pm US EST). ITAR-TASS report here.
April 24 ITAR-TASS' military information database "Vega" reported a loss of three NATO aircraft over Yugoslavia on 04-24-99. All three aircraft were shot down during an attack on the capital of Kosovo, Pristina. One of the three aircraft crashed near village of Businje (map). The other two aircraft crashed to the south and south-west from Pristina. There is no information about the pilots of the three aircraft. ITAR-TASS report here.
April 28 In an interview with Yugoslav TV on 04-28-99, Yugoslav Col. General Dragoljub Ojdanic announced that to this date NATO lost 46 combat planes, 6 helicopters, 8 UAVs, and 182 cruise missiles. According to an official announcement of the Yugoslav Army Supreme Command Headquarters Information Service, these are only those NATO aircraft that fell in Yugoslav territory. April 29th interview with Col. Gen. Ojdanic from Politika newspaper here (in Serbian) and here (in English). You can also read an official statement in English made by the Major General Spasoje Smiljanic, commander of the YA Air Force and Air Defence (Second Army). He mentions NATO losses suffered from air defenses of the Second Army.
April 28 Two unidentified NATO aircraft crashed on 04-28-99 in Macedonia after being hit by Yugoslav AAA fire. One of the aircraft crashed in western Macedonia after exploding in flight. Another aircraft crashed in a Macedonian village near the border with Yugoslavia. The latter incident was observed by numerous eye witnesses. The incident was reported by a radio station in Pristina and Tanjug news agency. Chinese Xinhua news agency report here.
May 4 An unidentified NATO aircraft was shot down on 05-04-99 at midnight during a bombing raid against a Serbian town of Bajina Basta, situated near the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina (map). This was one of two NATO planes shot down over Yugoslavia on that date. The incident was reported by Tanjug news agency and by Russian ITAR-TASS news agency. ITAR-TASS report here.
May 4 Another NATO jet aircraft was shot down by Yugoslavian air defenses near the town of Valjevo (map) during a daylight bombing raid on the Krusik factory located in this town on 05-04-99 after 12:00 local time. This was the second attack against this factory. ITAR-TASS report here.
May 11 A NATO jet aircraft was shot down near Gruza in central Serbia on 05-11-99 at about 12:40 local time. Numerous witnesses reported that the pilot ejected and the plane crashed on the slopes of Mount Gledijske, between the villages of Cestin, Bajcetina, and Sibnica (map). Reuters report here. By today (05-11-99) NATO lost 10% of its engaged manned combat aircraft, which amounts to 70 planes and helicopters, Yugoslavian news agency Tanjug reports.
May 15 A NATO plane of unidentified type was shot down over Padinska Skela, on the northern outskirts of Belgrade on 05-15-99 at around 1115 GMT (map). The incident was confirmed by numerous eye witnesses.
May 16 A NATO officer landed with a parachute 400 meters from the Macedonian village of Izvor (21km from the town of Titov Veles) on 05-16-99 (map). Local farmers tried to approach the man, but he ran away to nearby woods. The man was picked up by two rescue helicopters 15 minutes later. According to many eye witnesses, the parachutist was wearing an unusual "orange uniform," perhaps a rescue vest, which may link him with reports of an AWACS aircraft crash site being discovered in Macedonia on the same day. The incident was reported by numerous sources in Macedonia, including Dnevnik daily (05-18-99), TV A1 (05-17-99). The incident was also confirmed by Macedonian police officials and by a local NATO spokesman. No further details were disclosed.
May 23 An unidentified NATO aircraft was damaged by AAA fire over Leskovac on 05-23-99 around 14:30 (map). Eyewitnesses saw the aircraft leaving in the direction of Bulgaria, trailing thick black smoke from its fuselage. Tanjug report here.
June 2 According to numerous media sources, an unidentified NATO combat jet was shot down over Drazevac (map) around 06-02-99 by Yugoslav air defenses. The aircraft crashed in Pancevo. Yugoslav troops were searching for the pilot of the aircraft, who was reported to have ejected. The incident was reported by Xinhua news agency, Belgrade Radio, Croatian Radio and Television, and other sources.
June 10 FRY Navy Commander, Milan Zec, announced on 06-10-99 that Navy Air Defense has downed 3 manned combat planes, 3 UAVs and several missiles during the war. It is know that one of the mentioned UAVs, an American Hunter, was shot down by FRY Navy air defenses over Boka Kotorska bay on 05-28-99 at 09:15. Video caps here. General Nebojsa Pavkovic, commander of Yugoslavia's third army responsible for military operations in Kosovo province, announced on 06-12-99 that during the conflict the 3rd Army air defenses downed 34 manned NATO aircraft and five helicopters.
June 15 General Dragoljub Ojdanic, FRY Army Chief of General Staff, announced on 06-15-99 that Combat Air Force and Air Defense units downed 61 NATO airplane, 30 unmanned aircraft, 7 helicopters and 238 cruise missiles. This number does not include NATO aircraft shot down by FRY Navy, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd armies.
September 2 New reports appear from radio amateurs who were eavesdropping on NATO frequencies during the operation Allied Force. Thus, according to Steve Douglas, a radio enthusiast from Ben Hur, Texas, some available recordings of NATO radio communications suggest that 22 fixed wing aircraft might have been lost during the war, ten of which were American. Read this interesting September 1999 report from the "Truth in Media" newsletter. I am extremely interested in locating people who may have recordings of NATO radio communications made during the period of the Allied Force, especially those directly related to aerial operations. If you have access to such information or know somebody who does, please contact me.

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March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 two NATO UAVs of unidentified type were downed: one - 12km south of Bogatic (map); another - 4km south of Orahovac (map), at 2600m and 4200m, respectively.
March 29 As of 03-29-99 a total of three NATO UAVs were shot down over Yugoslavia. The two UAVs mentioned above and one more was shot down on Sunday, possibly near the village of Gakovo (map). This was reported by the Voice of Russia radio station based on the information provided by the Yugoslav and Russian Ministries of Defense.
According to Russian Ministry of Defense, Americans have delivered several Hunter reconnaissance UAVs to the Balkans. Ministry's officials say that this is an indication of significant losses among NATO's UAVs and human fire correctors on the ground in Kosovo. Yugoslav security forces detained over a dozen of NATO fire correctors in Kosovo in the last two days alone. All of the detained infiltrators possessed automatic laser target designators and communications equipment.
April 7 According to Yugoslav sources, one American Hunter UAV was shot down on 04-07-99 near Pristina before midnight (map). Pentagon officially confirmed the loss of this aircraft. Related AP article here. Photos here.
April 12-14 According to the German Defense Ministry spokesman, two German reconnaissance UAVs (CL-289 drones) were lost between 04-12-99 and 04-14-99. Military experts in Bonn believe that the aircraft are in the hands of Serb troops. These types of UAVs used by German forces carried out a total of 80 reconnaissance flights over Yugoslavia and each cost 2 million marks to produce. Reuters report here. One of these CL-289s crashed on 04-12-99 over Kosovo. Two CL-289s were downed on 04-14-99 in the morning hours near Kosovo Polje (map; photos). And a fourth CL-289 was downed on the morning of 04-19-99 near the village of Jegunovce, Macedonia (on the border with Yugoslavia).
April 15 Germany lost another UAV on 04-15-99. According to the German Federal Ministry of Defense official, Peter Wichert, this was the thirst German UAV loss in the past 24 hours, causing a temporary halt in German UAV flights over Yugoslavia. Berliner Morgenpost report here. ITAR-TASS report here.
April 18 According to Air Forces Monthly magazine (July 7, 1999, p. 75), one American RQ-1A Predator UAV from the 57th Wing / 11th RS crashed in Yugoslavia on 04-18-99. According to the spokesman for SHAPE, the UAV apparently crashed during an approach to Tuzla airfield in Bosnia. Astra Tech, Defense News article here.
April 18 One Predator UAV was shot down near the town of Sonta on 04-18-99 (map).
April 30 As of 04-30-99 Yugoslavia claimed to have shot down four German CL-289 drones (see some photos here), one Hunter, two Predators, and at least one other UAV of undetermined type. Yugoslavian military officials said that 8 NATO UAVs crashed in Yugoslavian territory as of April 29th. Several more UAVs are believed to have crashed outside of Yugoslavia, in particular, one Predator UAV crashed on 04-18-99 while trying to land at Tuzla airport in Bosnia (map).
For a detailed overview map of destroyed UAVs click here. The map includes information about eight lost UAVs by 04-30-99.
May 13 Two NATO UAVs were shot down over Yugoslavia on 05-13-99. The first UAV, a German CL-289, was lost over Klokot Banja in Kosovska Vitina district at noon local time (photos here). Serbian TV showed the remains of the aircraft. Tanjug report here. NATO has officially acknowledged this loss. Another UAV was shot down over the village of Biba, near the town of Urosevac close to midnight (map). The UAV was shown on Serbian TV in the process of being shot down. The two lost UAVs were reported in the July 1999 issue of Air Forces Monthly magazine (p. 76): "May 13. NATO confirmed that it had lost two unspecified UAVs over Kosovo today and said the cause was still being investigated. Local source said one has been shot down near Pristina at 1000hrs GMT." According to western military experts, NATO is still having serious problems with establishing real-time surveillance over target areas in Yugoslavia, which is essential for targeting mobile military assets, such as military trucks, tanks, SAMs, AAAs, etc. A loss of two spy UAVs in one day is clearly a serious blow to the reconnaissance capability of NATO, which was already experiencing acute shortage of advanced UAVs.
May 14 One NATO UAV, the Predator (57th Reconnaissance Wing, 15th Squadron), was shot down and crashed into Mt. Mokra Gora, Kosovo, around 05-14-99. The loss of the Predator was confirmed by USAF Maj. Gen. Charles Wald, who also said that a French UAV (a CL-289) was also lost on the same day (05-14-99). Jane's reported: "...the French Army said that it had lost a CL-289 UAV over Kosovo on 13 May, the first actual French loss reported since the start of NATO strikes against Yugoslavia." Complete Jane's article here. Several different types of UAVs are in service with the France's armed forces, for a list of some of them click here. France operates the Canadian-made CL-289 UAV over Yugoslavia, also operated by Germany. One of the French CL-289s was also shot down earlier in the war. The mangled remains of the Predator were shown on Serbian TV. Tanjug report here. This report also mentions the two UAVs discussed above. ITAR-TASS report here.
May 16 A German UAV (another CL-289) was shot down over Kosovo on 05-16-99. The remains of the UAV were shown on Serbian TV. Video caps here. The loss was confirmed on 05-17-99 by German military officials. General Hartmut Moede said it is not known at this time if the UAV was shot down, or if it experienced mechanical problems. "Mechanical problems" were experienced by at least six German CL-289 UAVs since the beginning of the war. However, Germany admitted losing only four UAVs. On 05-19-99 Germany announced about its decision to halt flights of its reconnaissance UAVs over Yugoslavia. Luftwaffe's official representatives announced that the decision was caused by a recent loss of several UAVs.
May 20 Two NATO UAVs were shot down over Yugoslavia on 05-20-99. One of the aircraft (Predator UAV, serial number AF 95 021, 57th Wing) crashed in the village of Talinovci, near the Pristina-Urosevac road at around 4.45 p.m and another one - in the very center of Urosevac at around 6.40 p.m. (map). The two incidents were reported by Tanjug and Kosovo-Metohija Information Centre. The remains of the Predator were shown on Serbian TV. Screen caps here. Chicago Saun Times article here. AP report here. According to official Bundeswehr sources, the second UAV lost on 05-20-99 was a German drone. No model was specified, but it would be safe to assume that it was another CL-289 turbojet drone. During a 05-22-99 press-conference Bundeswehr's official spokesman, Dr. Wichert, stated: "...we will continue trying to determine the cause of the Thursday [05-20-99] loss of a drone. Yesterday, three successful UAV flights took place and the flights continue, with one more successful flight today. There will be further flights." Read the whole Bundeswehr press-conference from 05-22-99 here. The loss of the fifth German UAV was first mentioned during the 05-21-99 Bundeswehr press-conference (here).
May 20 Yet another NATO UAV was shot down on 05-20-99 near Slatina airport, approximately 9.6km southwest of Pristina at 1310 GMT (map). This is the third UAV to crash in Yugoslavia in the past 22 hours.
May 21 A NATO Hunter UAV was shot down over Buca, Kosovo on 05-21-99 at 0625 GMT (map). The incident was reported by Tanjug news agency and by NATO. This loss was confirmed by NATO spokesman Jamie Shea during a 05-23-99 press backgrounder.
May 22 Another Hunter UAV crashed on 05-22-99. Surprisingly, this loss was never mentioned in any sources, not even in Yugoslav media. The loss was reported by NATO spokesman Jamie Shea during a 05-23-99 press backgrounder. J. Shea mentioned that the UAV was recovered by NATO troops. No time or place of the incident were mentioned.
May 24 A NATO UAV crashed near Blace, Macedonia around 05-24-99 (map). The aircraft was shot down over Djeneral Jankovic in Yugoslavia. The remains of the UAV were retrieved by NATO troops. The incident was reported by Skopje's A-1 television channel. Tanjug report here.
May 26 A representative of the French Army, Col. Henry Pelissier, announced that a Crecerelle UAV was shot down by Yugoslav air defenses on 05-26-99 over Kosovo. This is the third French UAV loss officially acknowledged by France (two other lost UAVs were another Crecerelle UAV and a CL-289 drone, operated over Yugoslavia by the French Army's 7th Artillery Regiment). AFP report here. Stratfor report here. ITAR-TASS report here (in Russian). The loss of a UAV on 05-26-99 was also mentioned by Canadian Br. Gen. Dave Jurkowski during a May 27 press conference at National Defense headquarters in Canada. Jane's Defense Weekly reported that at least three American and four German UAVs have been lost over Yugoslavia.
May 28 A NATO Hunter UAV was shot down by Yugoslav Navy air defenses over Boka Kotorska bay on 05-28-99 at 09:15 (map). Video caps here.
May 29 A German UAV was shot down over Dramic, near Novi Pazar on 05-29-99 around 17:00 (map). As of 05-31-99 Germany has officially acknowledge losing seven UAVs. AFP report here.
May 29 An unidentified UAV crashed during landing near Skopje, Macedonia on 05-29-99. The incident was reported by Canadian Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Lt. Gen. Ray Henault during a May 30 press conference at National Defense headquarters. Full transcript of the press conference available here.
May 30 A German CL-289 UAV was lost over Kosovo on 05-30-99. "Germany confirmed that it lost another CL-289 UAV, the seventh since the conflict begun. The cause was unconfirmed." (source: Air Forces Monthly, July 1999, p. 76)
June 8 An unidentified NATO UAV was lost over Yugoslavia on 06-08-99. No details are available at the moment. The loss was confirmed by NATO military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Walter Jertz during a 06-09-99 press conference in Brussels.
June 16 U.S. Army Col. Mike Howell, who oversees the Army's use of UAVs over Yugoslavia, said that Serb gunners shot down 4 out of 12 Hunter UAVs operated by the US over Yugoslavia. The US also admitted to losing 2 Predator UAVs. According to statements made by Yugoslav commanders, NATO lost 60 UAVs, while NATO admitted to losing only about 20 UAVs.
October 1 According to Adroit Systems, Inc. / UAV Forum the U.S. alone lost 15 UAVs during the operation "Allied Force", ten of them were lost due to enemy action and five - due to technical malfunctions or operator errors. This number includes 4 Predators, 4 Pioneers, and 7 Hunters. Click here for more information.
October 10 According to a June 3 New York Times article "at least 21 drones" were lost by NATO during the war in Yugoslavia. Following the publication of this article another UAV loss was officially admitted by NATO on June 8. This brings the number of officially-acknowledged UAV losses to 22 aircraft.
October 16 A July 6 article from the French Le Monde newspaper mentions that France lost a total of 5 UAVs, two CL-289s and three Crecerelles.)
Date unknown At least one Phoenix UAV (serial number ZJ384) of the British Army was shot down over Yugoslavia during the operation "Allied Force." Unofficial NATO sources report that two Phoenix UAVs were lost in the Yugoslav campaign due to enemy action. One Phoenix UAV shot down by Yugoslav air defenses is exhibited at the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum. The aircraft is in remarkably good shape with most of its components, including the sensitive electronic and optical systems, surviving the crash. For more information about the Phoenix UAV system and photos of the Phoenix downed over Yugoslavia click here.
At the moment I have no information about when, where or how this Phoenix UAV was shot down. If you can help me with that, please contact me via e-mail by clicking here.
May 28, 2000 A British "Phoenix" UAV crashed in Kosovo three miles into the buffer zone. The aircraft was quickly picked up by Yugoslav forces, which suggests that it might have been shot down. The AP article here.
June 3, 2000 A U.S. "Hunter" UAV suffered an unspecified technical malfunction and made an emergency parachute landing in Macedonia. NATO officials were negotiating with the Macedonian government to recover the aircraft. The AP article here.
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SUMMARY:
Total official NATO UAV losses during "Allied Force"
(According to a June 3 New York Times article "at least 21 drones" were lost by NATO during the war in Yugoslavia. Following the publication of this article another UAV loss was officially admitted by NATO on June 8. This brings the number of officially-acknowledged UAV losses to 22 aircraft. A July 6 article from the French Le Monde newspaper mentions that France lost a total of 5 UAVs, two CL-289s and three Crecerelles.)
Two articles published on the official US Navy web site (http://uav.navair.navy.mil) and on Pilot Online web site report that at least 14 US UAVs were lost in Yugoslavia, including 4 Pioneer types, three of which are believed to have been lost due to fire. Some 6 Hunter UAVs were also lost: 4 due to enemy fire and 2 because of technical failures. Four more US UAVs were lost, three of which are Predator types (serial numbers: 95-3017, 95-3019, 95-3021). This brings the total number of confirmed UAV losses to 30.
Yugoslav military sources claimed 30 NATO UAV kills: 25 UAVs shot down by the 3rd Army air defenses (the 3rd Army was stationed in Kosovo under the command of Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic), 3 UAVs were downed by Yugoslav Navy air defenses (information released by FRY Navy Commander, Milan Zec), and 2 UAVs were shot down by the 2nd Army air defenses (information released by Major General Spasoje Smiljanic). This includes only those UAV that crashed in Yugoslavia.
According to some sources, a fourth Predator UAV, serial number P-016 95-3016, crashed during the Operation Allied Force in May.
• United States: 17 (3 Predators, 9 Hunters, 4 Pioneers, 1 UAV of undetermined type)
• Germany: 7 (presumably all CL-289 turbojet drones)
• France: 5 (3 Crecerelle, 2 CL-289)
• Britain: 13 (all Phoenix)
• four UAVs of undetermined origin (possibly US, German, or Italian)
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March 26 By 17:00 03.26.99 a total of 18 Tomahawk cruise missiles of various modifications were destroyed or damaged by Yugoslav air defenses and did not reach their targets. These include one DAS3 model, thirteen DAS1 models, and four of undetermined model. The missiles destroyed by 17:00 03.26.99:
• 1km south of Belanovica
• 7km south of Belanovica
• 4km south-west of Belanovica
• 3km south-west of Belanovica
• 5km north of Bogatic
• 4km north of Bogatic
• 1km north of Bogatic
• 3km south of Novo Brdo
• 1km north of Novo Brdo
• 1km east of Tulare
• 1km south of Brus (self-destructed after being damaged by AAA fire)
• 3km north of Studenica (sent off course
• 7km north of Brdani (self-destructed after being damaged by AAA fire)
• 8km north of Mionica (self-destructed after being damaged by AAA fire)
• 3km north-east of Tulovo (self-destructed after being damaged by AAA fire)
• 2km north Debrc (sent off course)
• 5km south of Belanovica (self-destructed after being damaged by Yugoslav fighter aircraft.)
March 29 As of morning of 03-29-99 the official statement of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense stated that 30 Tomahawk missiles have been destroyed or damaged. This information was confirmed by the Voice of Russia radio, based on the information from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
April 12 As of 04-12-99 Yugoslav government officially claims to have shot down 119 Tomahawk cruise missiles (this includes the missiles were not completely destroyed but damaged and sent off course.) Several days ago Russian Minister of Defense said that the number of destroyed Tomahawks was 60. Even though 119 damaged or destroyed missiles may seem like a lot, it's really under 10% of all the cruise missiles launched by NATO (the expected loss rate of cruise missiles of this type is around 7% and the nominal overall effectiveness rate is 85%). Most of Tomahawks were downed by AAA fire.
April 19 A Tomahawk cruise missile has been shot down over Sabac on 04-19-99. According to Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, only about 40% of NATO missiles hit designated targets, 60% of which are civilian objects. More information about civilian casualties in Yugoslavia here.
May 2 As of 05-02-99 well over 200 cruise missiles have been shot down over Yugoslavia. A number of other guided weapons have been shot down as well. Some of the photos here. Remains of an unexploded AGM-130, targeting or ECM pod, detonation of an unexploded bomblet of a cluster bomb, and the remains of an AGM-88 HARM missile here. Well over 200 unexploded American-made cluster bombs and other ammunition were discovered by the Italian police and military 22 miles off the shores of Italy in the Gulf of Venice, which is not far from NATO's largest base in Italy at Aviano (map). Three Italian fishermen were seriously injured after a cluster bomb, caught by their net, exploded. Four more unexploded bombs were retrieved from the same net. A military expert, Lucco Montani (sp?), appointed by the prosecutor's office of Venice, said that the bombs are found in semi-armed condition, which significantly complicates their neutralization. The bombs are dropped by F-16, F-18, F-117A, B-1B, and B-2 bombers and fighter-bombers, which missed their targets and often were too damaged by anti-aircraft fire to risk landing with the bombs. Other sources say that a number of NATO pilots drop their bombs in the Adriatic on purpose and blame it on technical problems in order to avoid the risk of actually attacking their targets. In any case, cluster bombs are relatively inexpensive and pilots routinely dispose of them rather than risk landing with the bombs. According to the prosecutor's office of Venice there may be many more areas of the Adriatic saturated with unexploded NATO bombs, especially in the northern part of the sea, overflown by NATO planes from the Aviano base. ITAR-TASS report here, in Russian. NATO's military spokesman Maj. Gen. Walter Jertz said that NATO pilots do dispose of unused bombs by dropping them in the Adriatic and the Alpine lake of Garda (Lago di Garda, map). According to American Human Rights Watch public organization, 5-10% of cluster bombs, outlawed by international conventions but, nevertheless, used by NATO, do not explode when they are supposed to and represent a serious threat to civilians.
May 16 A Tomahawk cruise missile was shot down near the village of Vrsevic (Vrsevce) in the Lipljan municipality (Kosovo) on 05-16-99 at 11:40 local time (map). No NATO planes operated over Kosovo since the previous day, but several cruise missiles were launched. Tanjug report here.
May 24 A downed NATO missile was discovered by local residents near Tetovo in west Macedonia (about 40km to the west of Skopje) on 05-23-99 (map). The crash site was sealed off by NATO troops. Tanjug report here.
May 26 Three unidentified NATO missiles were shot down over Pozarevac, 60km east of Belgrade (map), on 05-26-99 before dawn. Tanjug report here.
May 26 Three more missiles were shot down over Smederevska Palanka on the Danube north of Belgrade (map) after 01:00. Tanjug report here.

June 7 An American B-52 strategic bomber was shot down over Yugoslavia on June 7, 1999. The loss was reported by ITAR-TASS news agency quoting the Foreign Military Review - the official publication of Russian Defense Ministry. Available eyewitness reports suggest that the aircraft was shot down between 00:12 and 00:40 hrs and crashed in the area between Slankamen and Indjija. The B-52 sustained a direct hit by a SAM and exploded in the air. The crew was killed. ITAR-TASS report here. Tanjug report here. The Foreign Military Review also confirmed the loss of one B-2A "Spirit" stealth bomber by the USAF (see below).
Additional information regarding the June 7 B-52 shoot-down indicates that the aircraft was attacked by a total of four SAMs fired by two separate launchers. The first two launches (the type of the SAM system is not known, possibly a Kub) were unsuccessful: the first missile seemed to have developed a technical problem and went astray immediately following the launch; the second SAM was distracted by a radar decoy and missed the target by about 25-50 meters. A nearby Kub-M SAM unit observed the failed attack and launched two of its own missiles. The first Kub-M SAM scored a direct hit against the B-52 and the second SAM launched by the Kub-M was triggered by its proximity fuse when it was in the kill distance of the B-52.
March 29 Five US B-1B strategic bomber have been dispatched to participate in the aggression against Yugoslavia on 03-29-99. Russian doomsayers in the Ministry of Defense always associate appearance of this aircraft anywhere near Russian borders with an open nuclear threat to Russia. It should be expected that Moscow will not be amused at B-1B's appearance over Yugoslavia. No losses so far, but one can always hope...
May 20 One American B-2A Spirit strategic stealth bomber (possibly AV-8 88-0329 Spirit of Missouri) was shot down on 05-20-99 over Surcin at 01:00 local time. The aircraft crashed near the village of Dec (Detch), Pecinci county (in the field between Simanovci and Kupinovo; map 1; map2; map 3). The flight of three B-2As (normally B-2A fly in pairs, one acting as a backup for another) entered Yugoslavian airspace from the northwest and was escorted by several fighter aircraft (B-2As are usually escorted over Yugoslavia by F-15C fighters and F-16CJ fighter/bombers in SEAD role; every mission of B-2As requires about 50 escort and support aircraft). The B-2As were detected by long-wave early-warning radars. The bombers reduced altitude and attacked its targets in Belgrade. One of the B-2As was hit by a SAM in the area of the cockpit and crashed shortly after. Crew was killed in the crash. The incident was reported by Ilustrovana Politika magazine on 06-01-99.
The loss of the B-2A "Spirit" on May 20, 1999, was confirmed by the Foreign Military Review magazine - the official publication of Russian Defense Ministry. ITAR-TASS report here. Tanjug report here. According to the latest reports, the B-2A crashed near the Obedska Bara Lake in the Dec area (villages of Simanovci and Kupinovo). An eyewitness report by a senior Yugoslav army officer indicates that the B-2A was picked up by a radar and sustained a direct hit. The aircraft caught on fire and crashed not far from where it was intercepted by the missile. Parts of the B-2A, including the forward landing gear cover and pieces of the leading edge of the wing, have been seen at the VTI (Military Technology Institute) research facility in Yugoslavia.

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