Serbia officially introduced its new helicopter fleet

On 7th December 2019, the presentation of recently delivered Mi-35 and Mi-17 helicopters to Aleksandar Vučić, the President of the Republic of Serbia and the leaders of Serbian armed forces, officially introduced the new helicopter fleet. As we have already informed in August 2019, the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence acquired from Russian... Read More

´Eagle 2.0´ – the rebirth of J-22

A few weeks ago, one almost unbelievable news was spread over the internet and surprised the aviation world – the Republic of Serbia is going to take J-22 Orao attack aircraft out from the aviation museum and make them not only airworthy again, but also operational in the air force. ´From the museum to... Read More

Antonov An-26 ´71386´

Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) ´71386´ from the 138th Transport Squadron (138. мешовита транспортна авијацијска ескадрила), 204th Air Brigade (Batajnica Air Base) of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије)  – static display during the Danish Air Show 2014, Karup air force base. The Serbian Air... Read More

Another edition of ´BARS´ joint tactical exercise successfully completed

Another edition of joint Serbian – Russian air force tactical exercise, codenamed ´BARS´ was held between 30th October and 2nd November 2019, at ´Privolzhskiy´ air base near Astrakhan. The exercise was performed with the participation of MiG-29 fighter aircraft and Mi-8AMTSh helicopters from air force and army aviation of both countries. The fifth edition... Read More

Chinese combat UAVs over Europe

According to the official information from the Ministry of Defence, Serbia will be the first European country to operate the Chinese unmanned combat aerial vehicles. The Serbian armed forced will receive nine Chengdu Pterodactyl I (Wing Loong) UCAVs, with the option to buy another fifteen aircraft in the nearest future. This purchase is one... Read More

´Flying tanks´ for Serbia

The official delegation from Serbian Ministry of Defence, led by Aleksandar Vulin, the Minister of Defence, has recently visited the ´Rosviertol´ aviation plant in Rostov-on-Don, where the Mil Mi-35M helicopters for Serbia are manufactured. Vulin was lately visiting Belarus and Russia at the opportunity of the 2019 ´Army Games´, in which Serbian Armed Forces... Read More

´SERBIA 2019´ – international emergency response exercise.

The international exercise ´SERBIA 2019´ ´is currently ongoing in Serbia, organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM). The rescue teams from seven countries arrived at Nis (Southern and Eastern Serbia),... Read More