The 105th Aviation Brigade ( hbs, 105. ваздухопловна бригада, 105. vazduhoplovna brigada) was formed from the disbanded Yugoslav
105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment in the spring of 1993 by the
Military of Serbian Krajina
The Serbian Army of Krajina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska vojska Krajine, SVK, Српска војска Крајине, СВК) was the armed forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK). Also known as the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina or ...
at
Udbina Airport. Its accurate organization is unknown, and it's not exactly clear whether the brigade was part of
Republika Srpska Air Force, because the aircraft had same roundels.
It consisted from at least one combat squadron nicknamed "Kobre" (''Cobras'' - same as former 249th Squadron) and
56th Mixed Helicopter Squadron.
The brigade was equipped with 12
J-21 Jastreb light ground-attack aircraft, at least two
G-2 Galeb trainer jets, 4
Soko Gazelle helicopters and four
Gazelle Gama anti-tank helicopters, two
Mil Mi-8T
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.
It is now produced by Russia.
In addition to ...
transport helicopters, one
Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...
and number of
Utva 66,
Utva 75,
J-20 Kraguj
The Soko J-20 Kraguj (''Sparrowhawk'') is a light military, single-engine, low-wing single-seat aircraft with a metal airframe, capable of performing close air support, counterinsurgency (COIN), and reconnaissance missions, that was designed by ...
and
Zlin Z-526 aircraft.
Aircraft from Udbina airport have taken part in wars in both
Croatia
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and
Bosnia
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because the Republika Srpska Air Force aircraft at Banja Luka airport were unable to take off under the no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. In several combats Gazelle Gama anti-tank helicopters were very effective destroying
Croatian army tanks.
At the time of the Croatian
Operation Storm most of aircraft in flying condition had retreated to Banja Luka. Transport helicopters had performed their last evacuation flights. By the
fall of the Republic of Serbian Krajina in summer 1995 and the defeat of Military of Serbian Krajina the 105th Aviation Brigade ceased to exist.
The commander of the brigade was Ratko Dopuđa.
[Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 358.]
Gallery
File:Krajina Airforce Galeb G2.jpg, Krajina Airforce G-2 Galeb
File:Krajina Airforce Gazelle.jpg, Krajina Airforce Aérospatiale Gazelle
File:Krajina Airforce Utva 66.JPG, Krajina Airforce Utva 66
File:Krajina Airforce Zlin 526.jpeg, Krajina Airforce Zlin Z-526
See also
*
Banja Luka incident
References
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Military of Serbian Krajina
Military units and formations established in 1993
Military units and formations of the Bosnian War
Military units and formations of the Croatian War of Independence
Military units and formations disestablished in 1995
1993 establishments in Croatia