Forces of the air force and air defense of the Republic of Croatia

The military aviation and air defense Croatian (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo I protuzračna obrana or HRZ I PZO) are a component of the Armée with the Republic of Croatia whose mission is to ensure the sovereignty of the airspace of the République of Croatia and the air support with the other components of the army in the execution of their missions. It also has as a function the organization of the anti-aircraft defense.

History

Created in November 1991, during the war of independence which opposed the Croatian forces to the Yugoslav Armée and with the Serb paramilitaries, the forces of the air force and air defense Croatian were initially equipped with small private planes and agricultural resulting from local aero clubs. Their missions, primarily concentrated towards the information, the transport of wounded and materials on the zones of conflicts will evolve/move with the arrival as from 1992, of the first fighter plans Mig-21 resulting from the defection of the Croatian piles of the Armée popular Yugoslavian and the parallel imports.

See also: Mig-21 Croatian

Organization

The command of the military aviation is located at Zagreb, on the airport of Pleso. It is ensured by the Brigadier general Vlado Bagarić.

Air bases

  • Air base 91 Zagreb - Pleso (ICAO: LDZA)

  • Air base 92 Pula (ICAO: LDPL)
  • Air base 93 Zadar - Zemunik
  • Air base 94 Lučko (ICAO: LDZL) (this base is not used any more since the year 2000).
  • Air base 95 Split - Divulje (ICAO: LDSP)
  • Air base Udbina (not used) (ICAO: LDZU)

Units of the Air force

  • Air base 91 Zagreb - Pleso

    • 21st flotilla of fighter plans - Mig-21 (a)/bisK/UMD,
    • 27th esacdrille of transport aircraft - Year-32B, PA-31P, Cessna R.172K, Cessna T210N
    • 28th flotilla of helicopters of transport - Semi-8 MTV-1
    • unit for the transport of the personalities - Tanker plane CL604

  • Air base 92 Pula

    • 22nd flotilla of fighter plans - Mig-21 bis/UM

  • Air base 93 Zadar - Zemunik

    • 1st flotilla of planes - Utva 75, Pilatus PC-9M,
    • 2nd flotilla of helicopters - Beautiful 206 B3, Semi-8 T/S,
    • 855ème flotilla of fire protection fight - Tanker plane CL-415 T, AirTractor AT-802

  • Air base 95 Split - Divulje

    • 20th flotilla of helicopters of transport - Semi-8 MTV-1, Semi-17

  • 218ème flotilla of air monitoring and navigation (ZMIN) with Sisak and Čakovec

  • 25th mixed flotilla of monitoring and electronic war

  • 205ème brigade of anti-aircraft missiles

  • 42ème company of the genius

  • 74ème military company of police force

  • 279ème company of connection

  • 313ème brigade of logistics

  • Institute of medicine of the air force

Principal equipment

  • 8 hunters Mig-21 BIS-D

  • 4 hunters Mig-21 UMD
  • 2 transport aircraft Antonov Year-32B

  • the training of the pilots is ensured on:

    • 20 planes Pilatus PC-9 and PC-9M,
    • 11 planes of the type UTVA-75, gradually replaced at the end of 2007 by 5 Zlin 242L Aerobatic.
    • 8 hélcoptères Beautiful-206B

  • Helicopters of transport:

    • 15 Millet Semi-8.

  • Transport of the personalities:

    • 1 Tanker plane CL-604

  • the monitoring of the airspace and navigation is ensured by system NEBO including/understanding:

    • 5 radars Lockheed Martin FPS-117
    • 3 radars Marconi S-600

Evolution

  • Apparatuses withdrawn since 1996
    • 15 Mig-21bis/UM, reformed but used like spare parts
    • 12 Semi-24D/V, reformed in 2002 (Semi-24D) and 2006 for (Semi-24V), a batch of 7 apparatuses is proposed with the sale in the state
    • 3 Soko G-2 Galeb, reformed in 1996, for lack of spare parts
    • 1 Soko J-21 Jastreb, is reformed in 1996, for lack of spare parts
    • 3 or + Soko J-20 Kraguj, réfomés because of their obsolésence
    • 5 or + Semi-8T/S Mil - use like elements
    • 11 Utva 75 - reformed and replaced by 5 Zlin
    • 11 Antonov Year-2 - returned to the aero clubs
    • 3 Tanker plane CL-215 - the last one was withdrawn in 2004, they were replaced by 4 Tanker plane CL-415
    • 4 MD-500C - reformed at the end of the Nineties
    • 1 Dornier C-28
    • 1 Dassault Falcon 10 - replaced by a Bomber Challenger CL-604

The reform of the fighter plans Mig-21 is planned for 2010. An invitation to tender was launched for 12 general-purpose hunters (according to last information (10/2007) the ministry for Croatian defense did not make yet its choice between Swedish SAAB with its JAS39 Gripen and American Lockheed Martin with the F-16 Block 52). The 7 helicopters of attack Mil Semi-24 were reformed in 2006 and new flotilla of 15 helicopters of transport will be formed as of the reception of the new Semi-171Š helicopters as from 2008 in compensation of the credits of the Russian state.

External bonds

Ministry for Croatian defense

Video commemorative of the 15th birthday of the creation of the Croatian air forces. (2006)

Site on the Croatian air force

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