Serbian Air Force and Air Defence - Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Photo Origin Type Variants In service Notes
Fighter aircraft
MiG-29M/M2 Russia MRCA
Trainer
MiG-29M
MiG-29M2
?
?
An order for at least six units to be confirmed on May 23, 2013.
Mikoyan MiG-29 Soviet Union Fighter
Trainer
MiG-29B / L-18
MiG-29UB / NL-18
3
1
Currently all grounded.Five refurbished and modernized in 2008, one crashed on July 7, 2009.
Mikoyan MiG-21 Soviet Union Fighter
Trainer
MiG-21bis / L-17
MiG-21UM / NL-16
11
7
14 in active service. To be retired in 2018.
Attack aircraft
Soko J-22 Orao Yugoslavia Fighter-bomber
Trainer
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance-trainer
J-22
NJ-22
IJ-22
INJ-22
16
7
8
2
Total of 33. More than half are grounded, less than a dozen have been refurbished and are airworthy.
Utility aircraft
Antonov An-2 Soviet Union Utility An-2TD / T-71 1
Antonov An-26 Soviet Union Transport An-26 / T-70 8 Two overhauled, the rest of the fleet is grounded indefinitely.
Yakovlev Yak-40 Soviet Union VIP transport/utility Yak-40 3 All grounded indefinitely.
Piper PA-34 Seneca United States Aerial cartography PA-34 Seneca V 1
Trainer aircraft
Soko G-4 Super Galeb Yugoslavia Fighter-Ground attack
Jet trainer
G-4 / N-62 25 Half are grounded. Some have been refurbished, unknown number of aircraft to be modernized in 2013-2015, according to the budget for the coming years
Utva 75 Yugoslavia Basic trainer V-53 12 To be replaced with Lasta 95.
Lasta 95 Serbia Basic trainer V-54 5 (out of 15 on order) Being delivered.
Helicopters
Soko Gazelle France/ Yugoslavia Utility
Reconnaissance
Attack
Anti-tank
HO-42/45
HI-42 Hera
HN-42M Gama
HN-45 Gama 2
31
5
15
10
A total of 61. Not all airworthy.
Mi-8/Mi-17 Soviet Union Transport Mi-8T / HT-40
Mi-17 / HT-48
7
2

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