Bombings and external aggressions against Serbian territories
102 articlesMajor Zoran Radosavljević was the youngest pilot to fly the MiG-29 fighter in Yugoslavia. On 26 March 1999 he died in aerial combat with NATO aviation. His last words were: "I'm escaping into the clouds."
Read articleColonel Slobodan Perić was flying in a pair with Zoran Radosavljević when both aircraft were shot down on 26 March 1999. Perić successfully ejected and survived the war, but tragically died in a traffic accident in 2010.
Read articleNATO missiles strike the airport and residential buildings in Podgorica. The first civilian victims in Montenegro - 3 civilians were killed.
Read articleMajor Zoran Radosavljević was the first Serbian pilot killed in the NATO aggression of 1999. His MiG-29 was shot down on 26 March, the second day of the bombing, over Kosovo.
Read articleCaptain Predrag Milutinović was killed on 26 March 1999 in aerial combat over Kosovo. He was one of two pilots lost on the second day of the war, symbolizing the unequal fight of the Serbian air force.
Read articleLieutenant Colonel Života Đurić was the first Yugoslav pilot to lay down his life defending his homeland during the NATO aggression. On 25 March 1999, during a combat mission over Kosovo, his J-22 Orao aircraft was hit, and he heroically crashed into enemy KLA positions.
Read articleNATO continues the attacks on military facilities across Serbia. First attacks on civilian infrastructure - bridges and communication hubs.
Read articleColonel Iljo Arizanov, an experienced pilot of Macedonian origin, was shot down on 25 March 1999 over Kosovo. His MiG-29 was the first Serbian aircraft downed in the NATO aggression. He ejected and survived.
Read articleCaptain Marinos Ritsoudis of the Greek Air Force refused to take part in the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. His act of civil disobedience within the military became a symbol of Greek-Serbian brotherhood and of resistance to illegitimate aggression.
Read articleDuring the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, millions of people around the world took to the streets to protest. From Athens to Moscow, from New York to Tokyo, mass protests showed that a significant part of the global public regarded the bombing as illegitimate.
Read articleMajor Iljo Arizanov was the first pilot to take off on a combat mission on the first day of the NATO aggression, 24 March 1999. After the downing of his MiG-29 over Kosovo, he fought his way for three days through territory under KLA control until he reached Priština.
Read articleLieutenant Colonel Nebojša Nikolić took off on the first day of the NATO aggression, 24 March 1999, at 20:37 from Batajnica. Despite a faulty navigation system, he set out to intercept NATO aircraft. Hit over Titel, he successfully ejected.
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