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Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo

The Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo) was founded on 12 December 1991 in the middle of a war, from converted crop dusters, a captured helicopter and MiG-21s flown over by defecting Yugoslav pilots; it flew MiG-21s for three decades, through a troubled Ukrainian overhaul, and in 2024–2025 replaced them with 12 second-hand Rafales that have guarded Croatian airspace on their own since 1 January 2026.

علامة وطنيةTwo red squares of the šahovnica, the chequerboard of the Croatian arms, on a blue disc
رؤية منخفضةThe same marking with grey squares on a black disc
12طائرات حربية
5قواعد جوية نشطة
1991تأسست
12الأنواع المتقاعدة
Photo: MORH/ F. Klen / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
دولةكرواتياتأسست1991حالةنشيطالمقر الرئيسيPleso, Velika Gorica (Zagreb)قائدكريشيمير رازوف
القصة

The Croatian Air Force story: crop dusters in 1991, MiG-21s by defection and the Rafale

1941–1945: the air force of an Axis state, and a legion in Russia

Croatian military flying before 1991 belonged to other states, and one chapter needs careful handling. The Independent State of Croatia (NDH), the Axis-aligned state set up in April 1941, formed an air force (Zrakoplovstvo NDH) on 19 April 1941 from about 211 former Royal Yugoslav aircraft handed over by the Germans, later adding German and Italian types. Its main work, according to Wikipedia’s account, was bombing, reconnaissance and supply against the Yugoslav Partisans, about 4,800 sorties in 1942 alone. A Croatian Air Force Legion formed on 12 July 1941 flew with the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front from October 1941 to March 1944; its fighter squadron is credited with 283 victories, a figure resting on wartime claims. Crews and aircraft repeatedly defected to the Partisans, and the service ended on 8 May 1945. Today’s air force dates itself from 1991; the official pages checked claim no lineage from the NDH air force.

1991: crop dusters, a captured Mi-8 and an arms embargo

When war came in 1991, the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) had an air force of about 300 MiG-21s alongside Galeb and Orao attack jets, and it was used against Croatia: on 7 October 1991 Yugoslav aircraft struck Banski dvori, the government building in Zagreb. UN Security Council Resolution 713 of 25 September 1991 embargoed arms to all of Yugoslavia, which, Wikipedia notes, hurt the new Croatian army far more than the JNA-backed forces. Croatia’s first air arm was improvised: Antonov An-2 crop dusters dropping makeshift bombs. “We created the air force almost from nothing, installing weapons systems in agricultural aircraft ourselves,” General Šundov said at the 2017 anniversary, as the ministry reported it. The first helicopter was a Yugoslav Mi-8 hit by National Guard small-arms fire near Petrinja on 23 September 1991 and flown to Lučko. The service, then called Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana, was formally founded on 12 December 1991.

1991–1994: MiG-21s by defection and by purchase

Jets came first by defection. On 25 October 1991 Rudolf Perešin flew a MiG-21R from the Bihać area to Klagenfurt in Austria; the ministry quotes him as saying he was a Croat and would not fire on Croats. His aircraft stayed in Austria, amid competing Croatian and Serbian claims, until it was unveiled in Zagreb on 12 May 2019. Danijel Borović followed in February 1992, Ivica Ivandić flew from Ponikve in Serbia to Split on 15 May 1992, and Ivan Selak also brought a MiG-21, on a date not confirmed here. Then came purchases made despite the embargo: Wikipedia counts about 40 MiG-21s from former Soviet Central Asian units in 1993–1994, of which 24 were flyable and 16 used for spares (its operator list gives 23 MiG-21bis, one MiG-21US and three MiG-21UM from Kyrgyzstan), and about 15 Mi-24 attack helicopters in mid-1993.

1995: Operation Flash and Operation Storm

The MiG-21s flew reconnaissance, air superiority and close air support; Wikipedia records three lost to enemy fire. In Operation Flash, in western Slavonia in May 1995, they struck the Sava bridge at Stara Gradiška without dropping it, and on 2 May Perešin was shot down there and killed. The Krajina Serb side answered with cluster rockets on Zagreb that killed six civilians. In Operation Storm, launched on 4 August 1995, the air force had 17 MiG-21s, five attack and nine transport helicopters; on the first day 13 MiG-21s hit six targets, and US Navy aircraft on NATO patrol fired on Krajina Serb missile sites at Udbina and Knin. Croatia celebrates Storm as a victory and liberation; Serbia and Serb organisations mark it as the flight of 150,000–200,000 Serbs, and Serb civilian deaths are disputed (214 by Croatian figures, 1,192 in Serbian sources). The ICTY finally acquitted the three Croatian generals tried over it.

1995–2021: firefighters, a Ukrainian overhaul and a failed F-16 deal

Peace brought trainers and firefighters: Pilatus PC-9Ms from 1996, Bell 206 helicopters, and an aerial firefighting force that grew from Mi-8s in 1993 and Canadair CL-215s in 1994 to six CL-415s by 2010 plus Air Tractors. The Mi-24s went in 2005. The fighters were the hard part. Croatia joined NATO in 2009, but money was short, and on 8 July 2013 it signed with Ukraine’s Ukrspecexport to overhaul seven of its MiG-21s at Odessa and buy five more; the twelfth was handed over in July 2015. The project was dogged by delays, a public dispute with the newspaper Večernji list in 2014 and, in March 2016, military intelligence and police checks and an expert commission set up after “frequent difficulties with the aircraft”, in the ministry’s words. A 2018 plan to buy Israeli F-16 Barak jets collapsed in January 2019 when Israel said it could not obtain US approval; no contract had been signed.

2021–2026: Rafales, Black Hawks and drones

The answer was French. After a government decision of 4 July 2019 to buy fighters, Croatia signed on 25 November 2021 for 12 used Rafale F3-Rs, ten single-seat and two two-seat, for EUR 999,068,493, or about EUR 1.15 billion with indexation and VAT. The first six landed on 25 April 2024 and the last a year later to the day. The MiG-21 stood its last alert on 30 November 2024; Italian Eurofighters and Hungarian Gripens then guarded Croatian skies free of charge while Rafale pilots trained, and the Rafales took over around the clock on 1 January 2026. An F4 upgrade worth EUR 112.2 million was approved in September 2026. Four UH-60M Black Hawks arrived from 2022, eight more are due by 2028, and six Bayraktar TB2 drones entered service in September 2025. What remains thin is depth: one squadron of 12 fighters, and air refuelling that depends on allies.

When war came in 1991, the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) had an air force of about 300 MiG-21s alongside Galeb and Orao attack jets, and it was used against Croatia: on 7 October 1991 Yugoslav aircraft struck Banski dvori, the government building in Zagreb.Croatian Air Force · verified 2026-09-29

لمحة سريعة

The Croatian Air Force in numbers

خدمة

الاسم الأصلي
Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo (HRZ)The spelling the Ministry of Defence uses. Founded as Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana (HRZ i PZO), the name the ministry still used in 2017; since at least 2022 it writes simply HRZ. The English Wikipedia title is Croatian Air Force
تأسست
12 December 1991Marked every year on 12 December. Earlier units were formed in the autumn of 1991, including the 392nd and 395th squadrons on 6 November 1991
جزء من
Armed Forces of the Republic of CroatiaOne of three branches with the army and navy, under the Chief of the General Staff, General Tihomir Kundid
المقر الرئيسي
Pleso, Velika GoricaAt the Pukovnik Marko Živković barracks beside Zagreb airport, home of the 91st Wing
قائد
Brig. Krešimir RažovSince 23 October 2025; styled brigadier general by the ministry in September 2026
وزير الدفاع
إيفان أنوشيتشAlso Deputy Prime Minister

قوة

طائرات حربية
  • Dassault Rafale C/B F3-R — 12 (10 single-seat, 2 two-seat)

Full squadron since 25 April 2025, with the 191st Fighter Squadron at Pleso; F4 upgrade approved September 2026

طائرات الهليكوبتر
  • Mi-171Sh — 10
  • OH-58D Kiowa Warrior — 15 (16 received)
  • UH-60M Black Hawk — 4 (8 more ordered)
  • Bell 206B-3 — 8 (10 received)

Counts for the Mi-171Sh, Kiowa and Bell 206 are from Wikipedia’s inventory; the Black Hawk figures are the ministry’s

مدربين
  • Pilatus PC-9M — 14–17
  • Zlin 242L — 4–5

The ministry counted 17 PC-9Ms and five Zlins in 2019; Wikipedia gives 14 PC-9Ms after six were sold and four Zlins after one loss

طائرات مكافحة الحرائق
  • Canadair CL-415 — 6
  • Air Tractor AT-802/AT-902 — about 6–8
  • DHC-515 — 2 ordered

855th Firefighting Squadron, Zemunik. Six CL-415s since 2009–2010; DHC-515s due 2029 and 2030

الطائرات بدون طيار
Bayraktar TB2 — 6125th squadron; bought for EUR 67.01 million excluding VAT; presented on 2 September 2025
ميزانية الدفاع
EUR 1.626 billion (2026)Up EUR 281 million, or 20.9 per cent, on 2025; about EUR 640 million for equipment. The ministry gives defence spending as 2.08 per cent of GDP in 2025

بنية تحتية

أجنحة
  • 91st Wing — Pleso (Zagreb): Rafale, Black Hawk, Mi-171Sh, TB2
  • 93rd Wing — Zemunik (Zadar): training, firefighting, Kiowa; helicopters at Divulje

The 392nd squadron flies from Zemunik and the 395th transport helicopter squadron from Divulje near Split

قواعد طائرات الهليكوبتر
Lučko and DivuljeNamed by the ministry as helicopter bases; Lučko received the first captured Mi-8 in 1991
مراقبة المجال الجوي
Two Rafales, 24/7, since 1 January 2026Within NATO’s integrated air and missile defence system. Italy and Hungary covered from 1 December 2024 to the end of 2025
فريق العرض
Krila Oluje (Wings of Storm)Founded 2005 on the PC-9M at Zemunik; 261 displays including 68 abroad in 15 countries by April 2025
مكافحة الحرائق في الخارج
Regular rescEU and bilateral deploymentsCL-415s went to Greece in 2024, to Albania three times and to Montenegro in 2025, and to France in July 2026
Memorial aircraft
Four defection MiG-21sSelak’s at Pleso, Borović’s at Pula, Perešin’s at Gornja Stubica and Ivandić’s at Divulje

بناء

How the Croatian Air Force is organised

One command at Pleso over two wings. The 91st Wing at Zagreb-Pleso holds the Rafales, the TB2 drones and, at Lučko, the multirole helicopters; the 93rd at Zadar-Zemunik runs pilot training, firefighting and the Kiowa Warriors, with transport helicopters at Divulje. Croatia’s firefighting aircraft belong to the air force.

KR

Brigadier (brigadir); styled brigadier general (brigadni general) by the ministry in September 2026كريشيمير رازوفCommander of the Croatian Air Force (zapovjednik Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva) · in office since 2025
القوات الجوية الكرواتيةHrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo
المقر الرئيسي

قيادة القوات الجوية

Pleso, Velika Gorica

At the Pukovnik Marko Živković barracks at Pleso, under the Chief of the General Staff, General Tihomir Kundid. Brig. Krešimir Ražov took command on 23 October 2025 from Maj. Gen. Michael Križanec, who had led the service for about six years.

خط المواجهة

191st Fighter Squadron, 91st Wing

191. eskadrila lovačkih aviona
Zagreb-Pleso

Every Croatian fighter: 12 second-hand Rafale F3-Rs, the last delivered on 25 April 2025, which have held the air policing alert around the clock since 1 January 2026. The squadron flew the MiG-21 from 1992 until 2024.

الطائرات بدون طيار

125th Reconnaissance-Combat Squadron

125. izvidničko-borbena eskadrila
Zagreb-Pleso

Six Bayraktar TB2s, in service since 2 September 2025; in May 2026 one dropped the service’s first live laser-guided bomb near Slunj.

Multirole helicopters

194th Multirole Helicopter Squadron

194. eskadrila višenamjenskih helikoptera
Lučko

Formed on 23 September 1991 around a Yugoslav Mi-8 hit near Petrinja; today it flies UH-60M Black Hawks, with eight more due, and Mi-171Sh.

Training and firefighting

الجناح 93

93. krilo
Zadar-Zemunik

The 392nd squadron trains every military pilot on the Zlin 242L and PC-9M, the 855th Firefighting Squadron flies six CL-415s and Air Tractors, and the 393rd flies OH-58D Kiowa Warriors; the Krila Oluje display team flies from here too.

طائرات الهليكوبتر للنقل

395th Transport Helicopter Squadron

395. eskadrila transportnih helikoptera
Divulje

Mi-171Sh helicopters of the 93rd Wing on year-round call for medical evacuation and search and rescue along the Adriatic. The military’s firefighting command sits at Divulje in the fire season.


في الخدمة

What the Croatian Air Force flies today

كل نوع متاح برسوم، ويرتبط بصفحته في كتاب الوحوش إن وجدت. تشير الأرقام إلى الطائرات المسجلة، وليس الطائرات المتاحة في يوم معين.

يكتب دور في الخدمة منذ الوحدات ملحوظات
Dassault Rafale C and B (F3-R)في الخدمة مقاتل متعدد المهام 12 2024 Ten single-seat and two two-seat, all used French aircraft. Six arrived on 25 April 2024, the rest from November 2024; the twelfth on 25 April 2025.
بايكار بايراكتار TB2في الخدمة طائرة استطلاع مسلحة بدون طيار 6 2025 Six aircraft with ground control stations and a simulator.
سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوكفي الخدمة طائرة هليكوبتر متعددة الأغراض وعمليات خاصة 4 2022 Four: two donated by the United States and two bought. Eight more ordered in 2024 for a squadron of 12.
ميل مي-171شفي الخدمة Transport and armed helicopter 10 Ten per Wikipedia; ten were overhauled by ZTC Velika Gorica with Russian Helicopters under a 2017 contract.
Bell OH-58D(R) Kiowa Warriorفي الخدمة Armed scout helicopter 15 2016 Sixteen received from US Army stocks in 2016; one lost on 27 January 2020.
بيل 206B-3 جيت رينجرفي الخدمة مدرب طائرات الهليكوبتر 8 Ten received, two lost (Wikipedia).
بيلاتوس PC-9Mفي الخدمة Basic trainer and display aircraft 1996 14–17. The ministry counted 17 in 2019; Wikipedia says three second-hand aircraft came in 1996 and 17 new in 1997, and that six were later sold, leaving 14.
Zlin Z 242Lفي الخدمة Screening and primary trainer 4–5: five in 2019 per the ministry; four after one loss per Wikipedia.
كانادير سي إل-415في الخدمة قاذفة مياه برمائية 6 1996 Six since 2009–2010.
Air Tractor AT-802A/F Fire Boss and AT-902في الخدمة طائرات مكافحة الحرائق 2000 About 6–8. The ministry’s history lists two in 2000, five in 2007–2008 and a two-seat AT-902 in 2014; Wikipedia gives six in service after one loss.
OH-58D15
رافال12
Mi-171Sh10
بيل 2068
TB26
CL-4156
يو إتش-60 إم4

عند الطلب

يكتب تم الطلب التسليم الأول ملحوظات
سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوكعند الطلب 8 2028 Ordered in March 2024 for USD 273,807,829, 51 per cent paid by the United States; delivery was expected during 2028.

أكثر

In September 2026 the minister said they were in final production at Huntsville and might arrive within a year.

طائرة دي هافيلاند كندا DHC-515 فاير فايترعند الطلب 2 2029 Ordered through the EU rescEU mechanism; due in 2029 and 2030. Wikipedia gives the wider European deal as worth EUR 105 million.
Rafale F3-R to F4 upgradeعند الطلب 12 An upgrade, not new aircraft: letter of intent 8 December 2025, government approval in September 2026 for EUR 112.2 million with VAT over 2026–2032, adding passive detection and self-protection improvements.

كانت تُدار سابقاً

Every type the Croatian Air Force has retired

12 types, from the Messerschmitt Bf 109E and G to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis, bis-D, UM and UMD. تمثل الأرقام القصوى عدد الطائرات التي تم استلامها على مدار فترة الخدمة بأكملها، وليس قوة الأسطول في أي تاريخ محدد.

يكتب دور قمة تم تقديمه تم استبداله بـ ملحوظات
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis, bis-D, UM and UMD مقاتل 1992–2024 رافال Three defection aircraft in 1992, about 27–40 bought in 1993–1994 (sources disagree on how many were flyable), and 12 in the overhauled squadron of 2015 (seven Croatian, five bought from Ukraine).
أنتونوف أن-32ب النقل التكتيكي 2 اثنان لكل ويكيبيديا.
Mil Mi-8MTV-1 and Mi-8T مروحية نقل 1991–2023 يو إتش-60 إم Total not confirmed. Wikipedia says 14 (12 Mi-8MTV-1 and two Mi-8T) were donated to Ukraine in 2023.
Mil Mi-24D/V مروحية هجومية 1993–2005 About 15 acquired in mid-1993 per Wikipedia; seven Mi-24Vs were retired in 2005.
كانادير سي إل-215 قاذفة مياه برمائية 1994–2002 CL-415 Two arrived in 1994 with mixed Croatian and Canadian crews; two used aircraft were bought from Italy in 1995.
Messerschmitt Bf 109E and G Fighter (NDH air force and Legion) 1941–1945 More than 50 per Wikipedia.
دورنير دو 17 قاذفة قنابل 62 1941–1945 62 of all variants per Wikipedia.
فيات جي.50 مقاتل 1942–1945 More than 30 per Wikipedia.
Macchi C.202 and C.205 مقاتل 22 1943–1945 22 of both types per Wikipedia.
بريستول بلينهايم قاذفة قنابل 1941–1945 Ex-Yugoslav aircraft.
Potez 25 and Breguet 19 طائرات الاستطلاع والقاذفات الخفيفة 1941–1945 Ex-Yugoslav aircraft.
أنتونوف أن-2 Crop duster used as improvised bomber 1991– A few; numbers not published.

القواعد الجوية

Where the Croatian Air Force flies from

الدبابيس السوداء هي قواعد نشطة، أما الدبابيس المجوفة فهي تلك التي أغلقت. Željava, the Yugoslav army’s underground air base on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, was demolished in 1991–1992 and is still mined; Udbina, a Krajina Serb airfield struck by NATO in 1994, is now an army barracks. Sinj, where organised Croatian military flying began in 1990, is a sport airfield. Entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.

قاعدة جوية نشطة مغلق أو للحجزانقر على دبوس لفتح الصفحة الرئيسية
قاعدة منظمة الطيران المدني الدولي (ICAO) حالة المدرج الوحدات والطائرات
قاعدة ديفولجي للمروحياتSplit-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija), near Trogir نشيط
  • 395th Transport Helicopter Squadron (395. eskadrila transportnih helikoptera): Mi-171Sh, Mi-8MTV (earlier)
  • Operational Firefighting Command Divulje (Operativno vatrogasno zapovjedništvo)
قاعدة لوتشكو للمروحياتCity of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb) LDZL نشيط
UdbinaLika-Senj County (Ličko-senjska županija) نشيط
Zadar-Zemunikمقاطعة زادار (Zadarska županija)، في زيمونيك دونجي LDZD نشيط 13/312500 مترأسمنت04/222000 متر
  • سرب الطائرات 392 (392. eskadrila aviona): بيلاتوس PC-9M, زلين 242 لتر
  • فريق كريلا أولوجي (أجنحة العاصفة) للاستعراضات الجوية: طائرات بيلاتوس PC-9M (تشكيل من ست طائرات)
  • سرب المروحيات رقم 393 (393.eskadrila helikoptera): بيل أو إتش-58 دي كايوا واريور
  • سرب مكافحة الحرائق رقم 855 (855.protupožarna eskadrila): Canadair CL-415 (6)، Air Tractor AT-802 (6)
  • مركز التدريب متعدد الجنسيات للطيران الخاص (MSAP TC)
  • فوج الطيران المقاتل القاذف رقم 105 (القوات الجوية اليوغوسلافية): جي-4 سوبر جالب (السرب 249), ، جي-2 جالب (السرب 251)، أوتفا 75 (السرب 333)
  • بطارية باتريوت التابعة للجيش الأمريكي (قيادة الدفاع الجوي والصاروخي للجيش العاشر)
Zagreb-Plesoمقاطعة زغرب (Zagrebačka županija)، في فيليكا جوريكا LDZA نشيط 04/223252 مترًاالأسفلت والخرسانة
PulaIstria County (Istarska županija) LDPL مغلق 09/272950 متراً
SinjSplit-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija) مغلق
  • Independent Air Platoon of the 4th Brigade (Samostalni zrakoplovni vod): Antonov An-2, UTVA-75, Cessna light aircraft
زيلجافاLika-Senj County (Ličko-senjska županija), Croatia, and Una-Sana Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina: the international border runs through the site أُغلق عام 1992
  • Yugoslav Air Force fighter and reconnaissance squadrons (124th, 125th Fighter and 352nd Reconnaissance Aviation Squadrons): ميغ-21 بيس, MiG-21R

لا توجد قاعدة جوية مطابقة لهذا البحث.


ترتيب المعركة

Who is stationed where in the Croatian Air Force

الوحدات الجوية حسب القاعدة، والوحدات الحالية أولاً. Most Croatian squadrons carry the number of their wing — the 191st and 194th in the 91st, the 392nd, 393rd and 395th in the 93rd — and three were founded in the autumn of 1991, in the middle of the war. Where a formation date or a unit could not be confirmed, the entry says so.

السرب المقاتل 191 (191. eskadrila lovčkih aviona)سرب مقاتل · نشط
داسو رافال سي/بي إف 3-آر (تم شراء 12 طائرة مستعملة من فرنسا)
سرب الاستطلاع القتالي 125 (125.izvidničko-borbena eskadrila)Unmanned combat and reconnaissance squadron · active
بايكار بايراكتار TB2 (6)
الجناح المقاتل الحادي والثلاثون التابع للقوات الجوية الأمريكية (وحدة التدريب)2025–2025
إف-16 فايتينغ فالكون
سرب الطائرات 392 (392. eskadrila aviona)Pilot training squadron · active
بيلاتوس PC-9M, زلين 242 لتر
فريق كريلا أولوجي (أجنحة العاصفة) للاستعراضات الجويةWings of Storm · Aerobatic display team · active
طائرات بيلاتوس PC-9M (تشكيل من ست طائرات)
سرب المروحيات رقم 393 (393.eskadrila helikoptera)Armed reconnaissance helicopter squadron · active
بيل أو إتش-58 دي كايوا واريور
سرب مكافحة الحرائق رقم 855 (855.protupožarna eskadrila)Aerial firefighting squadron · active
Canadair CL-415 (6)، Air Tractor AT-802 (6)
مركز التدريب متعدد الجنسيات للطيران الخاص (MSAP TC)Multinational special-operations helicopter training centre · allied
فوج الطيران المقاتل القاذف رقم 105 (القوات الجوية اليوغوسلافية)1961–1991
G-4 Super Galeb (249th Squadron), G-2 Galeb (251st Squadron), Utva 75 (333rd Squadron)
بطارية باتريوت التابعة للجيش الأمريكي (قيادة الدفاع الجوي والصاروخي للجيش العاشر)2021–2021
Divulje Helicopter Base · 395th Transport Helicopter Squadron, 93rd Wing, Croatian Air Force
395th Transport Helicopter Squadron (395. eskadrila transportnih helikoptera)Transport, search and rescue helicopter squadron · active
Mi-171Sh
Operational Firefighting Command Divulje (Operativno vatrogasno zapovjedništvo)Seasonal firefighting command · active
Lučko Helicopter Base · LDZL194th Multirole Helicopter Squadron, 91st Wing, Croatian Air Force
194th Multirole Helicopter Squadron (194. eskadrila višenamjenskih helikoptera)Multirole helicopter squadron · active
سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوك, Mi-171Sh

لا توجد وحدة مطابقة لهذا البحث.


الجدول الزمني

Croatian Air Force milestones, 1914 to today

1941

19 April: the NDH air force is formed from captured Yugoslav aircraft. 12 July: the Croatian Air Force Legion is formed to fly with the Luftwaffe.

1945

8 May: the NDH air force ceases to exist; its aircraft pass to the new Yugoslav air force.

1991

23 September: a Yugoslav Mi-8 hit near Petrinja becomes the first Croatian helicopter. 7 October: Yugoslav jets strike Banski dvori in Zagreb. 25 October: Rudolf Perešin flies a MiG-21 to Klagenfurt. 12 December: the air force and air defence (HRZ i PZO) is founded.

1992

February: Danijel Borović defects with a MiG-21. 15 May: Ivica Ivandić flies a MiG-21 from Ponikve to Split.

1993

About 15 Mi-24s are acquired; MiG-21s bought from former Soviet units follow into 1994. Mi-8s begin carrying firefighters.

1995

2 May: Perešin is shot down and killed in Operation Flash. 4 August: Operation Storm begins with 17 MiG-21s available.

1996

The Pilatus PC-9M and the first Canadair CL-415 enter service; ten Bell 206s are ordered.

2005

Seven Mi-24Vs are retired; the Krila Oluje display team is formed on the PC-9M.

2009

Croatia joins NATO; on 2 July Mi-171Sh crews begin flying with KFOR in Kosovo.

2013

8 July: a contract with Ukrspecexport to overhaul and buy 12 MiG-21s is signed; the last is handed over in July 2015.

2016

March: the ministry orders checks and an expert commission on the Ukrainian MiG-21s. Sixteen OH-58D Kiowa Warriors arrive from the US Army.

2019

10 January: the Israeli F-16 Barak deal collapses. 12 May: Perešin’s MiG-21 returns from Austria. 4 July: the government decides to buy a new fighter.

2021

25 November: contract for 12 used Rafale F3-Rs signed during President Macron’s visit.

2022

3 February: the first two UH-60M Black Hawks arrive; four are in service by December. 6 December: a two-seat MiG-21 crashes near Slatina; both pilots survive.

2024

25 April: the first six Rafales land. 30 November: the MiG-21’s last alert day; Italy and Hungary take over air policing. 21 November: six Bayraktar TB2s ordered.

2025

25 April: the twelfth Rafale arrives. 2 September: the TB2 is presented. 23 October: Brig. Krešimir Ražov takes command. 8 December: letter of intent for the Rafale F4.

2026

1 January: Rafales take over air policing 24/7. May: first live TB2 laser-guided bomb. September: F4 upgrade approved; Rafales train refuelling with a German A400M.


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  • حرب جوية ضد الثوار اليوغوسلافيين 1941–1945 Bombing, reconnaissance and supply in support of Axis and NDH ground forces against the Partisans
  • فيلق القوات الجوية الكرواتية على الجبهة الشرقية 1941–1944 A fighter and a bomber squadron attached to the Luftwaffe
  • حرب الاستقلال الكرواتية 1991–1995 Supply, casualty evacuation and improvised bombing in 1991; from 1992–1993 reconnaissance, air superiority and close air support with MiG-21s and attack and transport helicopters
  • عملية فلاش 1995 MiG-21 strikes on the Sava bridge at Stara Gradiška and Krajina Serb positions; Mi-24s were requested to stop Serb armour
  • عملية العاصفة 1995 MiG-21 strikes on command posts, communications, bridges and artillery; Mi-24 attacks on armour; Mi-8 casualty evacuation

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Everything people ask about the Croatian Air Force

ما هو اسم القوات الجوية الكرواتية باللغة الكرواتية؟
Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo (HRZ), the spelling used by the Ministry of Defence at morh.hr. It was founded on 12 December 1991 as Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana (Croatian Air Force and Air Defence), a name the ministry still used in 2017; its pages have used plain HRZ since at least 2022.
ما هي الطائرات التي سيستخدمها سلاح الجو الكرواتي في عام 2026؟
اثنا عشر داسو رافال F3-R fighters, six بايراكتار TB2 drones, four مروحيات يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوك (eight more ordered), about ten Mi-171Sh and 15 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, Bell 206 trainers, بيلاتوس PC-9M and Zlin 242L trainers, and a firefighting fleet of six Canadair CL-415s and Air Tractors.
كم عدد طائرات رافال التي تمتلكها كرواتيا وكم كانت تكلفتها؟
Twelve used French رافال, ten single-seat and two two-seat, bought under a contract of 25 November 2021 for EUR 999,068,493, about EUR 1.15 billion with indexation and VAT. The first six arrived on 25 April 2024 and the last on 25 April 2025. An upgrade to the F4 standard worth EUR 112.2 million was approved in September 2026.
متى أخرجت كرواتيا طائرات ميغ-21 من الخدمة؟
Croatian طائرات ميغ-21 stood their last quick reaction alert on 30 November 2024. Italy and Hungary then policed Croatian airspace until the Rafales took over on 1 January 2026. Wikipedia gives July 2024 as the retirement date; the ministry did not publish a formal farewell date on the pages checked.
What was the MiG-21 overhaul scandal with Ukraine?
On 8 July 2013 Croatia signed with Ukraine’s state arms exporter Ukrspecexport to overhaul seven of its طائرات ميغ-21 at a repair plant in Odessa and supply five more; the twelfth was handed over in July 2015. The work ran late, the ministry publicly disputed newspaper claims about it in 2014, and in March 2016 it said military intelligence and military police checks had led to further verification and an expert commission after frequent problems with the aircraft. The contract value and the commission’s findings were not published on the pages checked.
Which pilots defected to Croatia with MiG-21s?
Four Yugoslav air force pilots are honoured by the ministry. Rudolf Perešin flew a MiG-21R to Klagenfurt in Austria on 25 October 1991; the aircraft only came to Croatia in 2019. Danijel Borović defected in February 1992, Ivica Ivandić flew from Ponikve in Serbia to Split on 15 May 1992, and Ivan Selak also brought a MiG-21. Their aircraft now stand as memorials at Gornja Stubica, Pula, Divulje and Pleso.
What did the Croatian Air Force do in Operation Storm?
It had 17 طائرات ميغ-21 and 14 helicopters on 4 August 1995. According to Wikipedia’s account, 13 MiG-21s hit six targets on the first day and later sorties struck command posts, communications sites and bridges, while طائرات Mi-24 attacked armour and Mi-8s evacuated casualties. Ground forces decided the operation, which Croatia celebrates as a liberation and Serbia commemorates as an exodus.
Who protects Croatian airspace?
Croatia’s own رافال, on alert 24 hours a day since 1 January 2026 within NATO’s air defence system. From 1 December 2024 to the end of 2025 Italian Eurofighters and Hungarian Gripens covered Croatia from their own bases, free of charge, while Croatian pilots trained on the Rafale.
Why does the Croatian Air Force fly water bombers?
Because the armed forces fight Croatia’s summer wildfires. It began with Mi-8s carrying firefighters in 1993, added Canadair CL-215s in 1994 and has flown CL-415s since 1996, six since 2010, with the 855th Firefighting Squadron at Zemunik. The aircraft are also sent abroad through rescEU and bilateral requests, to Greece, Albania, Montenegro and France; two DHC-515s are due in 2029 and 2030.
Did Croatia have an air force in the Second World War?
Yes, but not the present one. The Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia formed an air force on 19 April 1941 that fought the Partisans with ex-Yugoslav, German and Italian aircraft such as the بي إف 109, and a Croatian Air Force Legion flew with the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front until 1944. It ended on 8 May 1945; today’s air force dates itself from 1991.



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