Transport, reconnaissance and fire support for government forces with Mi-8/17 and Mi-24 helicopters and, from June, Su-25 aircraft.

The conflict began on 22 January 2001, according to Wikipedia, and reached Tetovo in March. Macedonia had an air arm of trainers and a handful of transport helicopters, and it bought a combat air force within months, mainly from Ukraine: ten Mi-24V and two Mi-24K gunships in several batches, four Mi-8MTs, and three Su-25s and a Su-25UB. Greece gave two UH-1Hs. Aeroflight dates the first combat operations to 25 March, when government forces launched their offensive after attacks on Tetovo. The Mi-24s flew fire support around Tetovo, Radusha and Aracinovo. The Su-25s flew their first mission from Petrovec on 23 or 24 June, depending on the source, and were used again at Tetovo on 24 July and Radusha on 12 August. Wikipedia, citing Gordon and Dawes, says Ukrainian pilots flew the Su-25s; the Macedonian government’s position on that was not found. According to Wikipedia the insurgents had shoulder-launched missiles and anti-aircraft guns, yet no aircraft was shot down. Government and insurgents described the conflict in different terms, and casualty figures remain disputed; the figures here are attributed.

Resultado The Ohrid Framework Agreement was signed on 13 August 2001, and NATO’s Operation Essential Harvest collected the insurgents’ weapons from late August.

Dates of the first Su-25 mission differ (23 June per Wikipedia, 24 June per Aeroflight and the Su-25 article). The role of Ukrainian pilots rests on one published book cited by Wikipedia. Civilian and combatant casualty figures are from one source and are disputed.

Volar para

Air Force and Air Defence of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia

Dónde

Tetovo, Aracinovo, Radusha and the northern and western border areas

Junto a

Ninguna fuerza aérea aliada

Contra

National Liberation Army (NLA)

Aeronave

Mi-24V and Mi-24K, Su-25 and Su-25UB, Mi-8MT and Mi-17, UH-1H

Salidas

No se encontró ningún dato sobre el número de salidas en las fuentes consultadas.

Pérdidas

1 aviónOne Mi-17, lost in an accident on 17 March 2001 when its rotor struck a flagpole at Popova Shapka, according to Wikipedia; no aircraft was lost to enemy fire. Casualty figures for the whole conflict differ by source: the Alternative Information Network, as cited by Wikipedia, gave about 63 security-force and 64 NLA deaths and roughly 70 civilians. Air force casualties were not found.

Fuentes

Ejército de la República de Macedonia del Norte · ARM · Vuelo aéreo · Wikipedia · Wikipedia · Wikipedia · Wikipedia

A helicopter detachment with Mi-17s for the EU peace operation, in four rotations.

Parliament decided on 22 May 2006 to send a unit to the EU’s Althea operation, and the agreement was signed in Brussels on 3 July 2006. The Helicopter Squadron provided four rotations between 2006 and 2008, the wing’s first deployment abroad. On 12 January 2008 a Mi-17 carrying members of the detachment from Camp Butmir in Sarajevo crashed near Blace in Katlanovo. All 11 on board were killed: Lt Col. Toni Spasovski, Maj. Goran Ristovski, Capts Brane Spasovski and Igor Gjoreski and seven non-commissioned officers and soldiers. A monument stands at the site, and it is the heaviest loss of life in the service’s history found in the sources checked. The cause was not established in the sources checked.

Resultado The four rotations were completed; the army commemorates the Blace crash every 12 January.

The official investigation findings were not found in the sources checked.

Volar para

Air Wing of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia

Dónde

Bosnia y Herzegovina

Junto a

unión Europea

Aeronave

Mi-17

Salidas

No se encontró el total de salidas.

Pérdidas

1 aircraft · 11 killedA Mi-17 bringing crew home from the mission crashed near Blace, Katlanovo, on 12 January 2008, killing 11 members of the Air Force Wing. The crash happened in Macedonia, not in the mission area.

Fuentes

ARM · Ejército de la República de Macedonia del Norte · ARM · ARM · ARM