2E-Adversaries: Balkan States (1992-99)

Although the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was not a member of the Warsaw Pact, it was a socialist state that, like many Eastern European nations, experienced internal turmoil following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Communist Bloc. In 1990, ethnic separatist parties won the first multi-party elections held across Yugoslavia, except in Serbia and Montenegro, where socialist leader Slobodan Milošević remained in power. In 1992, four constituent republics declared independence from Yugoslavia, with only Serbia and Montenegro remaining federated under Milošević as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

The status of ethnic Serbs outside the FRY was immediately called into question, and after a string of inter-ethnic incidents, the Yugoslav Wars began, first in Croatia in 1991 and later more severely in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992, it sparked a three-way conflict for control among the Bosnian Serbs (Republika Srpska, supported by Serbia and Montenegro), the Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), and Croats. US forces, operating under the UN and NATO, clashed with Republika Srpska multiple times from 1992 until the conflict was ended with the 1995 Dayton Agreement.

In the aftermath of the Bosnian War, Kosovo initiated its own battle for independence, led by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). NATO intervened in 1999 after escalating violence, including ethnic cleansing by FRY forces, and launched a 78-day bombing campaign that ended with Yugoslavia accepting UN peacekeepers into Kosovo, effectively ending the conflict.

This collection covers the Bosnian Serb (VRS) and Yugoslavian (FRY) military forces that clashed with US and NATO forces during my time in service.

FIGHTER / STRIKE AIRCRAFT
- J-21 Jastreb (Bosnian Serb Air Force)
- J-22 Orao (Bosnian Serb Air Force)
- G-4 Super Galeb (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)
- MiG-21bis Fishbed-L (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)
- MiG-29 Fulcrum-A (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)

HELICOPTERS
- HI-42 Hera (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)
- Mi-8T Hip-C (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)
- SA 316B Alouette III (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force)

RADARS
◦ Marconi S-600 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
* M-85 Giraffe (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• P-15/M Flat Face/Squat Eye (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
- P-18 Spoon Rest (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)

SURFACE-TO- AIR MISSILES (SAM)
• SA-2 Guideline / Fan Song (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• SA-3 Goa / *Low Blow (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• SA-6 Gainful / Straight Flush (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• SA-9 Gaskin (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
- SA-13 Gopher (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• SA-18 Grouse and other MANPADS (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)

SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS (SPAAG)
- BOV-3 (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
- M53/59 (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• ZSU-57-2 (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• ZSU-23-4 Shilka (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)

ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
- 52-K M1939 85-mm AAA (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
• ZU-23-2 (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)
* Bofors L-70 40mm AAA (Bosnian Serb / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Army)

* Wishlist
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