picture 190156

Two Mil Mi-24Vs were obtained from Ukraine in 1997 for the RDB JSO flying unit. They were unsuccessfully used over Kosovo and Metohija in operations during 1998, and – after 2000 – occassionaly by the MUP Srbije exercises. In 2006 both were transferred to RV i PVO but remained nonoperational. The official explanation of the Serbian MoD was that because both were assembled from different airframes neither the Mil factory nor any other facilities was prepared to overhaul them. Other than the small insignia of the JSO unit, neither wore any kind of identification insignia. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)