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To: mad_as_he$$

No F-15s were lost and only one F-117 was shot down. The losses to enemy action were a USAF F-16CG and an F-117A. Both pilots were rescued from inside enemy territory.


20 posted on 01/02/2006 5:39:05 AM PST by Tommyjo
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To: Tommyjo
Sorry fat fingered the key on the F-15 should of been F-16. And I stick to the belief that there were 2 Nighthawks shot down or one seriously damaged but made it to Italy.

Approx. date Location Type of aircraft/Remarks 24.03. Kosovo One NATO aircraft (some sources say F-117) was hit by an air to air missile fired by pilot Iljo Arizanov flying MiG-29

from 24.03. till 31.03. Montenegro One NATO helicopter with rescue troops and a pilot that was picked up was shot down. Pilot was probably the one flying Sea Harrier that was shot down near Virpazar

from 24.03. till 07.04. At least 4 (according to the latest information, 6) German aircraft (probably Tornadoes) were shot down. The crew of one aircraft is known to have ejected and was captured shortly after (either over Jastrebac or Fruska Gora), the crew of second Tornado was killed (it is possible that this is a Tornado that was shot down till 17:00 26.03. 12km south of Pancevo). Also, one German Tornado was shot down on 29.03. and the crew ejected (it is also possible that this Tornado is in fact the craft that was downed near the village of Gakovo) 26.03.

until 17:00 12km south of Bogatic UAV shot down 26.03.

until 17:00 4km south of Orahovac UAV shot down 26.03.

until 17:00 7 km south of Pancevo At least one F-16C was shot down in air to air combat. Military sources and some eyewitnesses say it was shot down by a Yugoslav MiG-29

28.03. UAV shot down 28.03. Kosovo One F-16 shot down by Lt.Col. Cira Simic's unit Third wave of attacks 4 F-16 were shot down by air defense units in the third wave of attacks. Information confirmed by Russian Defense Ministry According to reliable information, at least one (probably two) EA-6Bs were shot down Petrovcic, 15km west of Belgrade

One NATO plane crashed probably over Kosovo One A-10 Thunderbolt II was shot down by Sgt. Sasa Mitic with Strela missile. Aircraft crashed near Presevo Kosovo One Tornado shot down by Sgt. Branko Tintor with Kub-M SAM (Lt.Col. Cira Simic's unit)

Two aircraft shot down by Lt. Vladan Zivkovic with Strela missile system (Lt.Col. Momir Ivkovic's unit) One aircraft shot down by soldier Nikola Mileusnic with Strela-1M missile system (Lt.Col. Momir Ivkovic's unit)

One NATO plane downed by Janko Milosevic (Lt.Col. Momir Ivkovic's air defense unit) One aircraft down by Sasa Kostadinovic with Strela-2M missile system middle of April vicinity of Novi Sad

One F-16C was shot down by Aleksandar Sunjka with 20mm AAA. Plane was hit in the cockpit area. Pilot killed

17.04. village Rokci, near Aleksandrovac Wreckage of one F-16 was found after 20.04. village of Vrazalice, area between Gorazde, Rogatica and Visegrad One NATO plane crashed. Local Serb police unit that tried to access the site was blocked by SFOR troops until

05.05. Major Zoran Velickovic's air defense unit shot down 2 NATO planes

06.05. Nis One of the four planes that was shot down over the city, was Belgian F-16. Pilot was captured as soon as he touched the ground

until 12.05. Lt.Col. Nikola Blazevic's air defense unit shot down 3 NATO aircraft

until 12.05. Lt.Col. Zoran Damnjanovic's air defense unit hit and damaged 9 NATO planes (5 of which crashed within Yugoslav territory) and 2 NATO UAVs

until 20.05. Major Stojan Simijonovic's air defense unit shot down 5 NATO aircraft until 20.05. Lt.Col. Cira Simic's air defense unit shot down 13 airplanes and several UAVs until 20.05.

Radovan Curcic's unit shot down 2 planes and one UAV

The UAV loses are confirmed privately to me by people at General Atomic. Source:http://www.aeronautics.ru/natodownunclassified.htm

22 posted on 01/02/2006 8:04:44 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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