Banja Luka incident

Banja Luka incident
Part of the Bosnian War and Operation Deny Flight

Artist's depiction of the incident
Date28 February 1994
Location
Southwest of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°32′8.54″N 16°34′57.42″E / 44.5357056°N 16.5826167°E / 44.5357056; 16.5826167
Result NATO victory
Belligerents
 Republika Srpska

 NATO

Strength
6 J-21 Jastrebs
2 J-22 Oraos		 4+ F-16s
Casualties and losses
4 aircraft shot down[1][a]
1 aircraft crashed[3][4]
3 pilots killed
1 wounded		 None

The Banja Luka incident, on 28 February 1994, was an incident in which six Republika Srpska Air Force J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets were engaged, and four of them shot down, by NATO warplanes from the United States Air Force. U.S. F-16 fighters southwest of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully engaged and destroyed several Bosnian Serb warplanes which had attacked a Bosnian factory, while suffering no casualties of their own. It marked the first active combat action, air-to-air or otherwise, in NATO's history.[5]

  1. ^ "USAF F-16s shoot down 4 Serb attack aircraft – F-16 News". f-16.net.
  2. ^ AFSOUTH Fact sheets Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Serbian officially admitted 5 Aircraft lost
  4. ^ "Hronika Republike Srpske Krajine www.krajinaforce.com". krajinaforce.com.
  5. ^ "First NATO Military Action".


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