Banja Luka incident

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

Artist's depiction of the incident
Date28 February 1994
Location44°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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