During the conflict in Bosnia, the UN had imposed a No Fly Zone (NFZ) over the country. Only with a previous authorization by the UN could someone fly over Bosnia. In order to assure that NFZ the UN gave a mandate to NATO for the implementation of the necessary measures and, simultaneously, deployed UN MilitaryContinuar lendo “Flying in the No Fly Zone – Bosnia 1995”
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Birds violating the Bosnian No Fly Zone (1995)
On night of 24 February 1995, I was on duty at the UNPROFOR radar console assigned by the Yugoslav authorities at Belgrade’s International Airport Area Control Centre (ACC). At about 02H00 in the morning, four large targets pumped-up flying over Bosnia, with a separation between radar contacts of about 10 Km (some 20 minutes betweenContinuar lendo “Birds violating the Bosnian No Fly Zone (1995)”
Zona de Exclusão Aérea Bósnia Herzegovina
Em 1992, devido ao agravamento do conflito na Bósnia Herzegovina e nas Krajinas Sérvias da Croácia, o Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas decretou uma Zona de Exclusão Aérea (No Fly Zone) sobre aqueles territórios. O objectivo era evitar que o Exército Nacional Jugoslavo utilizasse o seu esmagador “poder aéreo” naquele conflito. Por forma implementarContinuar lendo “Zona de Exclusão Aérea Bósnia Herzegovina”
Bosnia’s No Fly Zone
In 1992, due to the deteriorating security situation in the Balkans and the warlike acts perpetrated over the civilian population, the United Nations Security Council imposed an area of exclusion for non-authorized flights – commonly known as “No Fly Zone” (NFZ) – over Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Croatia (the Serbian Krajinas). The overall intention wasContinuar lendo “Bosnia’s No Fly Zone”
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