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Serbian TV showed the remains of the aircraft. According the state
television this are remains of the UAV, but this is probably what left of AGM-130. |
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According
to Yugoslav sources, one American Hunter UAV was shot down on 04-07-99 near Pristina
before midnight Pentagon officially confirmed the loss of this aircraft.
Yugoslav state television brodcasted an interview with a solder who brought this Hunter
UAV down. He was near the SAM-9 vehicle when UAV entered their range. There was another
inexperienced man on the control place of SAM-9 vehicle He saw a chance to shot but he
hesitate due to lack of experience. This two solders switch their places and Hunter became
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According to Air Forces Monthly (June 1999, p. 92), the Hunter UAV
was shot down by anti-aircraft fire at 1900hrs while providing surveillance data for an
attack on Yugoslav armored vehicles. A second Hunter, flying nearby as a communications
relay terminal, confirmed the loss and filmed the burning wreckage. |
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14.04
Kosovo polje |
According
to the German Defense Ministry spokesman, two German reconnaissance UAVs |
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(CL-289
drones) were lost between 04-12-99 and 04-14-99. Military experts in Bonn believe that the
aircraft are in the hands of Serb troops.Yugoslav state television showed remains one of
them. |
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Two NATO UAVs were shot down over
Yugoslavia on 05-13-99. The first UAV, a German CL-289, was lost over Klokot Banja in Kosovska Vitina
district at noon local time . Serbian TV showed the remains of the aircraft. NATO has officially
acknowledged this loss. Another UAV was shot down over the village of Biba, near the town of Urosevac
close to midnight. |
The two lost UAVs were reported in
the July |
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76): "May 13. NATO confirmed
that it had lost two unspecified UAVs over Kosovo today and said the cause was still being
investigated. Local source said one has been shot down near Pristina at 1000hrs GMT." .Yugoslav
military newspaper "VOJSKA" showed black-white photos of this UAVs. Solders, showed on the
photo, and his Air defense unit from Djakovica are also responsible for destruction of 3
Laser-guided bombs, one Tomahawk, one UAV "Hunter" and A-10 "Thunderbolt".
(according military newspaper "VOJSKA") |
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27.05
village Brcak, Boka Kotorska (Montenegro) |
A
NATO Hunter UAV was shot down by Yugoslav Navy air defenses over Boka Kotorska bay on 05-28-99
at 09:15. |
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