Originally Posted By: Vympel
Not 100%, but Im pretty sure all of 4 MiG-29s destroyed on the ground were destroyed long before 7th June. So they destroyed 3 models/decoys that day.


The history of the MiG-29's during OAF, is one thing I never investigated deeply.
I know, that the 204 IAP of Batajnica had 14 MiG-29 and 2 MiG-29U fighters when the war started.


Last day before the war broke out, 2 MiG-29 was sent to Nis, 2 to Ponikve, and one to Podgorica. (9 stayed at Batajnica, excluding the trainers)
Note that MiG-29 is named as L-18 in Serbia, while the MiG-21 is named as L-17.


24th of March, US F-15C "Knife-13" killed MiG-29.
24th of March, US F-15C "Edge-61" killed MiG-29.
24th of March, Dutch F-16AM killed MiG-29.
26th of March, US F-15C "Dirk-21" killed 2x MiG-29.
4th of May, US F-16CJ "Puma-11" killed MiG-29.

... so total of 6 MiG-29 was destroyed in dogfight, without achieving any result.
(what happened with the other 8+2, I do not know.)



Last edited by Hpasp; 02/08/13 10:01 PM.

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