16-Aug-2023Source: US Air Force
For the first time in over 20 years, the U.S. Air Force and Serbian air force partnered together to conduct the first helicopter flight formation in history and participate in rotary wing search and rescue operations, Aug. 7-11, 2023, at Batajnica Air Base and Sgt./Pilot Mihajlo Petrovic Air Base, Serbia. To mark the beginning of... Read more
15-Dec-2021Source: Urdu Point
Serbia plans to purchase 30 helicopters in 2022-2023 including four new and 11 used Mi-35 Russian helicopters and three Mil Mi-17 Russian aircraft, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. See Full Story. ... Read more
22-Oct-2020Source: Reuters
Russia has authorised its defence ministry to open an office in Serbia, a government document showed, as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally even as Belgrade seeks to join the European Union. See Full Story. ... Read more
3-Jul-2019Source: Airbus Helicopters
Serbia has received its first H145M helicopter and will become a maintenance hub for SA 341 / SA 342 Gazelle helicopters. ”Both events underline the fact that Serbia and Airbus have entered into a close partnership”, as Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even pointed out at the Partner Defence Exhibition in Belgrade. The Moma Stanojlovic aeronautical plant, located... Read more
13-Mar-2019Source: HeliHub.com
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic spoke over the last weekend at a conference entitled “Capital Investments and Capacity Building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs“. He used his keynote speech to extol his Ministry’s achievements in recent years, and also to list capital spending projects completed and budgeted for.... Read more
23-Jan-2019Source: HeliHub.com
Serbia has recently ordered 3 additional Mi-17 transport helicopters and 7 Mi-35 combat helicopters from Russia. Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has commented that he is happy with the military-technical cooperation between Serbia and Russia, reports Defence Blog.... Read more
26-Nov-2018Source: HeliHub.com
In a ceremony held at the Airbus Helicopters factory at Donauworth in Germany, Serbian Minister of Defense Alexander Vulin received the first Airbus H145M from Klaus Przemek, the Head of Airbus Helicopters’ German Military Support Center. The event held late last week marks the first export handover of an H145M under the HForce program Equipment noted in images... Read more
21-Mar-2017Source: HeliHub.com
Russia’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Gleb Nikitin, met with Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Goran Knezevic, Economy Minister to discuss a prospective maintenance centre for helicopters between the two countries. They have discussed that such a centre would be in Serbia and would accommodate Russian and Soviet-made helicopters. They also discussed the... Read more
18-Nov-2016Source: EMERCOM of Russia
The Emergency Ministry’s Krasnoyarsk Air Rescue Center has gotten a new Mil-Mi-8 MTV helicopter made at the Kazan Helicopter Factory. The Mil Mi-8 MTV is a time-tested aircraft proven efficient in hundreds of rescue operations in different climatic conditions in the vast territory of Siberian Federal District, The new helicopter will replace the old one... Read more
29-Jun-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, delivered two medium military-transport helicopters to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia. The rotorcraft was manufactured at Kazan Helicopter Plant. The delivery was carried out under a contract signed by Rosoboronexport. The agreement was signed in September 2015 and was fulfilled on time. In addition... Read more
6-Jun-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, will showcase its current model range of military helicopters at the International exhibition of weaponry and munitions KADEX-2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Along with Rosoboronexport, Russian Helicopters will feature the multirole Mi-35M and the Mi-28NE attack helicopters. As part of the business program, Russian Helicopters will hold a briefing... Read more
15-Jan-2016Source: Balkan Insight
The Serbian Defence Minister, Bratislav Gasic, and the First Deputy Head of the Russian Service for Military Technical Cooperation, Andrei Markov, signed an agreement on Tuesday to establish a regional centre in Belgrade for the repair and maintenance of Russian-made helicopters. See full story... Read more
25-Sep-2015Source: Sputnik
Earlier in September, the deputy CEO for sales for the Russian Helicopters company, Grigory Kozlov, said Belgrade intended to purchase two Mil Mi-17 helicopters from Russia. See Full Story... Read more
17-Apr-2015Source: in News
The conflict between Chief of Staff Ljubisa Dikovic and the top management of air defense has grounded all aircrafts, writes Serbian daily “Blic”. See Full Story... Read more
13-Mar-2015
EMS flight in poor weather conditions, crashed killing two medical staff, four crew and the baby patient, only a few days old. A later report indicated “The post mortem showed there were 0.68 milligrams per milliliter of alcohol in Mehic’s blood, and 1.30 mg/ml in his urine.”... Read more
30-Jun-2014Source: FAA
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the Republic of Serbia complies with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been granted a Category 1 rating. The Republic of Serbia has held a Category 2 rating since 2006. A Category 2 rating means a country either lacks laws... Read more
6-Feb-2012Source: Belgian Serbian Business Assoc
According to a notice sent out by the Directorate to the addresses of over 130 local self-governments, municipalities are exempted from fees for the construction and registration of heliports, and their only obligation is to choose the location where a landing area for helicopters can be built. (see full story)... Read more
3-Feb-2012
Power loss during takeoff, ground impact... Read more
17-Oct-2011
Seven children hurt after hovering helicopter caused billboards to be blown over the crowds at a stadium. Helicopter was demonstrating troops rapelling to the ground... Read more
23-Nov-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Serbia has recently inducted Anja Krneta as the first female helicopter pilot in their air force. A profile of Anja appears in the latest edition of the military magazine Odbrana (issue 124) and is available in local language at http://www.odbrana.mod.gov.rs/odbrana124/41.pdf... Read more
13-Sep-2010Source: FlightGlobal
The Serbian air force is to make the first additions to its equipment inventory in almost 20 years, with two overhauled Mil Mi-17s... Read more
7-Sep-2010
“Two Russian helicopters with a Ka-32 and Mi-26 arrived at the airport in Nis, they have not yet done so flights, but are ready to intervene at any moment,” said the speaker of agency.... Read more
2-May-2010
Accident from low level, no serious injuries. Report states helicopter spinning before crashing.... Read more
