The Serbian Air Force and Air Defense (Serbian: Ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана - В и ПВО or Vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana - V i PVO) is the air force of Serbia and the part of Serbian Armed Forces. It consists of an array of combat aircraft, cargo aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, UAV, combat helicopters, cargo/utility helicopters, radars and SAMs.
The Air Force fleet consists of many Russian and indigenous combat aircraft. Today, the Air Force has 32 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s and 5 MiG-29s. Currently, only four MiG-29s which have come back from overhaul, the remainder will return in 2009. Since 2006, when only four MiG-21s were flying due to fuel problems, there are now about ten Mig-21's in active service. The two operational MiG-21UM's are heavily used as two pilots can receive the benefit of the flight. The MiG-29s were purchased in 1987, while the MiG-21Bis aircraft were purchased between 1977 and 1983. The Air Force is looking to replace the aging MiGs with a new multi-role fighter. The former-Yugoslav Air Force had plans to replace MiG-21s with Novi Avion in the 1990s but the wars stopped all projects. All of the MiGs are located at the Batajnica Air Base, as part of 101st Fighter Aviation Squadron (ex 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment).[3]
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