the following link is for the above article by LIKA, dated 20.04.2002.
I hope that answers the question.
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=1812
LIKA,The article you have posted dates back to about april-may 2002. I read the same article posted on reality macedonia, not to sertain about the name.
As far as i know the su-25s are still in macedonia. on march 12yh i to saw the su-25s parked on the military side of petrovec airport
Macedonian AF MIL MI-17 upgraded with Aviators Night Vision Head-Up Display (ANVIS/HUD) System by Elbit Systems of Israel.
Macedonian Air Force MIL MI24v upgraded with Aviators Night Vision Head-Up Display (ANVIS/HUD) System by Elbit Systems of Israel.
Kapedani
whats the point, they can give you all the free stuff in the world, its no good when its scrap metal.it costs some countries less to give albania their old aircraft than to scrap them.
Back in 1996 turkey offered Macedonia 20x f-5, 1998 Bulgaria offered 24x mig-21, 1998 Germany offered 10x Bo-105 and uh-1h. We didnt take them. Why? Cos we are building an airfirce not a scrap yard.
We dont pride ourselvs on a Mig-17 being the backbone of our fleet.
You claim you have all these different types in operation. How many are airworthey.
Whats the potential of these aircraft. You want to join nato but how you gona do that when none of your aircraft meet nato standards, if so which ones.
Show us some facts, dont jus spin , pictures are all well and good but they dont tell us any thing apart from the fact that these aircraft are in albania.
Lika…you miss understand me. Im not a neationalistic freek.Im jus being realistic…
…I dont see albania geting the latest aviation technology, no because they dont deserve it but cos its way over priced for its current econonic situation.Kapedani is dreaming. the days when a superpower gave you stuff for the hec of it are over.No one is gona fund the Albanian AF unless they get sonething in return…
As for kapedani… all i see are pictures of museum pieces, relics of the cold war.What are u talking about what airforce, man not even countries poor arfican nations run mig-15.
no words…
shqiponja…YOU ARE A FOOL.MAN CANT YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU AND YOUR DELUDED DREAMS OF AN ALL MIGHTY AND POWERFULL GREAT ALBANIA…I DONT CARE WHO SUPPLIES YOU WITH WEAPONS ITS NEVER GONA HAPPEN.WAKE UP TO YOUR SELF
DEN NA ARM 2003 (MACEDONIAN ARMY DAY)
MACEDONIAN ARMY DAY (DEN NA ARM 2003)
MACEDONIAN SU-25A. ONE OF THREE SU-25A AND ONE SU-25UB BOUGHT FROM THE UKRAIN 2001.
MODERATED
ONE OF TWO UH-1H CHOPPERS USED BY THE MACEDONIAN AIRFORCE AS MEDIVAC DURING THE 2001 CONFLICT AGAINST ALBANIAN TERRORISTS. THE UH-1H WERE DONATED BY THE GREEK AIRFORCE AT A TIME WHEN WERE NEEDED MOST
MACEDONIAN ZLIN 242L TRAINERS VAM-103 & VAM-104
1.MACEDONIAN MIL MI-8 MT IN ACTION AGAINST ALBANIAN TERRORISTS (2001)
2.MACEDONIAN MIL MI-8 MT AT KRIVOLAK