LQBK Banja Luka International Airport
IATA: BNX , ICAO: LQBK
At the start of the Bosnian war the following units where stationed here:
- 27th Fighter-Bomber squadron (J-22 Orao)
- 28th Fighter-Bomber squadron (J-21 Jastreb)
- 89th Mixed Helicopter Regiment (Gazelle and Mi-8T)
AA units:
-474th Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Missile Regiment
(2K12 Kub , S-75 Dvina and S-75M Volkhov)
With AAA: 20, 30, 40mm
-51st Air Warning and Control Battalion
-155th Air Defence Missile Brigade
It was the HQ of the newly formed ViPVOVRS (Air force and Anti Air systems of the Army of the Republic of Srpska) formed on the 27th may 1992 and became the 874th Air Base along with the Zaluzani airbase nearby.
That same day sorties started against Croatian forces in Posavina and later in the Operation Corridor.
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I really hope the developers add this one in cause it played a significant role in the war and it also fills a void on the map.
Sources:
https://tangosix.rs/2022/02/06/foto-reportaza-obelezeno-30-godina-vazduhoplovstva-i-protivvazdusne-odbrane-nekadasnje-vojske-republike-srpske/
https://potkozarje.net/2024/10/19/vazduhoplovstvo-i-protivvazdusna-odbrana-vojske-republike-srpske/
https://warhistory.org/%40msw/article/republika-srpska-air-force?
https://www.kurir.rs/region/bosna-i-hercegovina/2832985/video-heroji-neba-srpske-ovo-je-neispricana-prica-o-nastanku-v-i-pvo-republike-srpske
https://www.vesti.rs/NATO/Avijacija-Republike-Srpske-zivot-borba-i-smrt-12.html
