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Croatian Air Force
Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo
Emblem of the Croatian Air Force
Founded12 December 1991; 34 years ago (1991-12-12)
Country Croatia
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size1,500
Part ofCroatian Armed Forces
H/QPleso Air Base
Mottos"They Watch and Sail the Croatian Sky"
Anniversaries12 December
Engagements
List
Websitevojnipilot.hr
Commanders
Current
commander		Brigadier Krešimir Ražov[1]
Notable
commanders		General Imra Agotić, Brigadier General Rudolf Perešin
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Flag
Aircraft flown
AttackBayraktar TB2
FighterRafale B/C
Attack helicopterOH-58D, Mi-171Sh
Utility helicopterBell 206B, UH-60M
TrainerZ 242L, PC-9M
TransportCL-415, AT-802A/F

The Croatian Air Force (Croatian: Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo or HRZ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Armed Forces of Croatia. It is headquartered on the Pleso Air Base in Zagreb, Croatia with coastal airfields in Zadar and Split. The Air Force is tasked primarily with commanding and protecting Croatian airspace. Along with conducting independent air operations, it provides air support for land and naval forces and aids in the recovery of troops in the field.

Its strategic mandate is articulated as air supremacy, reconnaissance, rapid mobility, air strike capability, as well as command and control. It is the second-youngest service branch and third-largest following the Croatian Navy and Croatian Army. This service branch oversees the nation's autonomous combat and surveillance drone fleet. It supports and participates in NATO, UN, EU, and American-led military operations around the world.

History

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Formation and Croatian War of Independence

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The Croatian Air Force was established on 12 December 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence.[2] The cornerstone of the Croatian Air Force was the establishment of an aviation group at the Command of the National Guard Corps (ZNG).

On 17 October 1990, an air combat group was formed at the Sinj airport on Piket as the nucleus of the future Croatian Air Force.[2] The most important was the independent air platoon Osijek, founded on 8 October 1991 by one of the "fathers" of the Croatian Air Force Marko Živković, who was killed in action on 2 December 1991 with the rest of the aircraft crew.[3] The Independent Air Platoon Osijek supplied weapons and medical supplies to the defenders of Vukovar and carried out attacks on enemy positions during the battle of Vukovar with improvised boiler bombs.[4][5] As the war progressed, MiG-21 fighter jets, Mi-24 combat helicopters, Mi-8 and Mi-17 transport helicopters became part of the Croatian Air Force.[6][7] In late 1993 and early 1994, 40 MIG-21 aircraft produced between 1972 and 1980 were acquired from the former Central Asian republics of the USSR, of which 24 were included in the squadrons and 16 were used as spare parts supplies. In mid-1993, 15 Mil Mi-24 fighter helicopters were acquired.[8][9]

Towards the end of the war, airspace protection actions, assault operations and landings of infantry units were carried out.[10] Croatian MiG-21s were used for reconnaissance, air superiority missions, and close air support operations, despite limited resources and spare parts. In total, Croatian forces downed more than forty enemy aircraft[11] and lost three MiG-21 to enemy fire.[12][13] Croatia ordered ten Bell 206B-3, worth $15 million with training and support, for initial-entry helicopter pilot training in its air force in 1996.[14] In 2005, government retired a squadron of seven Mi-24V helicopters due to maintenance costs.[15] Following the 2007 Croatian coastal fires in Kornati, the government acquired two Canadair CL-415 and five Air Tractor AT-802 water bombers for $70 million.[16] Croatia subsequently became the leading aerial firefighting power on the Mediterranean in respect to its population and surface.[16]

Modernisation and NATO

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Pair of Croatian MiG-21s and US Navy F-14 over Adriatic Sea.

Since joining the military alliance NATO in 2009, the Croatian Air Force has undergone multiple modernisation programs. With initial plans to replace the MiG-21 fleet with a multirole combat aircraft that year, the 2010s global financial crisis led to strained public finances.[17][18] Two years later, in 2015, the Air Force acquired sixteen Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters.[19] During the 2010s, members of the Air Force stationed in Afghanistan trained Afghan helicopter pilots, aviation technicians and flight technicians on the Mi-17 helicopter in Kabul.[20] Croatia received a total of sixteeen OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters from the U.S. Army in 2016 worth $14.5 million.[21][22]

In 2018, Croatia announced their intention to acquire 12 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from Israel for €410 million in a large-scale arms deal.[23] This deal included two flight simulators, training for its pilots and maintenance staff in Israel, aircraft weapons, a package of spare parts and equipment for ground support and infrastructure construction.[23] Originally sourced from the United States, the American government halted the deal by 2019 citing Israel's refusal to comply with the U.S. arms transfer guidelines.[24][25]

The Croatian Armed Forces modernized their entire combat aircraft fleet in 2025.

Modernisation efforts were restarted in January 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] During a training flight over the Adriatic Sea that year, a Croatian OH-58D helicopter struck the water and two pilots lost their lives.[27][28] By May 2021, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced the acquisition of 12 French Dassault Rafale combat aircraft in a €999 million deal with France.[29][30] The deal included comprehensive weapon systems, spare parts, logistics and training.[31] During a transition period,[32] the Italian Air Force and Hungarian Air Force protected neighboring Croatian airspace between 2024 and 2026.[33][34] On 8 December 2025 a Letter of Intent was signed for the further upgrading of 12 Rafale aircraft from the F3-R standard to the enhanced capabilities of the Rafale F4 standard.[35]

Croatia donated 14 helicopters – twelve Mi-8MTV-1 and two Mi-8T – to Ukraine as part of Croatian military aid in 2023.[36] A year later, two Antonov An-32B tactical transport planes were donated as well.[37][38] Croatia secured two DHC-515 fire-fighting planes from Canada as part of an international EU defence initiative worth €105 million in 2024.[39] That year, the U.S. financed a Foreign Military Sale to Croatia valued at $273.8 million.[40][41] This transaction included an additional eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment by 2028.[42][43] A large €95 million arms deal with Turkey in 2024 led to the debut of Croatian Bayraktar TB2 drones by 2025.[44][45] In 2026, Croatia announced a modernisation of their AN/FPS-117 radar system for €45 million.[46]

Organization

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Air Force Command organization as of April 2026 (click image to enlarge)

Commander of the Croatian Air Force[47]

Aircraft inventory

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Dassault Rafale F-3R escorting a U.S. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk over Lake Jarun
Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors.

Aircraft

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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
Dassault Rafale France Multirole F3-R, C 10[49] Upgraded NATO "F4 standard" combat systems as well as NATO Integrated Air Defense
F3-R, B 2[49][50]
Trainer aircraft
Zlín Z 42 Czech Republic Ab initio trainer Z 242L 4[51] Five received,[52] One lost[53]
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland Basic trainer
(reconnaissance and CAS)[54]		 PC-9M 14[51] Three received second-hand in 1996, and seventeen new in 1997. Six sold[55] and fourteen remain in use.[56]
Aerial firefighting
Air Tractor AT-802 United States Fire suppressor AT-802A 5[51] Seven received,[57] One lost[58]
AT-802F 1[59]
Canadair CL-415 Canada Water bomber CL-415 6[60]
DHC-515 0[51] Two on order[61]
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Bayraktar TB2 Turkey UCAV TB2S 6[62] Combat drone fleet
Orqa Interceptor Croatia UAIV MRM-2 Classified[63] FPV-enabled drones

Helicopters

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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Multirole
Mil Mi-17 Russia Transport / utility / armed capable Mi-171Sh 10[51] modernized variant
Scout and combat
Bell OH-58 United States Armed scout OH-58D(R) 15[51] Sixteen received,[64] One lost[65]
Utility
Sikorsky UH-60 United States Utility UH-60M 4[51] Eight on order[51]
Trainer helicopters
Bell 206 United States Rotorcraft trainer 206B-3 8[51] Ten received,[14] Two lost[66]

Weapons

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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Weapons of the Dassault Rafale
GIAT 30 France Cannon (30×150mm B calibre) GIAT 30M 791 12
MBDA MICA France Air-to-air missile (radar guidance) MICA RF/EM – [67][68]
Air-to-air missile (infrared guidance) MICA IR –
MBDA Meteor European countries
(United Kingdom. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden)		 BVR air-to-air missile – – [69][70][71][72][73]
MBDA SCALP-EG France, United Kingdom Cruise missile – – [74][75]
Safran AASM Hammer France Glide guided bomb – – [67][72]
GBU-12 Paweway II United States Laser-guided bomb – – [76][77]
Weapons of the Bayraktar TB2
Tübitak Sage BOZOK Turkey Air-to-surface missile – – [78][79]
Roketsan MAM Turkey Air-to-surface missile – – [44][79]
Weapons of the OH-58D
M2 Browning United States Heavy machine gun M296 – [80]
Hydra 70 United States Rockets – – [81][82]
AGM-114 Hellfire-2 United States Air-to-surface missile M36, R 100[83] [84][85]
Weapons of the Mi-171Sh
Zastava M84 Yugoslavia General-purpose machine gun – – [86]
S-8 Russia Rockets – – [87]
Weapons of the UH-60M
M240 United States Machine gun (7.62mm) _ _ [88]

Radars

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Model Variant Origin Type In service Notes
Air surveillance
AN/FPS-117 – United States L-band, AESA, 3D air search radar 5 [89][90]
Saab Giraffe Giraffe 40 Sweden PESA, short-range air defence radar 5 [91][92]

Retired aircraft

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The Croatian Air Force has previously operated the following aircraft since formation: MiG-21,[93] An-32,[38] CL-215,[16] An-2,[94] UTVA 75,[95] Mi-24,[96] Mi-8,[97] and MD 500.[98]

Personnel

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Rudolf Perešin, the first Yugoslav Air Force pilot to defect to the Croatian Air Force.

The Croatian Air Force has had 1,500 members since 2026.[74] It maintains over 200 pilots.[74] Approximately 13.44% of service members are women.[99]

Ranks

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Commissioned officers

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The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

NATO codeOF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1
 Croatian Air Force[100]
Stožerni general General zbora General pukovnik General bojnik Brigadni general Brigadir Pukovnik Bojnik Satnik Natporučnik Poručnik

Enlisted personnel

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The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

NATO codeOR-9OR-8OR-7OR-6OR-5OR-4OR-3OR-2OR-1
 Croatian Air Force[100]
 No insignia
Časnički namjesnik Stožerni narednik Nadnarednik Narednik Desetnik Skupnik Razvodnik Pozornik Vojnik

See also

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References

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