Serbian president gets piece of US bomber F-117 that was shot down over Serbia on March 27, 1999

While visiting Serbian Army units, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a piece of the US F-117 aircraft that was shot down on March 27, 1999, during the NATO bombing.

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"These guys hope that they will never have to do it again, but will always be ready to guard our skies and defend our country," said the president of Serbia.

The shooting down of an F-117 over Budjanovci occurred during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, which was the first and only confirmed loss of a NATO stealth aircraft.

The pride of the US Air Force, a tactical F-117 A bomber better known as the "night hawk", was shot down on the fourth day of the NATO bombing.

Yugoslavia's army is the only in the world to have shot down this type of aircraft, debunking the myth of its superiority and invisibility.

The plane was shot down on March 27, 1999 by the 3rd Division of the 250th Missile Air Defense Brigade of the Yugoslav Army, commanded by Colonel Djordje Anicic.

The aircraft was downed using a Russian missile system, S-125 Neva. Disabled for further flight, the plane crashed in the area of ​​the Srem village of Budjanovci, near the town of Ruma, northwestern Serbia.

(Telegraf.rs)