26.10.2020.
Ministеr Vulin: 98th Air Brigade provided with most modern equipment
The Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin, together with the Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence, Major General Duško Žarković, visited today members of the 98th Air Brigade at the “Lađevci“ airport near Kraljevo.
Commander of the 98th Air Brigade, Colonel Zoran Prodanović, presented Minister Vulin with the Plaque of the 98th Air Brigade as a sign of gratitude for his contribution to the preservation and development of operational capabilities.
After the visit, Minister Vulin emphasized that the 98th Air Brigade is provided with some of our most modern equipment, but also with aircraft such as “Orao” (Eagle), that are being intensively upgraded.- They also have the Mi-35s, the CH-92 unmanned aerial vehicles, and most importantly, they have people who have undergone comprehensive training and re-training, who are capable of using this state-of-the-art technology. Armed Forces are proud of their air force, but the air force also has a lot of reasons to be proud of the members of the 98th Air Brigade. The fact that 100 percent of their equipment is in good working order is something that far larger and richer armed forces than ours cannot boast of – Minister Vulin pointed out.
According to him, members of the 98th Air Brigade performed particularly well on Pešter, when they amazed everyone with the display of their capabilities and when they used live fire to perform what they hadn’t done for decades, and they showed how accurate, trained and efficient they are. - The Ministry of Defence will continue to work on providing equipment and modernizing, but above all, it will do its best to make sure that the members of the 98th Air Brigade are satisfied, provided for and secure, so that they can do their job in the best possible way. We will work on staffing, we will train new generations of pilots and technicians, but these men must be preserved, because the more we preserve them, the more protected our skies are – Minister Vulin concluded.
After the briefing by the Commander of 98th Air Brigade, Colonel Prodanović, on the situation and the operational capabilities of the unit, Minister Vulin was presented with the display of tactical and technical means that the unit possesses.
