| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | RA-06018 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mil Mi-26 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mil Mi-26 |
| Aircraft Version: | Mil Mi-26T |
| C/n (msn): | 34001212319 |
| Operator Titles: | United Nations |
| Unit Markings: | UNPROFOR |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Photo Date: | 21 May 1995 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 535465 |
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This TyumenAviaTrans Mil Mi-26T was seen near Zagreb's Pleso Airport while on contract to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) which was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia, formed in Feb. 1992. Skylink of Canada hired civil contract aircrews to support UN units in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia and serve Sarajevo. The Mi-26 was use to airlift supplies to remote bases and large metal shipping containers installed by the UN as observation posts along the new borders. The high time crew previously flew in Siberian oil fields. Later to UTAir. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 1 January 2023, and has since been viewed 460 times. |