MQ-1 Predator Wreckage
Details:
Suspended from the ceiling of ground floor hall of the main exhibition building of the Museum.
Combat VehicleDisplay includes a General Atomics MQ-1 Predator remotely-piloted aircraft from the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 55th Wing, U.S. Air Force, shot down by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Defense Forces on 13 May 1999 near Uroevac, Kosovo, during Operation Allied Force.
According to the estimates of the Yugoslav Army General Staff, during the 78 days of bombing, about 30 NATO remotely piloted aircraft were shot down, of which NATO officially confirmed the loss of 27: eight RQ-5 Hunter (US), seven CL-289 (German/French), three RQ-2 Pioneer (US), three Sagem Crecerelle (Kestrel) (French), three MQ-1 Predator (US), three Phoenix (UK).
Source of information: www.muzejvazduhoplovstva.mod.gov.rs
Source of photos: googlemap
Monument Text:
P R E D A T O R
USAF UAV RQ-1A PREDATOR
55th Wing, 11th RS.
shot down on May 13, 1999
near the Urosevac (Kosovo)




