Emir Šišić
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| Emir Šišić | |
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| March 17, 1963 | |
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| Place of birth | Živinice near Tuzla, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance | SFR Yugoslavia |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | SFR Yugoslav Air Force FR Yugoslavia Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Yugoslav Wars |
Emir Šišić (born March 17th, 1963 in Živinice near Tuzla, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is a former pilot of SFR Yugoslav Air Force (later FR Yugoslav Air Force). He is married with his wife Vesna and they have two daughters, Irena and Ada.
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[edit] Military career
Before the Yugoslav wars Emir Šišić was a MiG-21 pilot of the 124. Fighter Aviation Squadron, 117. Fighter Aviation Regiment from the Željava Air Base near Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the January 7, 1992 (during the war in Croatia), an AB-205 helicopter of the European Community Monitor Mission entered the Yugoslav air space without requesting permission[citation needed]. In that time it was forbidden to enter Yugoslav air space over Croatia because the JNA knew of efforts to arm the badly out gunned Croatian Army. Emir Šišić got the order to intercept the helicopter taking off from Željava in a MiG-21 Bis with military registration 17214. Near Novi Marof village near Varaždin, he got an order to shot down the helicopter, which killed five observers. After the evacuation of JNA personnel from Želajva, Šišić has continued his service as pilot in FR Yugoslavia Air Force flying on An-26 cargo aircraft at Batajnica Air Base. On June 9, 2002 he went to buy medicines in Hungary, where he was arrested and transfered to Italy where he was sentenced to 15 years of jail. Afther negotiation between Serbian and Italian authorities, Italians have agree to transfer Šišić from Italy to Serbia, in Sremska Mitrovica.
On the May 9, 2008 Emir Šišic has been released from jail.
[edit] ECMM observer involved
- Tenente colonnello Enzo Venturini, † KIA, pilot, Gold Medal for Military Valor (posthumous);
- Sergente maggiore Marco Matta † KIA, co-pilot, Gold Medal for Military Valor, (posthumous);
- Maresciallo capo Fiorenzo Ramacci † KIA, Gold Medal for Military Valor, (posthumous);
- Maresciallo capo Silvano Natale, † KIA, Gold Medal for Military Valor, (posthumous);
- Lieutenant de vaisseau Jean-Loup Eychenne, † KIA, Marine nationale.
