In the period between March and early September, especially during the summer months, AF BiH have been engaged on several occasions in land-based firefighting operations at the locations of municipalities: Konjic, Mostar, Tomislavgrad, Bileća, Trebinje, Medjugorje, Berkovici , Livno, Gacko, Bosansko Grahovo, Drvar, Kupres, Ravno, Jablanica and Ljubinje.
Given that the fires occurred in remote and inaccessible areas, the helicopter units of the BiH AF with helicopters Mi-8T and Mi-8MTV were used for firefighting.
During these firefighting activities, more than 250 members of the AF were engaged, where helicopter units of the AF realized a total of 226.3 hours of flight, with about 1850 tons of discharged water, 212 persons transported, and 18 tons of various cargo and equipment transported by air.
(Source: fena)