Anton Tus

From 1968 to 1969 he was commander of the 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment stationed at Batajnica Air Base.In 1985 he was promoted to the head of the Yugoslav Air Force and held that post until his defection in May 1991 amid the breakup of Yugoslavia.From September 1991 he was the first Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, until November 1992, when he opposed Minister of Defence Gojko Šušak's policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina.Between 1992 and 1995 he was President Franjo Tuđman's chief military advisor, before becoming head of Defence Ministry's Office for International Cooperation between 1995 and 2001.In 2001 he was appointed to the post of the chief of the Croatian Mission to NATO until retirement in 2005.
BribirYugoslaviaCroatiaZagrebSFR YugoslaviaYugoslav Air ForceCroatian Armed ForcesColonel GeneralGeneral of the ArmyCroatian Armed Forces General StaffCroatian War of IndependenceGrand Order of King Petar Krešimir IVOrder of Duke DomagojOrder of Nikola Šubić ZrinskiOrder of the Croatian TrefoilChief of Staff of the Croatian Armed ForcesBatajnica Air BaseSR Croatiabreakup of YugoslaviaMinister of DefenceGojko ŠušakBosnia and HerzegovinaJanko BobetkoPresidentFranjo TuđmanJutarnji listNarodne novineChiefsGeneral Staff of the Croatian Armed ForcesZvonimir ČervenkoPavao MiljavacDavor Domazet-LošoPetar StipetićJosip LucićDrago LovrićMirko ŠundovRobert HranjTihomir Kundid