A colegue from Macedonia compiled a video of Macedonian Mil-24 gunships in action in short but bitter 2001 war against Albanian terrorists/insurgents/whatever: http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/dragan_mig31/2923/ AFAIK first operational sorties were flown by Ukranian crews that delivered the planes ( same for Su-25 attack planes). For Macedonians it was "on the job training" and by the end of campaign they were operating themselves and ukranian crews relegated to training personell.
