3rd Air Command
3rd Air Command 3. vazduhoplovna komanda | |
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Active | 1959–1964 |
Disbanded | 1964 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
Type | Division |
Size | 5 regiments |
HQ |
The 3rd Air Command (Serbo-Croatian: 3. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 3. ваздухопловна команда) was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force.
History[]
It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, on November 23, same year per the "Drvar" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force from the 39th Aviation Division with command at Batajnica. In 1961 it suffered a change inorganization.
By the new "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force, 3rd Air Command has been disbanded. Its units were attached to 1st Aviation Corps.
The commanders of Air command was Nikola Lekić.[1]
Organization[]
1959-1961[]
- 1st Air Command[2]
- Liaison Squadron of 3rd Air Command
- Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 3rd Air Command
- 94th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 81st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
- 107th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
- 116th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1959-1960)
- 161st Air Base
- 165th Air Base
1961-1964[]
- 1st Air Command[3]
- 94th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 81st Support Aviation Regiment
- 107th Helicopter Regiment
- 161st Air Base
- 165th Air Base
Headquarters[]
Commanding officers[]
- Colonel Dušan Vlaisavljević
References[]
- Notes and citations
- ^ Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 353.
- ^ Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defense - Order of Battle Plan 'DRVAR-I' 1960
- ^ Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defense - Order of Battle Plan 'DRVAR-I' 1961
- Bibliography
- Dimitrijević, Bojan (2012). Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo. Beograd: Institut za savremenu istoriju. ISBN 8674031633.
Categories:
- Air Commands of Yugoslav Air Force
- Military units and formations established in 1959