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3rd Aviation Corps

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Active
  
1949–1959

Branch
  
Yugoslav Air Force

HQ
  
Zagreb

Country
  
Yugoslavia

Type
  
Regiment

Disbanded
  
1959

The 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus / 3. мешовити авијацијски корпус) was an aviation corps established in 1949 as 3rd Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 3. avijacijski korpus / 3. авијацијски корпус). It was formed by order from July 24, 1949, with command in Zagreb as join unit composed from three aviation divisions and one aviation technical division. In 1953 it was renamed in to Mixed Aviation Corps. Corps was disbanded by order from June 27, 1959 with the "Drvar" reorganization of the Air Force.

Contents

Organization

  • Liaison Squadron of 3rd Aviation Corps
  • 112th Signal Battalion
  • 379th Engineering Battalion
  • 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (1953–1959)
  • 275th Air Reconnaissance Regiment (1955–1959)
  • 21st Aviation Division
  • 32nd Aviation Division
  • 37th Aviation Division
  • 34th Aviation Technical Division

    • Commanding officers

  • Vlado Maletić
  • Viktor Bubanj

    • Political Commissars

  • Branko Borojević
  • Ivan Dolničar

    • Chiefs of Staff

  • Matija Petrović
  • Milan Tojagić

    • References

    3rd Aviation Corps Wikipedia
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