| 101st Fighter-Training Aviation Regiment 101. školski-lovački vazduhoplovni puk | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1945 - 1956 |
| Disbanded | 1956 |
| Country |  |
| Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
| Part of | |
The 101st Fighter-Training Aviation Regiment ( Serbo-Croatian: 101. školski-lovački vazduhoplovni puk / 101. школски-ловачки ваздухопловни пук) was a unit established in 1945 as the 2nd Training Aviation Regiment ( Serbo-Croatian: 2. vazduhoplovni školski puk / 2. ваздухопловни школски пук) as part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force.
The 2nd Training Aviation Regiment was formed on September 12, 1945, by order from August of the same year. It was created by the realignment of the First Pilot School at Ečka airport, as part of the Military Aviation College. It was equipped with Tiger Moth and Harvard training aircraft. By 1946 the regiment had become a Fighter-Training unit and it was re-equipped with Soviet-made Po-2s, Yak-1s, Yak-9Us and Ilyushin Il-2s. The 2nd squadron with Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft left the regiment and became the 3rd Training Aviation Regiment.
Zrenjanin Airport is an airport in the Zrenjanin Municipality, Serbia, which replaced in 1977 old Zrenjanin Airport built in 1929 in Bagljaš, and is often referred to as Ečka. The airport is registered as a sports and trade airport, and used for pilot training.
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s. Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force (USAF) designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962. It remains a popular warbird aircraft used for airshow demonstrations and static displays. It has also been used many times to simulate various Japanese aircraft, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in movies depicting World War II in the Pacific. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built.
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By 1948 this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, it became the 101st Fighter-Training Aviation Regiment.
The commanders of the regiment in this period were Ivo Novak, Albin Starc and Kosta Lekić. Commissars were Dušan Đurović, Ćiro Begović and Stevo Tišman. [1]
The regiment was based at Kovin Airport and for short period at Nikšić and Titograd airports in SR Montenegro. It moved to Banja Luka in 1949, where it was to remain until it was disbanded. It was equipped with Soviet Yakovlev trainer-fighters and domestic-made trainers.
Kovin Airport is an airport in the Kovin Municipality, Vojvodina, Serbia. The airport is near the town of Smederevo and 45 km (28 mi) east of central Belgrade.
Banja Luka or Banjaluka, is the second largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the de facto capital of the Republika Srpska entity. Traditionally, it has been the centre of the Bosanska Krajina region, located in the northwestern part of the country. According to the 2013 census, Banja Luka city territory has 274,914 inhabitants.
It was disbanded on January 9, 1956.
The commanders of the regiment in this period were Aleksandar Radičević, Albin Starc and Radovan Daković. [2]
| Date appointed | Name |
|---|---|
| Ivo Novak | |
| Albin Starc | |
| Kosta Lekić | |
| Aleksandar Radičević | |
| Albin Starc | |
| Radovan Daković | |
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