350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

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350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
350. izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila
Active 1961 – 1990
Disbanded 1990
CountryFlag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Reconnaissance
Part of 701st Aviation Brigade
Garrison/HQ Tuzla Air Base

The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron ( Serbo-Croatian: 350. izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila / 350. извиђачка авијацијска ескадрила) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force established in April 1961 at Tuzla military air base.

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History

Squadron was formed as part of 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment equipped with US-made Lockheed RT/IT-33A Shooting Star jet-trainer aircraft equipped for aerial reconnaissance. [1] In 1974 Shooting Stars were replaced with new domestic-made Soko Jastreb light-attack jet aircraft in IJ-21 reconnaissance version. In 1988 several Orao INJ-22 reconnaissance aircraft were introduced.

It was disbanded in 1990 with 701st Air Base. [2]

Assignments

The 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment was a unit established in 1947 as the Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

The 1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense was an joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force established in 1986.

The 701st Aviation Brigade was an aviation brigade established in 1988 as part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force. The brigade command was stationed at Tuzla Air Base until it was disbanded in 1990.

Bases stationed

Equipment

Soko J-21 Jastreb series of light attack and reconnaissance aircraft

The Soko J-21 Jastreb, referred to as the J-1 Jastreb in some sources, is a Yugoslav single-seat, single-engine, light attack aircraft, designed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute (ATI) and Vojnotehnički Institut Beograd (VTI), in Belgrade and manufactured by SOKO. Derived from the G-2 Galeb advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft, it was designed in single-seat ground-attack and two-seat advanced flying / weapon training versions.

Soko J-22 Orao series of attack aircraft

The Soko J-22 Orao is a Yugoslav twin-engined, subsonic ground-attack and reconnaissance aircraft. It was designed as a single-seat main attack version or as a combat capable two-seat version for advanced flying and weapon training. It was developed as a joint Yugoslav-Romanian project in the 1970s for the air forces of both nations. It was built by SOKO in Yugoslavia and by Avioane Craiova as the IAR-93 Vultur in Romania.

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References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 369.
  2. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 370.