3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense

The 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (Serbo-Croatian: 3. korpus ratnog vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušne odbrane/ 3. корпус ратног ваздухопловства и противваздушне одбране) was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force established in 1964 as 1st Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 1. vazduhoplovni korpus / 1. ваздухопловни корпус).

3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense
3. korpus ratnog vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušne odbrane
Active1964–1992
Disbanded1992
Country Yugoslavia
BranchYugoslav Air Force
TypeCorps
Size5 regiments
HQNiš

History

1st Aviation Corps

The 1st Aviation Corps was formed by order from May 8, 1964, per the "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of the Yugoslav Air Force. It was created by transformation of 1st Air Command and its consolidation with units from 3rd Air Command and 7th Air Command. It consisted of all aviation units from eastern part of Yugoslavia at military airports Batajnica, Lađevci, Niš, Skoplje and Priština.

By order from December 25, 1967, the command of 1st Aviation Corps has been relocated from Zemun to Niš. By order from February, 1986, it was renamed in to 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense.

During this period Dušan Vlaisavljević, Ljubiša Ćurguz, Stevan Roglić, Borivoje Petkov and Miloš Bajčetić were commanders of the 1st Aviation Corps.[1]

3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense

The 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense was formed in February 1986, by order to organize three corps of Air Force and Air Defense. The corps area of responsibility was south-east part of Yugoslavia. It's aviation units were based at Niš, Skoplje, Lađevci, Priština and Golubovci military airports.

Units of 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense have participated in combat operations since end of June 1991 as assistance for other corps.

By June 1992 the 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense has been disbanded, and its command was reorganized into command of Aviation Corps of newly formed Air Force of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

In this period commanders of 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense were Marko Kulić and Ljubiša Veličković.[2]

Assignments

Previous designations
  • 1st Aviation Corps (1964-1986)
  • 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (1986-1992)

Organization

1964-1966

1966-1978
  • 1st Aviation Corps
      • 112th Signal Battalion
      • 359th Engineering Battalion
    • 98th Aviation Brigade
    • 107th Support Aviation Regiment (until 1973)
    • 119th Transport Helicopter Regiment (since 1968)
    • 161st Air Base
    • 165th Air Base
    • 171st Air Base
    • 177st Air Base
    • 285th Air Base
    • 399th Air Base
    • 423th Air Base
    • 492nd Air Base

1978-1986

1986-1992

Headquarters

Commanding officers
Date appointed Name
1964-1968 Dušan Vlaisavljević
1968-1973 Ljubiša Ćurguz
1973-1978 Stevan Roglić
1978-1984 Borivoje Petkov
1984-1986 Miloš Bajčetić
1986-1991 Marko Kulić
1991-1992 Ljubiša Veličković

References
  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 352.
  2. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 353.
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