Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command Vazduhoplovna eskadrila lake borbene avijacije 5. vazduhoplovne komande | |
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Active | 1953–1961 |
Disbanded | 1961 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
Type | Squadron |
Role | Training |
Part of | 5th Air Command |
Garrison/HQ | Pleso |
The Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command ( Serbo-Croatian: Vazduhoplovna eskadrila lake borbene avijacije 5. vazduhoplovne komande / Ваздухопловна ескадрила лаке борбене авијације 5. ваздухопловне команде) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in 1953 at Pleso airfield as the Training Squadron of 32nd Aviation Division ( Serbo-Croatian: Trenažna eskadrila 32. vazduhoplovne divizije / Тренажна ескадрила 32. ваздухопловне дивизије).
The squadron was part of 32nd Aviation Division. It was equipped with Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-9U fighter trainers and British de Havilland Mosquito fighters. [1]
In 1959, under the Drvar reorganization plan of the Yugoslav Air Force, the training squadron became the Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command. It was disbanded in April 1961. [2]
Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command Vazduhoplovna eskadrila lake borbene avijacije 5. vazduhoplovne komande | |
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Active | 1953–1961 |
Disbanded | 1961 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
Type | Squadron |
Role | Training |
Part of | 5th Air Command |
Garrison/HQ | Pleso |
The Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command ( Serbo-Croatian: Vazduhoplovna eskadrila lake borbene avijacije 5. vazduhoplovne komande / Ваздухопловна ескадрила лаке борбене авијације 5. ваздухопловне команде) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in 1953 at Pleso airfield as the Training Squadron of 32nd Aviation Division ( Serbo-Croatian: Trenažna eskadrila 32. vazduhoplovne divizije / Тренажна ескадрила 32. ваздухопловне дивизије).
The squadron was part of 32nd Aviation Division. It was equipped with Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-9U fighter trainers and British de Havilland Mosquito fighters. [1]
In 1959, under the Drvar reorganization plan of the Yugoslav Air Force, the training squadron became the Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 5th Air Command. It was disbanded in April 1961. [2]