Yugoslav Air Force
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The Yugoslav Air Force was the aerial warfare branch of socialist Yugoslavia’s armed forces, operating a mix of domestically produced and imported aircraft throughout the Cold War until the country’s dissolution.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yugoslav Air Force canonical | 21 |
| Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo | 3 |
| Yugoslav Air Defence | 1 |
| Yugoslav Air Defence Force | 1 |
| Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defence | 1 |
| Yugoslav People's Army air force | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air force
ⓘ
military branch ⓘ |
| abbreviation | JRV ⓘ |
| alliance | Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under unified Yugoslav People's Army General Staff ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ Yugoslav Wars ⓘ |
| country |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
| disestablishedAs | independent national air forces of successor states ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | breakup of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| doctrine |
combined use of domestic and foreign technology
ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Belgrade ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Yugoslav Air Force
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo
|
| notableDomesticAircraft |
Ikarus S-49
ⓘ
Soko G-2 Galeb ⓘ Soko G-4 Super Galeb ⓘ Soko J-21 Jastreb ⓘ Soko J-22 Orao ⓘ |
| notableImportedAircraft |
Republic F-84 Thunderjet
ⓘ
surface form:
F-84 Thunderjet
North American F-86 Sabre ⓘ
surface form:
F-86 Sabre
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ
surface form:
MiG-21
MiG-29 ⓘ T-33 Shooting Star ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| partOf |
People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Yugoslav People's Army
|
| role |
air defense of Yugoslav airspace
ⓘ
close air support ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
air defense
ⓘ
air warfare ⓘ |
| successor |
Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro
ⓘ
Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
surface form:
Air Force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
surface form:
Bosnian Air Force
Croatian Air Force ⓘ Macedonian Air Force ⓘ Slovenian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Slovenian Air Force
|
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| trainingAircraft |
Soko G-2 Galeb
ⓘ
Utva 75 ⓘ |
| usedAircraftOrigin |
Soviet aircraft
ⓘ
Western aircraft ⓘ domestically produced aircraft ⓘ |
| usedHelicopters |
Gazelle helicopter
ⓘ
surface form:
Gazelle helicopter (license-built SA 341/342)
Mi-8 ⓘ
surface form:
Mil Mi-8
|
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo
subject surface form:
S-125 Neva/Pechora
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav Air Defence
this entity surface form:
Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav Air Defence Force
subject surface form:
Ten-Day War
this entity surface form:
Yugoslav People's Army air force