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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo 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

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Yugoslav Air Force nativeName Yugoslav Air Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo
Yakovlev Yak-3 operator Yugoslav Air Force
Yugoslav Royal Air Force successor Yugoslav Air Force
Ilyushin Il-2 usedBy Yugoslav Air Force