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: 104. vazduhoplovni školski puk / 104. ваздухопловни школски пук'') was an aviation regiment established in 1945 as 1st Training Aviation Regiment (''

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History

1st Training Aviation Regiment

The 1st Training Aviation Regiment was formed on November 1, 1945, by order from August of same year. It was created at Pančevo from training squadron, as part of Military Aviation College. It was equipped with Soviet-made Po-2 and UT-2 and Yugoslav Aero-2 training aircraft. By the May 1946 the regiment had composed from four squadrons, and by November same year number of squadrons was reduced. By the 1948 year this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, so it has become 104th Training Aviation Regiment. The commanders of regiment in this period were Predrag Ilić and Svetislav Nešović. Commissars was Milan Jovanović.

104th Training Aviation Regiment

The 104th Training Aviation Regiment was based at

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airfield for short period. By year 1949 it was dislocated to

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airport, where it has remain until it was disbanded. It was equipped with Soviet Yakovlev trainer-fighters and domestic made trainers. In year 1956 regiment was reformed in to 1st Pilot School, which existed until 1959/1960. The commanders of regiment in this period were Svetislav Nešović, Mido Rakočević, Edo Banfić and Luka Popov.Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 358.

Assignments

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(1945–1949) *

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of Military Aviation Academy (1949–1952) * Flight training center (1953–1960)

Previous designations

*1st Training Aviation Regiment (1945–1948) *104th Training Aviation Regiment (1948–1956) *1st Pilot School (1956–1960)

Bases stationed

(1945–1949) ** Kovin,

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and Kačarevo (1946–1948) *

(1949–1960)

Commanding officers

Equipment

* Yakovlev UT-2 (1945–1956) *

Po-2 The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2, for its initial ''uchebnyy'', 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) served as an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed ''Kukuruznik'' (russian: Кукурузник,Gunston 1995, p. 292. NA ...

(1945–1948) * Ikarus Aero 2B/C (1945–1948) *

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(1948–1950) * Yakovlev Yak-9U (1948–1950) *Yugoslav-made trainer aircraft (1948–1960)

References

{{Reflist Regiments of Yugoslav Air Force Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1959