The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (''
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
: {{lang, hr, 350. izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila / 350. извиђачка авијацијска ескадрила'') was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force established in April 1961 at Tuzla military air base.
History
Squadron was formed as part of 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment equipped with US-made Lockheed RT/IT-33A Shooting Star jet-trainer aircraft equipped for aerial reconnaissance. In 1974 Shooting Stars were replaced with new domestic-made Soko Jastreb light-attack jet aircraft in IJ-21 reconnaissance version. In 1988 several Orao INJ-22 reconnaissance aircraft were introduced.
It was disbanded in 1990 with 701st Air Base.
[Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 370.]
Assignments
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103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
The 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 103. izviđački avijacijski puk / 103. извиђачки авијацијски пук'') was a unit established in 1947 as the Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: izvi ...
(1961-1966)
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98th Aviation Brigade (1966-1978)
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1st Aviation Corps
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
(1978-1982)
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98th Aviation Brigade (1982-1985)
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1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (1986-1988)
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701st Aviation Brigade (1988-1990)
Bases stationed
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Tuzla Air Base
Tuzla Air Base was a military airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
Tuzla International was once the largest military airport of the SFRY, former Yugoslavia. The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was active there for a time.
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(1961-1990)
Equipment
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Lockheed RT/IT-33A Shooting Star (1961–1974)
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Soko IJ-21 Jastreb (1974–1990)
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Soko INJ-22 Orao (1988–1990)
References
Yugoslav Air Force squadrons
Military units and formations established in 1961
Military units and formations disestablished in 1990