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: {{lang, hr, 351. izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila / 351. 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

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. In 1966 squadron was disbanded and its equipment and personnel were passed to

350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (''Serbo-Croatian: {{lang, hr, 350. izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila / 350. извиђачка авијацијска ескадрила'') was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force established in A ...

of same regiment. By order from August 29, 1973, 351st Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was reestablished with 82nd Aviation Brigade at Cerklje airport. It was equipped with new domestic-made Soko Jastreb light-attack jet aircraft in IJ-21 reconnaissance version. In 1984 the first Orao attack aircraft in the IJ-22 reconnaissance version were introduced with this squadron. This was the first squadron of Yugoslav Air Force equipped with new Orao aircraft. In 1985 all Jastreb aircraft were replaced with Orao. The squadron took part in first combat operations during the war in Slovenia and Croatia later since beginning of Yugoslav wars in 1991. 351st Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was evacuated from Slovenia to Željava Air Base, attached to

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and later by order from August 30, 1991, disbanded, with equipment and personnel integrated into

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Assignments

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) * 82nd Aviation Brigade/82nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (1973−1978) *

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(1978−1982) * 82nd Aviation Brigade/82nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (1982−1991)

Bases stationed

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. I ...

(1961−1966) * Cerklje (1973−1991) *

Željava Air Base Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the mountain, near the city of Bihać, was the largest underground hangar and military air base in the SFR Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosl ...

Equipment

* Lockheed RT/IT-33A Shooting Star (1961–1966) * Soko IJ-21 Jastreb (1973–1985) * Soko IJ-22 Orao (1984–1991)

References

Yugoslav Air Force squadrons Military units and formations established in 1961 Military units and formations disestablished in 1991