The Government Aviation Service () is a directorate of the

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, which provides air transport for the

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and other high-ranking state officials for visits outside the country.

History

The history of the Government Aviation Service dates back to 1 June 1965 and the establishment of the Aviation Service of the Federal Authorities (''Avio služba za potrebe saveznih organa'') of the

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. Fleet initially consisted of two aircraft ( Let L-200 D Morava and Beechcraft Baron B 55) as well as

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helicopter with 5 pilots and an aircraft mechanic. In 1969, two Beechcraft Duke B 60 were acquired while in 1975 first two

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. On 18 January 1977, the

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Džemal Bijedić Džemal Bijedić ( cyrl, Џемал Биједић, ; 12 April 1917 – 18 January 1977) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from July 1971 until his death in a plane crash in January 1977. He additi ...

, his wife Razija, and six others died when Learjet 25 crashed on the Inač mountain near

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The plane took off from

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near Belgrade and was en route to

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when it crashed, due to poor weather conditions. In 1981,

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was purchased while another Learjet 25 was purchased in 1985. In 1991, Learjet 30a (which is to date still in service) was acquired. In 1995, the 675th Transport Squadron of the

Yugoslav Air Force The Air Force and Air Defence ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana ; abbr. sh-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, separator=/, РВ и ПВ� ...

(tasked with transport of high-ranking officials as well), with a fleet of six planes and helicopters, was merged into the Aviation Service of the Federal Authorities. Two Learjet 25 were sold in 1999 and another two in 2003, while

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was acquired in 2004. In 2006, after dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Aviation Service of the Federal Authorities was transformed into the Government Aviation Service of the Republic of Serbia. On 17 April 2015, Falcon 50 en route to Vatican with

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on board, returned back due to an engine failure and safely landed at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. Subsequently, the plane went on overhaul engine with extended life service for six years. In 2018

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was acquired while in 2025

Dassault Falcon 6X The Dassault Falcon 6X is a large, long-range business jet developed by Dassault Aviation in France. Its precursor, the Falcon 5X twinjet, was launched in 2013, rolled-out in 2015 and made its first flight on July 5, 2017, but its development w ...

was purchased and these two planes nowadays form the backbone of the fleet.https://tangosix.rs/2025/18/04/trenutno-najmoderniji-avion-u-srbiji-novi-falkon-6x-drzavne-avio-sluzbe/

History

Fleet

Current fleet

Retired fleet

See also

References