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YU AF Chronology

• November 1902 - engineering captain Kosta Miletic returns from  St. Petersburg after finishing Aeronautical Technical School
• end of 1909 - 2 balloons and hydrogen station were delivered
• February 1912 - Ministry of War issued a call for candidates to be sent to France and trained for pilots
• July 23^rd, 1912 - Mihailo Petrovic got FAI degree No. 979 becoming first Serbian military pilot
• September 1912 - order for 8 planes, erector hangars and spare parts   were placed in France, with 2 more planes ordered in Russia
• December 24^th, 1912 - War Minister Radomir Putnik issues a decree establishing  Aviation Command - this is the service holiday
• March 29^th, 1913 - lieutenant Zivojin Stankovic and sergeant Miodrag Tomic made first successful combat mission. For 45 minutes they observed Turkish positions in city of Skadar
• middle of 1915 - first pilot school in Serbia established in Pozarevac
• October 11^st, 1923 - IKARUS , first Yugoslav aircraft factory was formed
• March 28^th, 1924 - first localy produced aircraft, SB-1 from IKARUS, were delivered to AF
• April 6^th, 1941 - Nazi forces attacked Yugoslavia, with heavy bombing of capital Belgrade. Despite German and Italian superiority (6:1) and treason pilots fought bravely. For 9 days they flew over 1400 sorties downing 90 enemy aircraft. After capitulation some crews with their planes flew to Egypt and fought with the Allied forces
• May 1942 - partisan forces in occupied Bosnia fly missions with two planes
• September 28^th- Aviation section were formed by Partisan's High Command
• October 14^th, 1943 - first Air base in occupied Europe was formed in Livno
• middle of 1944 - RAF in Africa forms 351. (Hurricane) and 352. (Spitfire) squadrons staffed with Yugoslavs
• end of 1944 - USSR hands over to Yugoslavia 11. (Yak-1) and 42. (Il-2m3) division
• September 12^th, 1945 - Military Aviation academy was established
• March 1948 - first radar company was established
• May 23^th,1948 - paratrooper course started
• June 1948 - break up with Stalin
• 1950 - Air Force Technical School was formed in Zemun
• 1952  - first aircraft from USA (P-47 thunderbolt) and UK(Mosquito) were delivered
• October 1952 - first indigenously produced jet Ikarus 451M flew
• March  10^th, 1953 - first jet aircraft(T-33) for YAF came
• June 1955 - first complete EW units were formed
• July 1959 - AF and AD units from army united to form Air Force and Air defence
• May 1961- SOKO Galeb G-2 trainer, produced in aproximately 150 examples, made first flight
• September 1962 - First MiG-21f-13 fighter were delivered
• 1962 - S-75 DVINA were put in operational service
• 1991 - break up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• May 1992 - forming of  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force and Air Defence

Last Modified: 20.02.03 12:34

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