3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment explained

Unit Name:3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment
3. puk VOJIN
Dates:1968 - 1973
1986 - 1992
Branch:Yugoslav Air Force
Command Structure:3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense
Garrison:Sarajevo
Niš
Garrison Label:Command
Disbanded:1973
1992

The 3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 3. puk VOJIN / 3. пук ВОЈИН) was an air reconnaissance and guidance regiment established in 1968 and reestablished as part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force.

History

The 3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment was established on June 3, 1968, from 68th Air Reconnaissance Battalion with command at Skoplje. It was disbanded by order from September 14, 1972, and in 1973 of him was formed 31st Air Reconnaissance Battalion.

The regiment was reestablished by order from February 28, 1986, from 31st Air Reconnaissance Battalion and other smaller units with command at Niš. It was disbanded in June 1992 and its units have become part of 126th Air Reconnaissance Brigade.[1]

Assignments

Commanding officers

Notes and References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 390.