3rd Aviation Corps explained

Unit Name:3rd Mixed Aviation Corps
3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus
Dates:1949–1959
Branch:Yugoslav Air Force
Type:Regiment
Garrison:Zagreb
Garrison Label:HQ
Disbanded:1959

The 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus / 3. мешовити авијацијски корпус) was an aviation corps of the Yugoslav Air Force established in 1949 as 3rd Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 3. avijacijski korpus / 3. авијацијски корпус). It was formed by order from July 24, 1949, with command in Zagreb as join unit composed from three aviation divisions and one aviation technical division. In 1953 it was renamed in to Mixed Aviation Corps. Corps was disbanded by order from June 27, 1959, with the "Drvar" reorganization of the Air Force.[1]

Organization

Commanding officers

Political Commissars

Chiefs of Staff

Notes and References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 352.
  2. http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/yugoslavia/airforce/corps/3/ 3rd Aviation Corps of Yugoslav Air Force