Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division explained

Unit Name:Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division
Trenažna eskadrila 39. vazduhoplovne divizije
Dates:1953 – 1959
Branch:Yugoslav Air Force
Type:Squadron
Role:Training
Command Structure:39th Aviation Division
Garrison:Skopski Petrovac
Disbanded:1959

The Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division (Serbo-Croatian: Trenažna eskadrila 39. vazduhoplovne divizije / Тренажна ескадрила 39. ваздухопловне дивизије) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in 1953 at Skopski Petrovac airfield.

Squadron was part of 39th Aviation Division. It was equipped with US-made F-47D Thunderbolt fighter-bombers, Soviet Yak-9U trainer-fighters, Yugoslav-made Ikarus S-49C fighters and Aero-2 trainers, and other aircraft.

It was disbanded in 1959 due to the Drvar reorganization.[1]

Equipment

Notes and References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 365.