3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment

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.

3rd Air Reconnaissance Regiment
3. puk VOJIN
Active1968 - 1973
1986 - 1992
Disbanded1973
1992
Country Yugoslavia
BranchYugoslav Air Force
Part of3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense
CommandSarajevo
Niš

History

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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

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Commanding officers

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  • Gojko Petrović
  • Milenko Pejakov
  • Slavoljub Drenjanin
  • Veselin Savić.

References

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