3rd Aviation Corps

3rd Mixed Aviation Corps
3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus
Active 1949–1959
Disbanded 1959
Country  Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Air Force
Type Regiment
HQ Zagreb

The 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus / 3. мешовити авијацијски корпус) was an aviation corps 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

  • Vlado Maletić
  • Viktor Bubanj[2]

Political Commissars

  • Branko Borojević
  • Ivan Dolničar

Chiefs of Staff

  • Matija Petrović
  • Milan Tojagić

References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 352.
  2. 3rd Aviation Corps of Yugoslav Air Force
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