The 39th Aviation Division (''
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...
: 39. vazduhoplovna divizija/ 39. ваздухопловна дивизија'') was a unit originally established in 1947 as the 5th Aviation Fighter Division (''
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...
: 5. vazduhoplovna lovačka divizija / 5. ваздухопловна ловачка дивизија'').
History
5th Fighter Aviation Division
The 5th Fighter Aviation Division was established in April, 1947, with headquarters at Skoplje, with task of air defense of southern Yugoslavia. The division was direct under the Command of Yugoslav Air Force. It was formed from 111th and 113th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
By the 1948 year this division was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, so it has become 39th Aviation Fighter Division (''
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...
: 39. vazduhoplovna lovačka divizija/ 39. ваздухопловна ловачка дивизија'').
The commanders of division in this period were Petar Radević and Ilija Zelenika. Commissar was Krsto Bosanac.
39th Aviation Division
The 39th Aviation Fighter Division was formed by renaming of 5th Aviation Fighter Division in 1948. It suffered small changes in the organization. Division has remain in Skoplje until it was disbanded.
In 1953 division was attached to 7th Aviation Corps. By 1953 it was renamed in to Aviation Fighter-Bomber Division due to the replacement of Soviet fighter aircraft with US-made fighter-bombers.
It was disbanded by the order from June 27, 1959, year due to the "Drvar" reorganization plan. It was transformed into
3rd Air Command
The 3rd Air Command (''Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian: 3. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 3. ваздухопловна команда'') was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force.
History
It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, on Novem ...
.
The commanders of division in this period were Ilija Zelenika, Petar Radević, Nikola Lekić and Ilija Zelenika. Commissars were Krsto Bosanac, Radoje Ljubičić and Aco Babić until 1953.
Assignments
*Command of
Yugoslav Air Force
The Air Force and Air Defence ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana ; abbr. sh-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, separator=/, РВ и ПВ ...
(1947–1953)
*
7th Aviation Corps
The 7th Aviation Corps (''Serbo-Croatian: '') was an aviation corps established in 1953. It was formed by order from February 5, 1953, with command in Zemun as join unit composed from three aviation divisions and one aviation technical division. Co ...
(1953–1959)
Previous designations
*5th Aviation Fighter Division (1947–1948)
*39th Aviation Fighter Division (1948–1952)
*39th Aviation Fighter-Bomber Division (1952–1959)
Organization
1947-1948
*5th Aviation Fighter Division
**
111th Fighter Aviation Regiment
**
113th Fighter Aviation Regiment
1948-1959
* 39th Aviation Fighter Division /Fighter-Bomber Division
***
Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division (1953–1959)
**
94th Fighter Aviation Regiment
The 94th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 94. lovački puk / 94. ловачки пук'') was an aviation regiment established in 1944 as 111th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 111. vazduhoplovni lovački puk / 111. ваз ...
**
116th Fighter Aviation Regiment
**
198th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1949–1959)
**165th Air Base (1953–1959)
Headquarters
*
Skoplje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
(1947–1959)
Commanding officers
*Colonel Petar Radević
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*Colonel Ilija Zelenika
*Colonel Petar Radević
*Colonel Nikola Lekić
*Colonel Ilija Zelenika
Political commissars
*Colonel Krsto Bosanac
*Colonel Radoje Ljubičić
*Colonel Aco Babić
References
;Notes and citations
;Bibliography
* {{Cite book, last= Dimitrijević, first=Bojan , title=Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo, year=2012, publisher=Institut za savremenu istoriju, isbn= 8674031633, location=Beograd
Divisions of Yugoslav Air Force
Military units and formations established in 1947
Military units and formations disestablished in 1959