The 5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment (''

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: 5. puk VOJIN / 5. пук ВОЈИН'') was an air reconnaissance and guidance regiment established in 1955 as 275th Air Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force.

History

The 275th Air Reconnaissance Regiment was established on June 8, 1955, from 105th Air Reconnaissance Battalion and 109th Air Reconnaissance Battalion with command at

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. With "Drvar" reorganization plan in 1959, regiment was redesignated in to 5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment. The regiment participated in combat operations in Slovenia and

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in 1991. Later that year it was withdrawn to

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. The regiment's command had to be transformed on January 20, 1992, to 2nd Air Reconnaissance Regiment, with command at

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, but due to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina which started the same year, its establishment has never been completed.Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 390.

Assignments

3rd Aviation Corps The 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (''Serbo-Croatian: 3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus / 3. мешовити авијацијски корпус'') was an aviation corps of the Yugoslav Air Forceestablished in 1949 as 3rd Aviation Corps (''Serbo-Croatian: ...

(1955–1959) *

5th Air Command The 5th Air Command (''Serbo-Croatian: 5. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 5. ваздухопловна команда'') was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force. History It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, year due to the "Drvar" reorganiz ...

(1959–1964) * 5th Air Defense Zone (1964–1966) * 15th Air Defense Division (1966–1986) *

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(1986–1992) * 2nd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (1992)

Previous designations

*275st Air Reconnaissance Regiment (1955–1959) *5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment (1959–1992)

Commanding officers

* Colonel Anton Požeg * Colonel Himzo Malohodžić * Colonel Nikola Robić * Colonel Živorad Grbović * Lt. Colonel Borivoje Kovač * Colonel Milenko Stojkovski

References

{{Reflist Regiments of Yugoslav Air Force Military units and formations established in 1955 Military units and formations disestablished in 1992 1955 establishments in Yugoslavia