SFR Yugoslav Air Force

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The SFR Yugoslav Air Force, better known as the Former Yugoslav Air Force, was the Air Force of the Former Yugoslavia. It was among the most powerful air forces in all of Europe. It had hundreds of operational fighter aircraft, naval aircraft, and more. The SFR Yugoslav Air Force, in late 1990, had about 32,000 personnel. The SFR Air Force broke up in 1991 due to the 1991-1995 Yugoslav Civil War.

[edit] SFR Yugoslav Air Force Operational Inventory, 1990

• Fighter/Attack Aircraft

535 operational fighter/attack aircraft in 1990

• • 100 MiG-21s
  • 14 MiG-29s
  • 200 J-22 Orao (165 single-seaters and 35 2-seat aircraft)
  • 129 J-21 Jastrebs
  • 92 G-4 Super Galebs

• Recce/Spy Aircraft

38+ operational recce aircraft in 1990

• • 38 IJ-21 Jastrebs
  • Unknown number of IJ-22 Oraos

• Trainer Aircraft

283 operational trainer aircraft in 1990

• • 130 G-2 Galebs
  • 137 Lola Utva 75s
  • 2 MiG-29UBs
  • 14 MiG-21UMs

• Upcoming/Ordered Aircraft

150 aircraft would have been delivered to the SFR Yugoslav Air Force if it wasn't for the Breakup and the Yugoslav Civil Wars 1991-1995

• • 150 Novi Avions

[edit] Air Forces from the Former Yugoslavia

• Croatian Air Force and Defense
• Serbian Air Force
• Macedonian Air Force
• Republika Srpska Air Force (From Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Note that the Slovenian Air Force only consists of utility helicopters, cargo aircraft, and trainer aircraft. Slovenia pays about 60 million euros a year to the Italian Air Force for defending Slovenian aerospace. The Montenegrin Air Force will probably be similar to the Slovenian Air Force.

[edit] See also

• Former Yugoslavia
• Serbian Air Force
• Serbia