1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment

1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment 1. puk VOJIN
Active	1955 - 1992
Country	Yugoslavia
Branch	Yugoslav Air Force
Size	2 battalions
Part of	1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense
Command	Belgrade
Disbanded	June, 1992

The 1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 1. puk VOJIN / 1. пук ВОЈИН) was an air reconnaissance and guidance regiment established in 1955 as 211st Air Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force.

History

The 211st Air Reconnaissance Regiment was established on June 8, 1955, from 101st Air Reconnaissance Battalion and 103rd Air Reconnaissance Battalion with command at Belgrade. With "Drvar" reorganization plan in 1959, regiment was redesignated into 1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment. With order from January 27, 1963, reserve locations was changed from Zemun to Batajnica. Regiments command has been transformed into command of 126th Air Reconnaissance Brigade on June 12, 1992.^[1]

Assignments

• 7th Aviation Corps (1955–1959)
• 1st Air Command (1959–1964)
• 1st Air Defense Zone (1964–1966)
• 11th Air Defense Division (1966–1986)
• 1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (1986–1992)

Previous designations

• 211st Air Reconnaissance Regiment (1955–1959)
• 1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment (1959–1992)

Commanding officers

• Colonel Milan Milićević
• Colonel Janko Rajčević
• Colonel Darko Milosević
• Colonel Đuro Rodić
• Colonel Svetlok Kostić
• Colonel Žarko Zrnić
• Colonel Michael Žugić
• Colonel Žarko Zrnić

References