466th Light Combat Aviation Squadron

466th Light Combat Aviation Squadron
466. eskadrila lake borbene avijacije
Active 1973 – 1982
Country  Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Training
Light Combat
Part of 5th Aviation Corps
Disbanded 1982

The 466th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 466. eskadrila lake borbene avijacije / 466. ескадрила лаке борбене авијације) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed by order from March 7, 1978 at Cerklje military air base as part of 82nd Aviation Brigade.

The squadron was formed with 467th Light Combat Aviation Squadron from 460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron equipment, domestic-made Soko J-20 Kraguj counter-insurgency aircraft. By order from November 1976, in 1978 squadron has been dislocated to Lučko airfield and it was reatached to 5th Aviation Corps as independent squadron.

Squadeon was disbanded by order from April 15, 1982. On its place 711th Anti-Armored Helicopter Squadron was formed.[1]

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References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 371.
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