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The Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Serbian: Ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана - В и ПВО or Vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana - V i PVO) is the air force of Serbia and the part of Serbian Armed Forces. It consists of an array of combat aircraft, cargo aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, UAV, combat helicopters, cargo/utility helicopters, radars and SAMs.
[edit] General information[edit] History The Serbian Air Force history began with an idea proposed in the General Army Formation Act of 1893. During the rule of Kingdom of Serbia it was decided there was a need for a defensive air force. A group of Serbian officers went to France for training in 1912. The Army bought Blériot XI-2 aircraft by the Act of the Minister of War Marshal Radomir Putnik. Subsequently, the government set up an Air Force Command in Niš.[2] This made the Kingdom of Serbia, one of the first 15 states in the world to have an air force. On 30 September 1915, during World War I, Serbian Air Defence members shot down the first of many enemy airplanes over Kragujevac. This day was, by the Act of king Aleksandar I, proclaimed the Air Defence Artillery Division’s day. Frontline Serbian-French joint escadrilles formed in Thessaloniki, and the government forms first and second Serbian Fighter Escadrilles in 1918. In 1924, on August 2, the army noted Saint Elijah as the patron saint day of Serbian Air Forces, with the Saint Elijah the Lightning Bearer as a patron saint of the military. [edit] Objectives and TasksAir Force and Air Defence units’ tasks include:
[edit] Equipment[edit] Air Force todayThe Air Force fleet consists of many Russian and indigenous combat aircraft. Today, the Air Force has 32 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s, of which up to ten are operational, and 4 MiG-29s. The Army heavily uses the two MiG-21UM's because two pilots can receive the benefit of the flight. Initially Yugoslavia bought the MiG-29s in 1987, while the country bought the MiG-21Bis aircraft between 1977 and 1983. The Air Force is looking to replace the aging MiGs with a new multirole fighter. The former-Yugoslav Air Force had plans to replace MiG-21s with Novi Avion in the 1990s but the wars stopped all projects. The Army has located all the MiG-29's at the Batajnica Air Base, as part of 101st Fighter Aviation Squadron and the 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment.[3] On 7 July 2009, one of the MiG-29s from the 204th Air Base crashed during a display flight, killing Lieutenant Colonel Rade Randjelovic and a soldier on guard duty on the ground.[4] The Air Force also has many former-Yugoslav made aircraft. These combat aircraft included the G-4 Super Galeb and the J-22 Orao. Reliable figures about the number of these aircraft still in-service are hard to find but data suggests there are 15 attack J-22 and 7 attack-trainer NJ-22 aircraft and 24 G-4 light attack jet trainers. The current government equipment numbers have removed hundreds of J-22s, J-21s, G-4s, and G-2s which the Yugoslav government withdrew or destroyed in the 1990s for Yugoslavia to conform to the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control. The Army has located most of the J-22 Oraos at the Lađevci Airbase as the main strike fighters of 241st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron. In addition, Batajnica Air Base has a few aircraft used previously by 252nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron. The government will transferred the aircraft’s to Lađevci AB following overhaul at "Moma Stanojlović" air force Technical and Overhaul Institute located at Batajnica. The Army has transferred two to three G-4 Super Galebs to Lađevci as part of 241st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron. Other G-4 Super Galebsare located at Batajnica in the 252nd Mixed-Aviation Squadron. Serbian airpilots use them for basic and advanced training of new pilots from the Military Academy. There are also 12 Utva 75 basic trainer aircraft used by 252nd Mixed-Aviation Squadron for primary training and selection of new pilots from the Military Academy.[5] [edit] Air DefenceThe Serbian Air Force and Air Defence owns a wide variety of ex-Soviet and ex-Yugoslav model surface-to-air missiles. Many are long-range with a moderate amount of short-range weapons that infantry units. The Air Defence units are in the first phase of modernization of the Serbian AF&AD. The government will buy communication equipment from France. After a reorganization of the Serbian Armed Forces, 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade, located in Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, manages S-125 "Neva-M1T" and 2K12 "Kub-M" surface-to-air missiles. The government is upgrading both types of missiles with a fire and forget SA-17 ability. The government has upgraded"Neva-M" to the "Neva-M1T" standard by Lola systems. The Army has decided to also upgrade the "Kub" missiles.[6] Each air base has its air defence battalion equipped with Bofors 40 mm guns L/70, Igla MANPADs and GIRAFFE Radars, similar to the land forces brigades air defence battalions.   Mobile track based missile units include the 9K31 Strela-1 (NATO:SA-9) and 9K35 Strela-10 (NATO:SA-13). The Army also has Russian Man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS) such as 9K32 Strela-2 (NATO:SA-7), 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO:SA-16), and 9K38 Igla (SA-18). MANPADS are used by the 117th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion and 98th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion. The 117th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion and 98th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion use the Bofors 40 mm gun L/70. [edit] RadarsUsed by 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade, 117th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion, 98th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion and 126th Center for Air Reconnaissance/Intelligence and Guidance
[edit] ModernizationSerbian Air Force and Air Defense Modernization The government has declared the intent to buy new transport helicopters to replace the old Yugoslav era equipment. The Army intends to use them in cases of national disasters, as well as for UN peacekeeping missions. Similarly, the government is looking to buy new fighter jets and transport aircraft. The government officials have not yet announced a tender. The Serbian military plans to modernize its surface-to-air defence missiles and their radars, among other planned modernization efforts. The government has announced the planned military and civilian use of the radars.Future goals are to reorganize and retrain the air force to perform according to NATO standards by 2010. The ministry of defence granted more funds for support of the air force modernization. Currently, Air force and Air Defence is the most professional branch of Military of Serbia with small percent of conscripts. [edit] Organization 
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[edit] Aircraft markingsThe Serbian Air Force roundel was officially adopted in 2006. The roundel is an adapted version of the former Royal Yugoslav Air Force roundel which ceased to exist in 1943. It is composed of a blue trim on the outside rim followed inward by the Serbian national colors red, blue, and white, with a white cross in the center with blue trim. The Air Force also uses a low visibility roundel of the same design only replacing the traditional roundel colours of red,blue and white with two gray colour variations of light and dark for contrast, these roundels have most recently been placed on refurbished MiG-29's. Most other aircraft continue to use the standard coloured roundel. [edit] Ranks and insigniaMain article: Serbian military ranks and insignia
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