119th Aviation Brigade

119th Helicopter Brigade 119. helikopterska brigada
Units badge since the 1990s
Active	1945–2007
Country	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Branch	Yugoslav Air Force Yugoslav Air Force
Part of	Aviation Corps
Garrison/HQ	Zemun (1945–1963) Batajnica Air Base (1963–1966) Niš Airport (1968–2006)
Equipment	Lisunov Li-2 and Li-3 (1945–1966) Junkers Ju-52 (1945–1961) Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1953–1966, 1968–1976) Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk.1B (1954–1966) Mil Mi-8 (1968–2006) Antonov An-2 (1976–1991) Antonov An-26 (1976–1991) Soko SA.341 Gazelle/SA.342 Gama (1982–2006)
Engagements	Yugoslav wars
Disbanded	2006

The 119th Helicopter Brigade (Serbian: 119. хеликоптерска бригада / 119. helikopterska brigada) was a transport aviation unit of Yugoslav and FR Yugoslav Air Force established in 1945 as the 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 1. vazduhoplovni transportni puk / 1. ваздухопловни транспортни пук).

The regiment was established in the first half of August 1945, in Zemun, as Yugoslav Air Force main transport air unit. The regiment was under direct command of Yugoslav Air Force HQ. It was equipped with Soviet Lisunov Li-2 and captured Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft and other types.

After the war, the regiment remained at Pleso.

By 1948, the regiment was renamed, like all other units of the Yugoslav Army, becoming the 119th Transport Aviation Regiment.

The commanders of the regiment in this period were Dimitrije Kovijanić, Vladimir Simić and Berislav Supek.

The 119th Transport Aviation Regiment remained at Zemun until 1963 when it has been dislocated to newer Batajnica Air Base. In this period regiment received US-built C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. First operational helicopters of Yugoslav Air Force were Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk.1B which were attached to new formed 5th Squadron (later designated as 27th Helicopter Squadron) of 119th Regiment located at Pančevo, since 1954. By the middle 1950s Regiment in its organization had five transport squadrons, one helicopter squadron and one liaison squadron.

In 1961 regiment was renamed to 119th Support Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 119. puk pomoćne avijacije / 119. пук помоћне авијације). Same year due the application of the "Drvar" reorganization for the Air Force, new type designation system is used to identify squadrons, so the squadrons of 119th Regiment have become 675th, 676th, 677th, 678th and 679th Transport Aviation Squadron, 783rd Helicopter Squadron and 890th Liaison Aviation Squadron.