554th Assault Aviation Regiment
| 81st Support Aviation Regiment 83. puk pomoćne avijacije |
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|---|---|
| Active | 1944-1961 1961-1964 |
| Disbanded | 1961 and 1964 |
| Country |
 Soviet Union Yugoslavia
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| Branch |
Soviet Air Force Yugoslav Air Force |
| Type | Regiment Brigade |
| Role | Support Assault Fighter-Bomber |
| Part of | 3rd Air Command |
The 81st Support Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 81. puk pomoćne avijacije / 83. пук помоћне авијације) was an aviation regiment established in 1944 as 2nd Yugoslav Assault Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 2. јugoslovenski vazduhoplovni jurišni puk / 2. југословенски ваздухопловни јуришни пук, Russian: 2-й Югославский штурмовой авиационный полк) formed from Yugoslav partisan aviators on training in Soviet Union.
The 2nd Yugoslav Assault Regiment was formed on 15 October 1944 in Grozni, USSR, from Yugoslav partisan aviators sent on training by October 1944. It consisted from three squadrons equipped with new Il-2 ground-attack aircraft. It had 233 personal, which from eight were staff officers, 37 pilots, 43 mechanics, and others. By the end of training and arming with Ilyushins regiment became operational by March 3, 1945. It has moved from USSR taking off by June 22, 1945, and land in Yugoslavia by July 17, 1945, at Sombor airport. Same day it was renamed in to 554th Assault Aviation Regiment.
The commander of regiment was Mirko Šćepanović and commissar was Mile Rodić.
The 554th Assault Aviation Regiment was formed in July 17, 1945, by renaming of 2nd Yugoslav Assault Regiment at Sombor airport. It was part of 11th Aviation Division. By the August same year, regiment was subordinated to 1st Aviation Division.
It was dislocated from Sombor to Skoplje airport by 1945, and next year, 1946 it moved to Niš airport.
By the 1948 year this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, so it has become 81st Assault Aviation Regiment.
The commanders of regiment in this period were Mirko Šćepanović and Ivan Salević and commissar was Vlado Bakarić.
The 81st Assault Aviation Regiment remain at Niš. In 1953 Soviet-made Il-2 ground-attack aircraft were replaced with US-build F-47D Thunderbolt fighters. In that period regiment was renamed to 81st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 81. lovačko-bombarderski avijacijski puk / 81. ловачко-бомбардерски авијацијски пук).
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