Leteće zvezde
| Leteće zvezde - Flying Stars | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1985–2000 |
| Country |
 / Yugoslavia
|
| Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
| Role | Aerobatic display team |
| Garrison/HQ |
Zemunik Air Base Golubovci Air Base |
| Colors | Blue, White and Red |
| Insignia | |
| 1985–1991 identification symbol |
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| 1996–2000 identification symbol |
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| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | 7 IJ-21 Jastrebs |
| Trainer | 7 G-4 Super Galebs |
The Leteće zvezde (Serbian: Летеће звезде, Croatian: Leteće zvijezde, English: Flying Stars) was the official aerobatic flight display team of the Yugoslav Air Force.
Yugoslavia has a long history of precision display flying which was first demonstrated to the public during and airshow at Zemun – Belgrade's military airfield – in June 1938. After World War II, a pair of SFR Yugoslav Air Force Jungmeisters made regular appearances at air displays in the late 1940s.
These were followed by team of three Yakovlev Yak-3s, a five-plane grouping of the Ikarus S-49Cs (redesigned Yak-9s) and in the late 1950s, the Air Force's first jet display team, flying F-84G Thunderjets. A new team formed by the 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment based at Batajnica (the unit's Canadair Mk 4 Sabers being responsible for the defense of Belgrade) flew over a crowd of 200.000 spectators attending the 1960 Belgrade Air show held at Zemun.
This team lasted for five years until a four–ship group using the indigenous G-2 Galeb basic jet trainer that performed for the first time at Ljubljana in July 1968, replaced it. The Galeb was replaced by single–seat light attack variant of the G–2, the J-21 Jastreb which was flown until 1979. In that year a pair of Czech Zlin Z-526 trainers, flown by Yugoslav Air Force instructors, took over and became the first postwar YAF demonstration team to an overseas invent, the Venice International air show in 1979
By 1985 the team had reverted to flying six IJ-21 Jastreb, and the following year it was officially named the Flying stars, nicknamed Kanarinci (Canarys). Over the next five years, the distinctive red, white, blue and yellow Jastrebs of the Flying Stars became a familiar sight at air show throughout Yugoslavia.
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