Montenegrin Air Force

Montenegrin Air Force
Air Force Coat of Arms
Founded	2006
Country	Montenegro
Branch	Air Force and Air Defense
Role	Defending Montenegrin Air Space
Size	15 aircraft
Command HQ	Podgorica
Commanders
Colonel	Živko Pejović
Insignia
Roundel
Fin
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	Soko Gazelle Gama
Patrol	Soko G-4 Super Galeb
Trainer	Utva 75

The Montenegrin Air Force (Montenegrin: Vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana - V i PVO) is the air arm of the Military of Montenegro. The aircraft marking of the Montenegrin Air Force consist of a red-on-gold roundel, currently being the sole air arm using the latter colour in its official insignia.

The Kingdom of Montenegro entered the era of flight with the opening of its first airport in the capital city of Cetinje. Its military followed suite with the use of aircraft in the Balkan Wars and in World War I and II. The country's first air units to be formed were the 111.lovacki Aviation Regiment in 1944 and the 172.lovacko bomber aviation regiment in 1949.

After the second World War, Montenegro was absorbed into Socialist Yugoslavia, and the armed forces came under a new command. In 1991 the country was dissolved with the end of the Cold War, thus the republics of Serbia and Montenegro established the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Air Force was renamed the Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro, (also known as the Air Force of Yugoslavia). In the spring of 1999 they suffered heavy losses in Operation:Allied Force, during the Kosovo War. After years of political turmoil Montenegro declared its independence in June 2006, putting an end to the Serbia and Montenegro State.