781st Transport Helicopter Squadron

The 781st Transport Helicopter Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 781. transportna helikopterska eskadrila / 781. транспортна хеликоптерска ескадрила) was a helicopter squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in October 1960 as 48th Helicopter Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 48. helikopterska eskadrila / 48. хеликоптерска ескадрила).

781st Transport Helicopter Squadron
781. transportna helikopterska eskadrila
ActiveOctober, 1960 – 1990
Disbanded1990
Country Yugoslavia
BranchYugoslav Air Force
TypeSquadron
RoleHelicopter
Part of111th Aviation Brigade
Garrison/HQPleso

History

The 48th Helicopter Squadron was formed at Niš airport in October 1960 as part of 107th Helicopter Regiment. It was equipped with Soviet-made Mil Mi-4 transport helicopters.

By the April 1961 and application of the "Drvar" reorganization for the Air Force, new type designation system is used to identify squadrons, so the 48th Helicopter Squadron has become 781st Transport Helicopter Squadron.[1]

Squadron has been moved to Pleso airport near Zagreb by order from January 1973, being reassigned to 111th Support Aviation Regiment. Same year Mil Mi-4 helicopters were replaced with newer Soviet Mil Mi-8T transport helicopters.

In 1990 due to the "Jedinstvo 3" reorganization plan, 781st Squadron was disbanded. Personnel and equipment were attached to 780th Transport Helicopter Squadron of same 111th Aviation Brigade.[2]

Assignments

Previous designations
  • 48th Helicopter Squadron (1960-1961)
  • 781st Transport Helicopter Squadron (1961–1990)

Bases stationed

Equipment

References
  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 365.
  2. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 372.
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