Knjiga: Tito’s jet jockeys – US jets in Yugoslav air force (*samo u RADNJI!)
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Naslov: Tito’s jet jockeys – US jets in Yugoslav air force during Cold War*
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Izdavač: Despot infinitus d.o.o., Zagreb, 2018.
Autori: Bojan Dimitrijević i Milan Micevski
Jezik/pismo: Engleski/latinica
Format: 28 x 23 cm
Obim: 278 stranica, preko 410 fotografija, meki povez
CONTENTS
HOW DID THE COMMUNIST YUGOSLAVIA BECOME AN US AND NATO ALLY?………8
THE YUGOSLAV “JET – FASCINATION”………….10
TRAINING IN THE USAF SINCE 1952.12
A COURSE IN 48th WING USAFE……… 14
THE FIRST DELIVERIES AND CONVERSION 1953……..22
MARCH 10th, 1953 – THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST JETS…..22
THE THUNDERJETS ARRIVE……..25
THE CENTRE OF CONVERSION IN BATAJNICA…….27
THE TRIESTE CRISIS – AUTUMN 1953……32
ON THE WINGS OF THE THUNDERJETS……….35
THE “LOST” SOVIET JETS TESTED IN BATAJNICA………….37
THE 44th DIVISION – BATAJNICA AIR BASE………39
THE CONVERSION CENTRE – BATAJNICA AIR BASE……..48
THE 39th DIVISION – IN SKOPSKI PETROVAC….51
THE 21st DIVISION – IN ZEMUNIK AIR BASE……56
THE RAF CANBERRA’S VISIT…61
THE RECONNAISSANCE RT-33As ARRIVES……63
OVER THE SOUND BARRIER….. 69
THE INITIAL CONVERSIONS…..70
THE ARRIVAL OF THE SABREJETS……..73
FURTHER DELIVERIES AND CONVERSION………77
MARSHAL TITO’S DECISION TO ABANDON THE MDAP………80
THE 44th DIVISION IN BATAJNICA AIR BASE…….81
THE 21st DIVISION IN ZEMUNIK AIR BASE……….87
THE 39th DIVISION IN SKOPSKI PETROVAC………90
THE CONVERSION CENTRE MOVES TO PULA…….94
THE IRAN AND OTHER TECHNICAL ISSUES…….98
THE UNINVITED JET GUESTS…………..104
THE YAF REORGANISATION AND NEW DELIVERIES 1959-1961……… 106
THE SABRES FROM STOCKS……. 107
THE YELLOW SABRE ACROBATIC TEAM……….. 110
THE SABRE FIGHTER UNITS 1960-1964……… 115
THE 117th REGIMENT……….. 116
THE 204th REGIMENT……….. 119
THE 83rd REGIMENT…………. 123
THE 94th REGIMENT…………. 127
THE HELLENIC THUNDERJETS……….. 131
THE THUNDERJET OUTFITS 1960-1964……….. 134
THE US NAVY TRAINERS ENTER THE SERVICE: LOCKHEED TV-2……. 143
THE RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS EXPAND……… 146
THE INDIGENOUS IT-33A…….. 147
THE SOKO MODIFIED RF-84G…………. 150
THE YUGOSLAV MODIFICATIONS….. 152
A COMPETITION FOR THE BEST PILOTS……….. 157
THE SABREDOGS ENTER YAF SERVICE …….. 163
THE TRAINING IN THE USAF…………… 164
IN THE 117th FIGHTER REGIMENT…… 166
THE MODIFICATION ON THE IF-86D……. 170
THE US JETS IN YAF SERVICE, MID-1960S…….. 172
THE SOVIET MIGS REPLACING THE US SABRES…….. 172
STILL POTENT THUNDERJETS……. 184
THE RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS IN MID – 1960s……… 190
JETS IN THE MILITARY AIR ACADEMY………….. 195
THE SQUADRON BADGES 1966………. 202
THE FINAL YEARS OF THE US JETS IN YAF SERVICE 1968-1974………. 205
THE AGGRESSION ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA: TASK “AVALA” ……….. 205
THE WITHDRAWAL OF SABRES AND THE COMMANDING COURSE ON TV-2s……. 206
THE FINAL THUNDERJET YEARS…….. 208
THE LAST SABREDOGS IN THE 83rd REGIMENT…………… 219
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE RECCE T-33s……… 223
THE END OF THE USAGE….. 225
THE TARGET-TOWERS……….. 225
THE “DUMMIES” OR FALSE TARGETS……….. 228
APPENDICES:
DELIVERIES OF THE US JETS TO YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE………. 232
ANNUAL OPERATIONAL NUMBERS OF US JETS TO YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE…….. 232
THE LIST OF THE US JETS USED BY THE YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE……… 234
AUTHORS WISH TO THANK…….257
COLOUR APPENDIX: THE YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE US JETS IN COLOUR…….. 258
