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DOI: 10.34298/9788677431488299

UDC: 355.231(497.11)“1945/1973“:358.4

pp. 299–312

language: serbian

Miljan Milkić

EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE KRALJEVО AIR FORCE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER SCHOOL, 1945–1973

Summary

One of the main features of Yugoslav military education after the Second World War was the rejection of all experiences from the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the formation of new military schools and training of new teaching staff, Soviet military education had an important influence. We analyse the history of the Air Force NCO Signal School from the period of its formation in 1945 until 1973, when the School was wound down. The School was founded in Novi Sad, in February 1945. It changed its headquarters several times, as well as its name and the student training specialties. In June 1945, the School was relocated from Novi Sad to Kraljevo, and in March 1946 from Kraljevo Airport to Rajlovac Airport. Finally, in the first half of 1947, the School was moved to Kraljevo, and on 1 April 1947 it began to operate under the new name of the Second Air Force Specialists School. In 1969, the Air Force NCO Signal School in Kraljevo became part of the Aviation Technical Military School in Rajlovac, as its section at Kraljevo Airport. It operated at Kraljevo Airport until the autumn of 1973, when the 25th class completed its education, whereafter it was disbanded.

Keywords: military education, non-commissioned officer schools, Kraljevo, Rajlovac, Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer Signal School, Air Force specialists.