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The '''3rd Air Command''' (''[[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]]: 3. vazduhoplovna komanda/ 3.  ваздухопловна команда'') was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force.

==History==
It was established by the order from June 27, 1959, on November 23, same year per the "Drvar" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force from the [[39th Aviation Division]] with command at Batajnica. In 1961 it suffered a change inorganization.

By the new "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of Yugoslav Air Force, 3rd Air Command has been disbanded. Its units were attached to [[1st Aviation Corps]].

The commanders of Air command was Nikola Lekić.<ref>Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 353.</ref>

==Organization==
===1959-1961===
*1st Air Command<ref>[http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/yugoslavia/airforce/organization/1960/ Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defense - Order of Battle Plan 'DRVAR-I' 1960]</ref>
***[[103rd Signal Battalion]]
***[[Liaison Squadron of 3rd Air Command]]
***[[Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 3rd Air Command]]
**[[94th Fighter Aviation Regiment]]
**[[198th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment]]
**[[81st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment]]
**[[107th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment]]
**[[116th Fighter Aviation Regiment]] (1959-1960)
**161st Air Base
**165th Air Base

===1961-1964===
*1st Air Command<ref>[http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/yugoslavia/airforce/organization/1961/ Yugoslav Air Force and Air Defense - Order of Battle Plan 'DRVAR-I' 1961]</ref>
***[[103rd Signal Battalion]]
***[[461st Light Combat Aviation Squadron]]
**[[94th Fighter Aviation Regiment]]
**[[198th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment]]
**[[81st Support Aviation Regiment]]
**[[107th Helicopter Regiment]]
**161st Air Base
**165th Air Base

==Headquarters==
*[[Skoipski Petrovac]]

==Commanding officers== 
*Colonel Dušan Vlaisavljević

== References ==
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;Bibliography
* {{Cite book|last= Dimitrijević|first=Bojan |title=Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo|year=2012|publisher=Institut za savremenu istoriju|isbn= 8674031633|location=Beograd}}

[[Category:Air Commands of Yugoslav Air Force]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1959]]