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Royal Yugoslav Air Force Headquarters – Belgrade – Saturday, 9 April 1938

Effective immediately the C-5 Halcon fighter aircraft will be withdrawn from service and turned over to the Defence Material Reutilisation Office for disposition.


Novosti News Agency – Bihac – Monday, 18 April 1938

Chief of the Air Staff Major-General Todor Milicevic superintended the opening today of the newly completed Zeljava Air Base near here. The festivities of the day included both air and ground demonstrations of the Air Force’s newly received Bavarische Flugzeug Werke Bf-109A single-seat interceptors and the Junkers Ju-87B dive bomber.

Nos.68 and 69 (Bomber) Squadrons will operate the Ju-87B from the Zeljava Air Base, while General Milicevic announced that Nos. 41 and 42 (Fighter-Interceptor) Squadrons will operate the Bf-109A in defence of the capital. Sources suggest that the Air Force may seek additional quantities of both aircraft as part of the Air Modernisation programme presented to Parliament last month.


Defence Industrial Analysis Report – Belgrade – Tuesday, 24 May 1938

Report of assessment of Fabrika Oruzje I Municje Uzice a.d.

This firm is presently under contract to the Ministry of Defence for the manufacture of light infantry weapons, small arms ammunition, artillery shells, primers and fuses, and for the refurbishment of small arms. With current working capital and equipment this firm is considered capable of the following monthly output.

M29 Service Rifles – 6,000; M28 Machine Rifles – 50; M30 Medium Machineguns – 50; Ammunition – up to 4,000,000 cartridges per month including 7.92mm Mauser, 9mm Parabellum; 75mm Artillery Shells – complete, with fuse and primer – 3,000 units.

The firm relies upon imported materials and components to a significant degree; contracts have been placed by the management to acquire additional machine tools and increase material stockpiles to increase production capacity by up to twenty five percent.


Novosti News Service – Belgrade – Saturday, 18 June 1938

The Defence Ministry announced yesterday that it had placed orders with the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, California for the supply of thirty-six Lockheed Model 212 twin-engine aircrew training aircraft. A variant of the firm’s successful Model 12 Electra Junior airliner the new aircraft will be used to train pilots, observers, navigators and wireless operators at the new Air Observers’ School at Nis. It is not known at this time whether additional aircraft will be acquired at a future date.

The Ministry also announced that it had procured from the Pratt and Whitney Engine Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut licence manufacture rights for the R-895N Wasp and R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engines, and will contract with Industria Motora Rakovica a.d. to manufacture these aircraft engines for use by the Air Force and for the civil aviation industry.

Deliveries this quarter under FY37 procurement contracts

CKD LT.38 Light Tank - 36
Skoda 6LT Truck - 146
Skoda 6ST Truck - 180
Skoda VL2 Trailer - 90
Tatra T93 Truck - 216

Deliveries this quarter under FY38 procurement contracts

LT.38 Light Tank - 16
Skoda 6LT 2-ton Truck - 56
Skoda 6ST 4-ton Truck - 60
Skoda VL2 2-ton Trailer - 27
Tatra 93 2-ton Truck - 120
Ford 81 Chassis - 200

M34 75mm Mountain Howitzer - 24
M35 105mm Heavy Field Gun - 22
M37 150mm Heavy Field Howitzer - 22

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
Chief of the Air Staff Major-General Todor Milicevic superintended the opening today of the newly completed Zeljava Air Base near here.

Does it have those totally awesome tunnel shelters?

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The festivities of the day included both air and ground demonstrations of the Air Force’s newly received Bavarische Flugzeug Werke Bf-109A single-seat interceptors

Bf-109A?

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The festivities of the day included both air and ground demonstrations of the Air Force’s newly received Bavarische Flugzeug Werke Bf-109A single-seat interceptors

Bf-109A?

Yes, the Luftwaffe's handing off it's Bf-109As to the Yugoslavs so it can standardize on the later models.

Aha, used planes. I did a double-take, there, thinking they were being newly exported.

Mexico will buy back the C-5s if you no longer want them.

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Originally posted by Desertfox
Mexico will buy back the C-5s if you no longer want them.

I would certainly consider it. What might be obtained in exchange (given the way we hand-wave air equipment here).

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The festivities of the day included both air and ground demonstrations of the Air Force’s newly received Bavarische Flugzeug Werke Bf-109A single-seat interceptors

Bf-109A?

Yes, the Luftwaffe's handing off it's Bf-109As to the Yugoslavs so it can standardize on the later models.

It is what I found in the pile of deals for the war that was not. I am hoping to post something of an air order of battle fairly soon.

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
Chief of the Air Staff Major-General Todor Milicevic superintended the opening today of the newly completed Zeljava Air Base near here.

Does it have those totally awesome tunnel shelters?

Sssh! No one is supposed to know about them. We have to keep the surplus conscripts doing something...

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I would certainly consider it. What might be obtained in exchange (given the way we hand-wave air equipment here).

What do you want?

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

Bf-109A?

Its in the future but PZL Bf-109G are a possibility.

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan

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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
The festivities of the day included both air and ground demonstrations of the Air Force’s newly received Bavarische Flugzeug Werke Bf-109A single-seat interceptors

Bf-109A?

Yes, the Luftwaffe's handing off it's Bf-109As to the Yugoslavs so it can standardize on the later models.

It is what I found in the pile of deals for the war that was not. I am hoping to post something of an air order of battle fairly soon.

Actually, those orders predated the war plans, but the size of the orders was increased when Foxy started plotting the war.