17.06.2022.
Airborne Early Warning Service Day and 126th ASEWG Brigade Day marked
A military ceremony to mark the Airborne Early Warning Service Day and the 126th ASEWG Brigade Day has been held today at "Banjica" barracks, Belgrade.
To mark this anniversary, there was a parade of the Brigade units, along with the briefing on the work results achieved so far, presenting the rewards to the most distinguished individuals and laying of the wreaths at the memorial in the barracks.Looking back on the results achieved in the period between the two anniversaries, it was singled out that the Airborne Early Warning Service and 126th ASEWG Brigade had shown professionalism, commitment and expertise in executing all their assignments and contributed to the successful functioning of the system of control and protection of the airspace of the Republic of Serbia.
The ceremony was attended by Air Force and Air Defence Commander, Lieutenant General Duško Žarković, representatives from SAF units, Serbian Orthodox Church, local self-government and institutions the Brigade cooperates with.
The Airborne Early Warning Service Day and the 126th ASEWG Brigade Day are marked on 18 June in memory of the day in 1915 when the Serbian Supreme Command issued an order to form permanent air-observation signal posts to mark the enemy aircraft direction, laying the foundations for the modern Airborne Early Warning Service.