23.12.2022.
Air Force and Air Defence Day
A ceremony was held today in the Serbian Armed Forces to mark the Air Force and Air Defence Day and 110th anniversary of the formation of the Air Force Command of the Serbian Army based in Niš.
The main event was held at the Air Force Club, Zemun, with Deputy Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, Lieutenant General Petar Cvetković, representatives of SAF units, local self-government bodies, religious communities, veterans’ associations and numerous guests in attendance.
The ceremony was an occasion to summarize the past year’s results and present awards and acknowledgments to the most deserving individuals. It was also an opportunity to look back on the 110-year-long history of Air Force and to emphasize the competence, commitment and hard work of its members in carrying out the assigned tasks, primarily the control and protection of airspace of the Republic of Serbia.The holiday was also marked in AF and AD commands, units and establishments by reviewing troops and laying wreaths and flowers at memorials located in the barracks and at military airfields.
The Air Force and Air Defence Day is marked on December 24 in memory of the day when a decision to establish the Air Force Command of the Serbian Army was passed, comprising the Airplane and Balloon Department, Hydrogen Unit and Pigeon Post.