15.11.2023.
Aviator badge awarded to first pilot who completed new training model
An aviator badge was presented to the first candidate of the Aviation Reserve Officers’ Training Course, who acquired the title of pilot of the Serbian Armed Forces, Second Lieutenant Milan Šarić, in a ceremony at the military airfield “Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović” in Batajnica today.
At the ceremony held to mark the occasion, orders from the Air Force and Air Defence Commander for the award of the title of aircraft pilot to Second Lieutenant Šarić were read, and the aviator badge was handed to him by deputy commander of this operational component of the Serbian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Brane Krnjajić.The Aviation Reserve Officers’ Training Course can be attended by the citizens of the Republic of Serbia who are university graduates, not older than 27 years of age.
Once they successfully complete the training course, candidates are admitted to professional military service as second lieutenants and embark on the military pilot training.
The training curriculum was adopted in 2022, thus providing the Serbian Armed Forces with a new way of staffing the units with aviation officers, which exists in the air force of many foreign militaries. 