The 355th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: / 355. извиђачка авијацијска ескадрила) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force established on June 20, 1958, as 16th Reconnaissance Squadron of Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Serbo-Croatian: / 16. извиђачка ескадрила противавионске авијације).
History Squadron was formed as reconnaissance, but its main role was pulling of aerial targets for the training of School Center of Anti-Aircraft Artillery at Zadar. It was equipped with British-made de Havilland Mosquito aircraft. By 1962 it was reequipped with US-made Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star jet-trainer aircraft equipped for aerial reconnaissance.Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 365.
Squadron was renumbered by order from May 12, 1964, in to 355th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron, being an independent squadron for short time. In 1965 it was assigned to 172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.
It was disbanded in 1968.Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 370.
Assignments School Center of Anti-Aircraft Artillery (1958–1959) 9th Air Command (1959–1964) Independent (1964–1965) 172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (1965–1968)
Previous designations 16th Reconnaissance Squadron of Anti-Aircraft Artillery (1958–1964) 355th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (1964–1968)
Bases stationed Zemunik (1958–1968)
Equipment de Havilland Mosquito Mk 3 (1958–1962) Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star (1962–1968)
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