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Dead space 2 trainer2/20/2024 ![]() ![]() In 1957, Yugoslavia's VTI (Aeronautical Technical Institute) commenced design work on the aircraft, which would later receive the name Galeb. A number of aircraft are still flown by civilians as warbirds, including the private aerobatic team "Stars" from Novi Sad.ĭevelopment A G-2 Galeb on static display during the 1963 Paris Air Show A single aircraft remains in service with the Technical Test Center of the Serbian Armed Forces. The Libyan Air Force's G-2s were used during the Libyan Civil War by Gaddafi forces, with an unknown number surviving the war and being reported in service as late as 2013. The aircraft remained in service until 1999, when the majority of them were destroyed on ground during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. By 1992, RV i PVO G-2s relocated to Serbia and Montenegro, where they operated with the Air Force of the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Galebs were used for ground attack sorties in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A small number were also acquired by Zaire, Zambia and Indonesia. The second largest operator of the Galeb was Libya, which acquired over 100 aircraft during the 1970s. The RV i PVO took delivery of 128 aircraft that were used by the Air Force Academy for training new pilots. It also served as a basis for the single-seat ground-attack J-21 Jastreb. ![]() The G-2 had the distinction of being the first mass-produced jet aircraft in socialist Yugoslavia. Production started in 1965 at the Soko aircraft factory in Mostar, and ended in 1985 with 248 aircraft delivered. ![]() The G-2 was developed during the 1950s by the Aeronautical Technical Institute at Žarkovo as a replacement for the Lockheed T-33 in service with the Yugoslav Air Force. The Soko G-2 Galeb (from Serbian: галеб, lit.'seagull') is a Yugoslav single engine, two-seater jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft. ![]()
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