The Soko J-22 Orao is a Yugoslavian and later Serbian twin-engined, subsonic ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed and built in collaboration by SOKO in Yugoslavia and by
J-22 Orao of the Serbian Air Force
J-22 Orao on display in 2012
Side-on depiction of a J-22
Modernised cockpit of J-22
The Air Force and Air Defence, was one of three branches of the Yugoslav People's Army, the Yugoslav military. Commonly referred-to as the Yugoslav Air Force, at its height it was among the largest in
Soko J-22 Orao
…effective in ground attack missions. A more comprehensive second phase is to achieve the "complete digitalisation" of the aircraft's cockpit. The first Yugoslav Air Force unit to receive the J-22 was the 353rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 97th Aviation Brigade at Ortjes airbase near Mostar and 351st Reconnaissance Squadron…
Spitfires of the No 352 (Y) Squadron British Royal Air Force (Balkan Air Force) before first mission on August 18, 1944, from Canne, Italy
Yugoslav air force G-4 Super Galeb on display at the 1991 Paris air show
Yugoslavian J-22 Orao exhibited in the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade
Hawker Hurricane Mk IVRP with Yugoslav Air Force markings