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Ranks of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of Yugoslavia
(RV i PVO VJ)
Newly graduated cadets of the Military Air Force Academy wearing the dress uniform.
The pilots are wearing their metal pilot insignia on the upper right pocket.In the RV i PVO VJ the ranks insignia are worn on the shoulder boards of the service and dress uniform (only for generals, officers and NCOs), while on the field uniform a metal or embroided insignia is worn on the left side, above the top pocket. Pilots also wear a metal pilot insignia on the right upper pocket of the service, dress or full dress uniform. A service branch insignia is worn on the lapels of the service and dress uniforms.
This officer operating a radar is wearing the camouflaged field uniform with the blue beret.
His rank and the insignia of the VJ are clearly visible on this picture.The generals, officers and NCOs have a blue-gray service and dress uniform. The generals and officers also have a blue full dress uniform. The dress and full dress uniforms are worn with the yellow-gold sash belt lined with the blue service color. The field uniform for all of the ranks has the same camouflage pattern used by the ground troops, but it differs only in the blue color of the beret. On all of the uniforms, the insignia of the VJ is worn on the left sleeve.
Insignia of the VJ worn on the left sleeve of all of the uniforms.Ranks of general officers of the RV i PVO VJ
Cap and beret badge for the general officers.The general officers shoulder boards have a wreath with a crossed cannon and sword set in it, along with a single twisted yellow-gold cord. The general officers ranks are general-major (with one gold star), general-potpukovnik (with two stars), general pukovnik (with three stars) and general armije (with four stars).
General-major
(Major general)General-potpukovnik
(Lieutenant colonel general)General-pukovnik
(Colonel general)General armije
(Army general)pRanks of commissioned officers of the RV i PVO VJ
Cap and beret badge for the commissioned and non-commissioned officers.The commissioned officers shoulder boards are piped with a single (junior officers) or a double (senior officers) yellow-gold braid. The commissioned junior officers ranks are potporucnik (one gold star), porucnik (two stars), kapetan (three stars) and kapetan prve klase (four stars). The commissioned senior officers ranks are major (with one gold star), potpukovnik (two stars) and pukovnik (three stars).
Potporucnik
(Junior lieutenant)Porucnik
(Lieutenant)Kapetan
(Captain)Kapetan prve klase
(Captain first class)Major Potpukovnik
(Lieutenant colonel)Pukovnik
(Colonel)pRanks of non-commissioned officers of the RV i PVO VJ
The non-commissioned officers shoulder boards have a single thin yellow-gold chevron for the vodnik (with one gold star), vodnik prve klase (two stars), stariji vodnik (three stars) and stariji vodnik prve klase (four stars), or two thin yellow-gold chevrons for the zastavnik (one star) and zastavnik prve klase (two stars).
Vodnik
(Sergeant)Vodnik prve klase
(Sergeant first class)Stariji vodnik
(Senior sergeant)Stariji vodnik prve klase
(Senior sergeant first class)Zastavnik
(Warrant officer)Zastavnik prve klase
(Warrant officer first class)pRanks of soldiers of the RV i PVO VJ
Cap and beret badge for the soldiers.The soldiers wear the ranks only on the left side of their field and service camouflage uniform. The soldiers ranks are razvodnik (one red chevron), desetar (two chevrons) and mladji vodnik (three chevrons).
Razvodnik
(Private first class)Desetar
(Corporal)Mladji vodnik
(Junior sergeant)
Written by Vladimir Trendafilovski.
Updated Monday, 26 July 1999.
