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Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia / Early Cold War

Soko G-2 Galeb armed family

A Yugoslav jet trainer designed with a secondary light-attack role and later used operationally in combat.

Archive ID: afm_0000521
Soko G-2 Galeb armed family, shown in the selected representative source image.Vojislav Srbin / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — released by authorImage source

A Yugoslav jet trainer designed with a secondary light-attack role and later used operationally in combat.

Primary roleAttack
First flight1961
Service entry1965
OriginFederal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
ManufacturerSoko
Documented variants1
Crew modeCrewed
AirframeFixed Wing

Development

Soko G-2 Galeb armed family was developed by Soko in Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia as a attack aircraft. The family first flew in 1961 and entered service in 1965. Its recorded airframe configuration is fixed wing, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.

Operational History

Operationally, Soko G-2 Galeb armed family is represented primarily in the attack aircraft role. The sourced variant records include service with Yugoslav Air Force. The current structured record does not attach a specific conflict authority to this family; operational context remains limited to sourced service and role data. Role tags attached to the family include counterinsurgency.

Variants and Lineage

Major variants represented in the structured record include G-2A Galeb.

Variants

DesignationTypeRoleRecorded operators
G-2A GalebProductionAttackYugoslav Air Force

Representative specifications

Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.

G-2A Galeb

G-2A Galeb — C014 baseline technical profile

Crew
2

Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet

Armament: Machine guns with bombs and rockets for light attack.

Sources and further reading

Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.

  1. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1964-65 — Sampson Low, Marston & Co. · Tier 3