page_title: Ikarus S-49
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Ikarus S-49 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Икарус С-49Ц - изложен у Техничком музеју у Загребу English: Ikarus S-49C - on display at the Technical Museum in Zagreb
context_page_description: The Ikarus S-49 was a Yugoslav single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft built for the Yugoslav Air Force shortly after World War II. Following the Tito–Stalin Split in 1948, the RV i PVO was left with an aircraft inventory consisting of mostly Soviet aircraft. Unable to acquire new aircraft or spare parts for its existing fleet, the RV i PVO turned to its domestic aviation industry in order to create an indigenous design to fulfill the need for additional aircraft.
  The result was the S-49A, designed by Kosta Sivčev, Svetozar Popović and Slobodan Zrnić, on the basis of the pre-war Rogožarski IK-3. The S-49A was surpassed by the improved S-49C, featuring an all-metal construction and a more powerful engine. A total of 45 S-49A and 113 S-49C were produced by the Ikarus Aircraft Factory in Zemun. The last aircraft were retired from RV i PVO service in 1960/61, having been replaced by more modern jet-powered aircraft.
context_section_description:  Yugoslavia - Yugoslav Air Force
  Ikarus S-49A - 46 aircraft (1949–1957)
  117th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1950–1953)
  204th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1950–1953)
  107th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1953–1957)
  Training Squadron of 44th Aviation Division (1953–1954)
  Ikarus S-49C - 112 aircraft (1952–1961)
  116th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1952–1960)
  185th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1953–1956)
  40th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1955–1959)
  109th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1956–1960)
  88th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1957–1959)
  Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division (1953–1959) S-49C
caption: S-49C on display.
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