SOKO was an aircraft

Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...

 factory situated in Mostar

Mostar

Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It gained prominence in Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

.

Products

• Soko 522
  Soko 522
  -References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.*Illustrated history of aviation ’’Modern Ikars“, IRO Vuk Karadzic&Sluzbeni list SFRJ, Belgrade, 1989. ISBN 86-307-0088-2...
  
  
• Soko S-55-5 Mk. 5
• Soko G-2
  Soko G-2
  The SOKO G-2 Galeb is a two-seat, single engine, jet trainer and ground-attack aircraft developed in Yugoslavia.-Design and development:Yugoslavia's VTI began design work on the airplane, named Galeb, in 1957...
  
   (N-60) 'Galeb' ('Gull')
  • Soko G-2A
• Soko G-3 'Galeb'
• Soko J-21 Jastreb ('Hawk')
  • Soko J-1 (J-21)
  • Soko RJ-1 (IJ-21)
  • Soko TJ-1 (NJ-21) 'Jastreb'
• Soko J-20
  Soko J-20 Kraguj
  |-See also:-References:* Taylor,John W.R. . Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70. London: Sampson Low,1969.-External links:* *...
  
   'Kraguj' ('Sparrowhawk')
• J-22 'Orao' ('Eagle')
  Soko J-22 Orao
  The Soko J-22 Orao is a twin-engined, subsonic, close support, ground-attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft, with secondary capability as a low level interceptor. It was designed as a single-seat main attack version or as a combat capable two-seat version for advanced flying and weapon...
  
  /Avioane IAR-93
  IAR-93
  IAR-93 "Vultur" is a twin-engine, subsonic, close support, ground attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft with secondary capability as low level interceptor, built as single-seat main attack version or combat capable two-seat version for advanced flying and weapon training...
  
  
  • Soko 'Orao' 1 (IJ/INJ-22)
  • Soko 'Orao' 2 (J-22)
  • Soko 'Orao' 2 (NJ-22)
• Soko G-4 (N-62) 'Super Galeb' ('Super Gull')

Modern day

Now SOKO is an auto part manufacturer focusing mostly on car transmissions, driveshafts and gears.

Collaboration

During the 1970s and 1980s SOKO and Avioane Craiova developed the joint Yugoslav-Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n project of the military twin-engine, close support, ground attack and tactical reconnaissance aircraft Soko J-22 Orao/IAR-93 Vultur. SOKO also produced a series of Westland

Westland Helicopters

Westland Helicopters was a British aerospace company. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War. It merged with several other British firms in 1961...

- and Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

-licenced helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

s, as well as participating in Advanced Amphibious Aircraft (AAA).