Anton Tus

Anton Tus
Tus in 2009
Born(1931-11-22)22 November 1931
Bribir, Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Died4 September 2023(2023-09-04) (aged 91)
Zagreb, Croatia
Allegiance SFR Yugoslavia (1947–1991)
 Croatia (1991–1992)
Service/branchYugoslav Air Force
Croatian Armed Forces
Years of service1949–1992 (commissioned as an officer and pilot in 1953, joined the Air Force Academy in 1949)
RankColonel General (JNA)
General of the Army (HV)
Commands held204th Fighter Regiment (1968–1969)
5th Aviation Corps
Yugoslav Air Force (1985–1991)
Croatian Armed Forces General Staff
(Glavni stožer OSRH, 1991–1992)
Battles/warsCroatian War of Independence
AwardsGrand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV
Order of Duke Domagoj
Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski
Order of the Croatian Trefoil

Anton Tus (Croatian pronunciation: [aŋton tus]; 22 November 1931 – 4 September 2023) was a Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force between 1985 and 1991 and was the first Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Anton Tus: an officer and a diplomat". NATO Review. Summer 2002. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Anton Tus (1931 - )" (in Croatian). Vojska.net. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

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