The 3rd Corps of Air Force and Air Defense (Serbo-Croatian: 3. korpus ratnog vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušne odbrane/ 3. корпус ратног ваздухопловства и противваздушне одбране) was a joint unit of Yugoslav Air Force established in 1964 as 1st Aviation Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 1. vazduhoplovni korpus / 1. ваздухопловни корпус).

The 1st Aviation Corps was formed by order on May 8, 1964, per the "Drvar 2" reorganization plan of the Yugoslav Air Force.

It consisted of all aviation units from the eastern part of Yugoslavia at military airports Batajnica, Lađevci, Niš, Skoplje and Priština.

During this period Dušan Vlaisavljević, Ljubiša Ćurguz, Stevan Roglić, Borivoje Petkov and Miloš Bajčetić were commanders of the 1st Aviation Corps.

Its aviation units were based at Niš, Skoplje, Lađevci, Priština and Golubovci military airports.