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Batajnica Airbase
The Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base (), commonly known as Batajnica Air Base () is the main military air base of Serbia. It is located between Batajnica and Nova Pazova, about 25 km northwest from the center of Belgrade, Serbia. History Construction of the airbase started in 1947 and was completed in 1951, when the airbase was officially opened with one grass and two asphalted runways. The purpose of the airbase is to protect the capital Belgrade from aircraft attacks. It was known as 177th Air Base until the 2006 reorganization and was home of 204th Fighter-Aviation regiment, 138th Transport-Aviation Regiment and other units of Yugoslav Air Force. During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the airbase was heavily bombed for 25 days and sustained heavy damage. In 2019, Batajnica Air Base officially changed its name to Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base, in honor of Milenko Pavlović, a pilot killed during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Units The base is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Air Base
An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft. Airbase facilities An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a Civil aviation, civilian airport; for example, air traffic control and Aircraft rescue and firefighting, firefighting. Some military aerodromes have passenger facilities; for example, RAF Brize Norton in England has a terminal used by passengers for the Royal Air Force's passenger transport flights. A number of military airbases may also have a civil enclave for commercial passenger flights, e.g. Beijing Nanyuan Airport (China), Chandigarh Airport (India), Ibaraki Airport (Japan), Burlington International Airport (USA), Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport Srinagar (India), Taipei Songshan Airpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
138 M , a heavy truck
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138 may refer to: *138 (number) *138 BC *AD 138 *138 (New Jersey bus) *138 Tolosa, a main-belt asteroid *Tatra 138 The Tatra 138 was a truck produced in Czechoslovakia by the Tatra company. Known as the immediate successor to the Tatra 111, the model introduced a number of new features while continuing the evolution of Tatra concept. The truck was produced f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrmia
Syrmia (Ekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srem, Срем, separator=" / " or Ijekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srijem, Сријем, label=none, separator=" / ") is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exception of the low Fruška gora mountain stretching along the Danube in its northern part. Etymology The word "Syrmia" is derived from the ancient city of Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica). Sirmium was a Celts, Celtic or Illyrians, Illyrian town founded in the third century BC. ''Srem'' ( sr-Cyrl, Срем) and ''Srijem'' ( sr-Cyrl, Сријем, label=none) are used to designate the region in Serbia and Croatia respectively. Other names for the region include: * Latin: ''Syrmia'' or ''Sirmium'' * Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Szerémség'', ''Szerém'', or ''Szerémország'' * German language, German: ''Syrmien'' * Slovak language, Slovak: ''Sriem'' * Pannonian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Belgrade
This article deals with the system of transport in Belgrade, both public and private. Urban Belgrade has an extensive public transport system, which consists of buses, trams, trolley buses and trains operated by the city-owned GSP BelgradeГСП "Београд" – City-owned transport company and several private companies. All companies participate in Integrated Tariff System (ITS), which makes tickets transferable between companies and vehicle types. Tickets can be purchased in numerous kiosks or from the driver. They must be validated inside the vehicle and are valid for one ride only. On February 1, 2012, BusPlus, a modern electronic system for managing vehicles and transportation tickets in public transport was introduced, a system based on a vague contract which does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Air Force And Air Defence Bases
Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the country *Pertaining to other places **Serbia (other) **Sorbia (other) *Gabe Serbian (1977–2022), American musician See also * * * Sorbs * Old Serbian (other) Old Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to the Old Serbia, a historical region * Old Serbian language, a general term for the pre-modern variants of Serbian language, including: ** the Serbian recension of Old Church Slavonic la ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Airbases Established In 1951
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily Weapon, armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Serbia
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Airport operations are extremely complex, with a complicated system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airports can be major employers, as well as important hubs for tourism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Establishments In Yugoslavia
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technical Testing Center
Technical Testing Center () is acceptance testing facility that provides testing of new and existing military aircraft, military vehicles, military equipment, battle systems, civilian products for Serbian Armed Forces and is subordinated to the Serbian General Staff, General Staff. History Technical Testing Center was founded by Yugoslav Federal Defence Secretariat on 22 March 1973 by uniting and transforming 7 military technical institutes of Yugoslav Ground Forces. In 2006 due to rationalization it was merged with Air Force Testing Center and Navy Testing Center into a single institution. Missions Technical Testing Center primary mission include quality control of military equipment as well as Metrology, metrological securing of the defense system. It is obligated to research maximum weapons capabilities and to demonstrate possibilities of different usage and usage in extreme circumstances. Center employs more than 150 engineers as well as highly-skilled pilots and drivers who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Training Command
The Training Command () is the command responsible for training members of the Serbian Armed Forces.http://www.vs.rs/index.php?content=de4d90df-fc9a-102b-9fa8-28e40361dc2e - Command for Training official presentation History The Training Command was established on 23 April 2007, by merging training units of the Operational Forces, the Serbian Army and the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence. Missions Training Command is primary responsible for providing soldiers, non-commissioned officer and officers of Serbian Armed Forces, as well the members of foreign armies basic and specialist military training. Structure The structure of the Training Command is three basic training centers, six specialist military training centers, four (reserve) territorial brigades as well as seven exercise ranges, all located throughout the country. The basic training center consists of one command company and one training battalion. Specialist training centers include: the Army Training Center (in addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
252nd Training Squadron
The 252nd Training Squadron "Ušće Wolves" () is a squadron of the 204th Air Brigade of the Serbian Air Force and based at Batajnica Air Base. History 525th Training Squadron The 525th Training Squadron was formed on July 17, 1967, at Batajnica Air Base. The first squadron commander was Major Aleksandar Veselinović. Squadron was equipped with four Republic F-84G Thunderjets, one training TV-2 and ten Kurir liaison aircraft. The main task of squadron was flight training of pilots from Yugoslav Air Force Command, Military Academy, Area flight control and General Inspection of Yugoslav People's Army. By the order of Yugoslav Air Force Command, the squadron was also transporting messengers. Because the aircraft of the 525th Squadron were old and partly withdrawn, some of flight and maintenance personnel were sent to Zemunik Air Base for retraining for new aircraft type, G-2 Galeb. The retraining was finished in about 20 days, and personnel returned to Batajnica with four new Gale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
