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The Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base (), commonly known as Batajnica Air Base () is the main
101st Fighter Squadron "Knights"
:: 
138th Transport Squadron "Storks"
:: 252nd Training Squadron "Ušće Wolves"
:: 
890th Mixed Helicopter Squadron "Pegasuses"
:: 177th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion
:: 24th Air Technical Battalion
:: 17th Air Base Security Battalion
* Aeronautical Overhaul Institute "Moma Stanojlović"
The air base also houses Air Force and Air Defence Training Center of the Training Command as well as the Center for Flight Tests of the Technical Testing Center.
Batajnica Airport map
Batajnica Airbase pre-strike with visible control tower
{{authority control 1951 establishments in Yugoslavia Airports in Serbia Military airbases established in 1951 Serbian Air Force and Air Defence bases Transport in Belgrade Syrmia Yugoslav Air Force bases Motorsport venues in Serbia
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 mi ...
of Serbia. It is located between Batajnica
Batajnica ( sr-Cyrl, Батајница, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun.
Location and geography
Batajnica is located in the ...
and Nova Pazova, about 25 km northwest from the center of Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
, 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 ofYugoslav Air Force
The Air Force and Air Defence ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana ; abbr. sh-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, separator=/, РВ и ПВ� ...
.
During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombing ...
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 the home station of the following Serbian Air Force and Air Defence units: * 204th Air Brigade :: 101st Fighter Squadron "Knights"
:: 138th Transport Squadron "Storks"
:: 252nd Training Squadron "Ušće Wolves"
:: 890th Mixed Helicopter Squadron "Pegasuses"
:: 177th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion
:: 24th Air Technical Battalion
:: 17th Air Base Security Battalion
* Aeronautical Overhaul Institute "Moma Stanojlović"
The air base also houses Air Force and Air Defence Training Center of the Training Command as well as the Center for Flight Tests of the Technical Testing Center.
References
External links
Batajnica Airport map
Batajnica Airbase pre-strike with visible control tower
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