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| Airfield now | Pljesevica-slope |
| AIRFIELD BEFORE - VIDEO and PHOTOGRAPHS | |
| Few photo and video footage with scenes from past millenium: |
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Time before build-up of the AF Zeljava; Position of the village Baljevac which were placed on the area where airfield was built. Because of airfield contruction this village was displaced on the end of 50's in 20.century. Here were lived mostly Croats. This map was made in Austria-Hungary and it's published in 1910.year, and on link below is whole map galery. http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm |
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Here you can see the part of atmosphere from the Zeljava airport before wars in 90's and destruction of airport. ...and, that musical cover is " Hey soldiers, airmen"...the steel wings of our army..." |
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Inside of object " Klek " in the mountain Pljesevica.
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This video is as completely recorded on the part from the connection of 125th.Fighting SQDN gallery with the central gallery to the exit tunnel on the entrance 2 in the object "Klek". It presents pulling out the MiG-21 across armored doors on exit 2. During this you can see in the background the VTR with modified rib tin which purpose is to enable passage of MiG 29.That is telling us one information that this picture is probably taken in summer 1990/91 because the soldiers carry summer uniforms. For MiG -29 also has been completely altered entrance/exit 1 to the armored doors.
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This photo has been probably taken in early 70's.
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(source of the video-->Sajeret, ABG forum) |
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The short YPA propaganda movie about VOJIN-in has been shot on the radar site (popularly named "elevation") K377 with the view on radars P-35, PRV-11 and panoramic view on the distant (in the right part of photo) mountain Plješevica. After this follows another frame which shows the MiG-21 take off, but from the runway no.2 from the direction of Bosnia and Herzegovina towards the Rakovica. |
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This video show preparations for the flight, and flight of MiG-21 as well, with their crews from the airport Zeljava 1990.
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Here has been presented flight of MiGs-21 above the airport Zeljava with the mountain Pljesevica in the background. .....................................(download)
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Video from the airport Zeljeva, most likely taken somewhere during the middle of 80's.
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These are the video from the airport Batajnica taken by the end of eighties, and it is possible that the very similar frames could have been seen on Zeljava in the same time (?)...of course without the MiG-29 which shown here passing thru the movie frame.
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(source of the video-->Sajeret, ABG forum) Several scenes of mig's 21 on different locations, few of them were taken on AF Zeljava. |
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(source of the video-->Sajeret, ABG forum) Units and flying of exYU Air Force. |
Yugoslav president Tito visiting the facility " Klek " 1969., and shaking hands with pilots in front of mobile armored doors on the entrance 1. |
Also photograph from 1969, with the military personnel have been lined up beside the left wall of tunnel on the entrance 1, before the mobile armored doors. Today (2005/06) this place looks approximately like this. |
MiG's-21 on the exit of tunnel 1, where was placed 125th.Fighting SQDN.(situation before the change of ceiling for the MiG-29 by the beginning of 90's) |
Retracting of the MiG-21 to the entrance 2, where is placed a check-point of military police, in the purpose of supervision of the entrance to the facility " Klek". Walking through the "Klek" facility has been limited, and there was a passes for determined parts of facility. |
This photo is from 1969, as well as other photos from this period, and which are showing the problem with dusts (wheels, soles) which has been abundantly present in galleries. You can see the older version MiG-21 f-13 where the cockpit canopy is opened onward.. |
Airport " has been populated before the time, during 1969. because of the crisis in the Czechoslovakia, so it wasn't completely finished.(Gallery 125th.Fighting SQDN, towards the exit 1) |
Gallery "A" -Central gallery (middle of 70's) |
Fuel pump in the beginning of gallery 125th.Fighting SQDN, after detaching from central gallery.. |
Retracting the MiG-21 to the entrance 2. |
Mig-21 na entrance 3. |
The long bend in the tunnel on the entrance 2, before movable armored doors. |
Stand and windows on the control tower. |
VTR- " Vazduhoplovno Technicka Radionica - Air force Technical Workshop". It is placed in the end of central gallery in length about 75 meters.(1969) |
Control room of the video surveillance. |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery , in the direction of sharp bend towards the central gallery. |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery. |
124th.Fighting SQDN gallery, sharp bend towards the exit 3. |
Apron 1 |
Preparations for the night flight (probably not from Zeljava, but is similar). |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery (2nd time). |
Armament check. (this pic were taken on Pristina airport, LYPR, and show ensign Berenji Farkas Bela from 83.fighter aviation regiment)) |
Pilots in the resting room. |
Pilots in altitude suits. |
Apron-->source |
Pilots in the gallery of the 125th.Fighting SQDN. |
MiG-21 on the exit 1 in the tunnel between the movable armored doors and "concrete curtain". |
One of the 4 exits, it is difficult to say which one , with the "concrete curtain " which has the slot for the vertical plane stabilizer. |
Exit 1. |
Pilot, lt.Sinisa Sladojevic, on the one of outer aprons, removes the protective "cap" from the jet motor air ducts of MiG-21. By the way, he died in collision accident of 2 MiG's-21 on June. 02, 1994. near Podgorica, because he did not succeed to bail out on time. Details here (under the code 94-08). |
Fuel pumping, also on the outer apron. |
The technical personnel working on the plane. |
Cockpit of mig-a 21. |
Plane of the scrambling pair, on the outer apron, armed and prepared for the take-off. |
Pilots are dressed in altitude pressure suits. |
Scrambling pair is taking off from runway 4, and this runway today (2005/06) looks like this. |
Scrambling pair is taking off from runway 4, and this runway today (2005/06) looks like this. |
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352nd.Recon SQDN gallery. |
352nd.Recon SQDN gallery. |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery. |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery. |
Same picture as left. |
Entrance 2, in front of the "concrete curtain". |
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Exit 3, in front of the "concrete curtain", although it looks like that bright lights in the tunnel goes right (like on 1), but the incline of terrain in front the entrance clearly states that it is exit 3. |
Exit 1, plane under the "concrete curtain". |
Pilots, taken by the middle of 80's. |
Lieutenant colonel Rodoljub Gajic-Rocko, squadrons leader, died in the incident during the take-off with the Utva-66 October 5th.1991. Link here, under the code 91-26. |
125th.Fighting SQDN gallery |
Somewhere on AF Zeljava.
(most probably) |
Entrance 3. |
Control tower terrace. source-->Cyber Fulcrum forum |
Mig-21 on scrambling pair apron |
Delegation of the exSFRJ presidency before the entrance 2 (26.10.1989.) source-->Cyber Fulcrum forum |
Delegation of the exSFRJ presidency on the entrance 2 (26.10.1989.)
source-->Cyber Fulcrum forum |
Control tower terrace. source-->Cyber Fulcrum forum |
124th.Fighting SQDN gallery. |
Mig's 21 on zhe main apron(1) on the triangle. source-->top sikret |
Towing of the mig-21 before entrance 2 with accu-puller. source-->top sikret |
Towing of the mig-21 before entrance 2 with accu-puller. source-->top sikret |
VTR (" Vazduhoplovno Technicka Radionica - Air force Technical Workshop") recorded somewhere in the middle of 80's, and when it is compared with the photo from 1969 (here) then it is seen how then was rough and dusty concrete floor. This is reason of dust problems in that time. |
Member of the SFRJ presidency in that time, Dragutin Zelenovic visiting Zeljava 1989. Rodoljub Gajic (with the stick) holds the lecture in VTR |
Mig-21 on the entrance 1 in the underground facility KLEK (197?) |
Member of the SFRJ presidency in that time, Dragutin Zelenovic visiting RP Gola Pljesevica. In the background you can see the larger radar radome which has protected the radar S-600 antenna. (1989) |
352nd.Recon SQDN gallery. Visible entrance toward the clima chamber across the Star section of the Klek underground facility. |
President Tito and (?) inside 352nd.Recon SQDN gallery (197?) |
Jakov Blazevic and Milka Planinc (official of the Socialistic Republic of Croatia) inside the 125th.Fighting SQDN gallery(197?) |
Branko Mamula, federal secretary for NO (Narodna Obrana - territorial defense) in that time, on the entrance 2 or 3 to the underground facility "Klek". (1990/91?) |
Branko Mamula, federal secretary for NO (Narodna Obrana - territorial defense) in that time, talks to the pilots in "Zvijezda (Star)" part of underground facility "Klek". (1990/91?) |
Branko Mamula in the classroom. |
Branko Mamula during conversation with the Rodoljub Gajic. |
Pilots in the altitude pressure suits. (1973) |
General Antun Tus, commander of RV (Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo - Air Force) and PVO (Protu Vazdusna Obrana - Air Defense) JNA (Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija - Yugoslav peoples army) talks to the pilots and personnel on the main apron of airport " Zeljava " in the occasion of the conquest of golden flag which is given to the best unit of RV and PVOs in the JNA.(1989) |
The other pilot from the right side received the badge as the best pilot. |
On the apron, in the background is the mountain Pljesevica. |
Pilots in the classroms (1973) |
Pilots pass for "Klek" facility. |
Pilots pass for entrance in the garrison. |
Pass for regular soldiers for "Klek" facility (source-->vikikobra) . |
Pass for regular soldiers for "Klek" facility (source-->CZU kiseli) |
Operating Center (OC) 51bVOJIN inside the undeground facility "Klek ". |
Operating Center (OC) 51bVOJIN inside the undeground facility "Klek ". |
Monitoring off the radar screen. |
The navigation radio beacons for the approach to the ICAO runways on Zeljava. |
Comparison of two pictures with the same motive, but shot between time interval of about 20 years. Photo from 198? shows how floors and walls of tunnel has been coated with some special, shining coat. This coat solved the problem of dusts which has existed from 1969. |
VTR (" Vazduhoplovno Technicka Radionica - Air force Technical Workshop") 1969. |
VTR (" Vazduhoplovno Technicka Radionica - Air force Technical Workshop") -198?. |
MiG-21 with the armament, recorded in front of VTR. |
Inside the Klek facility
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Inside the Klek facility |
Zeljava - apron 1 / rinway 3 (198?) |
Apron-->source |
exYU president Tito with soldiers in the entrance 2. |
Photomontage of the left picture in todays picture (2008) from that same place in the entrance 2. |
Take-off from the runway 2 (14R) |
Mig-s 21 from 125th.Fighting SQDN in flight. |
352nd.Recon SQDN gallery in the undeground facility "Klek". (1973) |
Ceremonial parade in the space of the entrance 1. (1973) |
Apron 1 (198?)-->izvor Željava 4868 |
Take-off from the runway 2 (14R) -(1991) |
Dresseing of the altitude pressure suit (1973) |
Member of the SFRJ presidency in that time, Dragutin Zelenovic in LINK building where was located Mig-21 simulator (1989) |
Mig 21 simulator in the LINK building (1991) |
Inside the LINK building where was located Mig 21 simulator (1991) |
Aircraft Utva 66 near the taxiway toward entrance 1 (1991) |
Look from the VTR toward entrance 2 (1989) |
Entrance 1, electrical armoured doors in status open (1989) |
Look on the apron 1 from apron of the scrambling pair (1991) |
Yugoslav president Tito visiting the facility " Klek " 1969., and shaking hands with pilots in front of mobile armored doors on the entrance 1. |
Photomontage of the left picture in picture scene from video taken in 1989. |
Little VTR located in entrance 1, before electrical armoured door, inside the chamber for nuclear blast amortization (1989) |
Mig-21 in little VTR (1989) |
Few photographs from web site "Avijacija bez granica"(Aviation without borders):
Pictures from the website www.zeljava.com (some of them most probably are not from AF Zeljava)