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Memory to Robert and Nenad |
FBook1 Fbook2 | exYU AIR FORCE equip. | LYBI dioramas |
We from LYBI group of enthusiastic researchers from these website
have a special honor to present a series of photo-documents which show very beginning of
operations of this AFB complex. This is a real rarity from 1968., 1969. and in 1970., which we
haven't encountered anywhere during many years of reashrces.
We got an exclusive license for public presentation of these materials for
educational purposes. Used photos are the property of Croatian State Archives (CSA) from the Collection of photos of 5th Army District HR HDA 1211. On these photographs can be seen brand new AFB Željava-Bihać...more detailed description here. |
ExAFB Željava-Bihac i objekt KLEK nekad i sada
Exclusive!!...thanks to EX_Fishbed No.101 and some other peoples we can see the unseen photo-video footage from operational time of the airfield Zeljava. |
Airbase Zeljava, early years ~1970 |
Santa Claus on the airfield Zeljava 1990-1991 |
Airbase Zeljava-daylight landing practice (08.02.1989.) |
AFB Zeljava-weather reconnaissance 1991(1/2) |
AFB Zeljava-weather reconnaissance 1991(2/2) |
Inside the underground facility KLEK of the AFB Zeljava (1989)
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Underground facility KLEK of the AFB Zeljava (1989) |
exAFB Zeljava, authentical photo-video footage 1991-2008-2009 |
Flying at the exAFB Zeljava (1991) |
Reconnaissance flight from AFB Zeljava before target practice (1989) |
Flying with trike on the AFB Zeljava (1990) |
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Target practice by squadrons from the exAFB Zeljava (1989) |
Zeljava RC AirShow 2009 part 1 |
Inside the underground facility KLEK of the exAFB Željava (2009) |
Zeljava RC AirShow 2009 part 2 |
ZELJAVA-GENERAL |
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For schema in full resolution click here or scheme itself
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Cross section of a main gallerys in the underground object "KLEK". Gallerys: 125th.Fight.SQDN 124th.Fight.SQDN |
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If You decide to go inside the tunnels of the "Klek" facility (underground part of tha AF Zeljava) please be very careful because on certain places from the ceeling hangs very big concrete pieces only on the armature iron. Also, some parts of the tunnels is in the very poor condition and at risk of collapsing! Most critical parts are: -center of the "Star" (position 38 on the schema, danger of collapsing, dust) -big ceiling crack in the tunnel that leads to exit 4 (position 50 on the schema, danger of collapsing) -entrance 1 (on the ceiling hangs large pieces of the concrete on the armature iron) -lower elevator station who lead to the control tower It also would be important to protect the respiratory organs because of the known PCB compounds pollution through the dust. Also unknown is the fate of ionization smoke detectors, hundreds of them were placed on the tunnels ceilings. Those in normal use are not dangerous, but if their casing are broken then radioactive component of americium-241 can be free and easily absorbed in the lungs...that can cause cancer and genetic damage in extreme cases. |
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With destroying of this airfield great ecological damage has been done.
This survey here shows that on Zeljava airfield has been detected high concetration of a chemichal compaunds polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), especialy in the tunnel 1 where that concetration is 164ppm(parts per milion).
Here is some more data about PCB compaunds (non-englsih). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in Zeljava Toxicological situation in facility today (2008)(non-english)
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*tekstual data in videos has been collected from numerous sides, mostly web-forums, articles and similar on that subject, it is possible that some unintentional errors exists. |
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p.s:
If anyone have some unseen photo-video documents about airfield Zeljava and mt.Gola than those people can contact us on the FORUM and than we will put those materials on this web site.
Here especialy we think on the members of UN-troops (IFOR, SFOR,...etc.) who has been deployed around here through the time.
One of those people is J whose pic i puted here.