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| Memory to Robert | Facebook (LYBI Željava) | exYU AIR FORCE equip. | LYBI dioramas |
| AIRFIELD BEFORE - VIDEO and PHOTOGRAPHS | |
| Few photo and video footage with scenes from past millenium: |
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Text (on croatian) about fights against Turkish (Ottoman) Empire in region Drežnik, Željava, Prijeboj, Grabovac before ~220 years (1789). |
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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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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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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) |
Here you can see the part of atmosphere from the Zeljava airport before wars in 90's and destruction of airport.
Also you can see some details from exterior aprons for planes, complex within mountain Pljesevica, including taking of and flying of the Mig 21.
It is combination of frames "before and now". |
1st.scene
-junction point of 124.th Fighting SQDN gallery with central gallery, extraction of mig21 on exit 2 2nd.scene -retraction of mig21 on entrance 1 3rd.scene -same as 1. but retraction 4th.scene -2 mig's21 start form entrance 1 toward runways, at the same time several of them wait for retraction on entrance 2 5th.scene -takeoff mig's21 from runway 3 |
This photo has been probably taken in early 70's. In the first video frame is presented the retraction of MiG-21 with electro-accumulator tug vehicle through the entrance of the tunnel 2 from the Croatian side (or tunnel 3 from Bosnia and Herzegovina side)....... This is most probably part of one YPA propaganda movie, because it is not the custom that pilots climb, dressed in the altitude pressure-suit, on the plane, while they are still inside the underground complex "Klek". Procedure has been such that mechanics have pulled out all planes, from the underground complex, on the large apron in front of triangles. Before climbing into a airplane, pilots had to come from the classrooms where they have had the preparation for the flight. |
| 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.
Then follow the photograph from the battalion OPC (OC) on this elevation, with displays of surveillance radar in the left part of room and height finding radar in the right part room.
Also you can see speaker and duty officer of OZN.
Following part of the film again represents the battalion OPC (OC) but this times in the object " Klek ".
Soldiers were separated with vertical plexiglas walls from the officers responsible for decision making.
You can see the vertical plotting boards (so called plane set). where the soldier draws the airplane track.
Further is seen the process of deciding, where the main duty officer uses his microphone to scramble the pair of fighter aircrafts into an action (he sits in the last row and has complete and best review of situation).
He orders to the fighting regiment duty officer to scramble fighters by using his inductor telephone.
MiG's are starting in front of the tunnel no.1, but now follows the small feint with purpose to confuse uneducated common people and eventually more professional observer-analyst, but with no success.
Follows the taxiing of vehicles 713, 711 along the runway no.3, what leads to taking off from runway no. 4 , i.e. runway for the scrambling pair.
All this is shot from some ~80 meters of height.
...is the north beginning of patrol road.
Patrol road goes up for some 80 meters and starts precisely there, left from this runway, and goes along the edge of hill until the end, behind the tunnel no.4.
After this follows another frame which shows the MiG-21 take off, but from the runway no.4. In the end follows the alarm for scrambling of Air defenses. |
Inside of object " Klek " in the mountain Pljesevica.
Interior of Klek facility inside mountain Pljesevica.
Here has been presented the opening of electric armored doors on gate 2 to the central gallery, then followed by frame of driving through gallery 124th.Fighting SQDN (to the exit 3). During this, camera is passing near corridor which leads to the elevator for control tower (from left side), then crossing the zebra which is mark for entrance to the corridor of regiment command. It comes to the curve and returns to the zebra. Then is followed by frame of the gate 2 exit which has no connection to the previous description, and after this 2 persons are entering into a regiment command over zebra. After this is frame from room where are bombs and rockets, and which is placed on a totally different part of facility or to be exact on a curvature of exit tunnel of gate 2, between armored doors and "concrete curtain" |
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. |
Video from the airport Zeljeva, most likely taken somewhere during the middle of 80's. |
This video shows flying of 125th.Fighting SQDN from airfield Zeljava in the beginning of 1991.
Also you can see scenes from the undergorund facility "Klek". |
Here has been presented flight of MiGs-21 above the airport Zeljava with the mountain Pljesevica in the background.
This video is most likely taken somewhere during the 80's. |
This video show preparations for the flight, and flight of MiG-21 as well, with their crews from the airport Zeljava 1990. It is interesting that this video has been taken by camera inside cockpit. |
