MILITARY - AIRFIELDS

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• Publication Date: February 10, 1951
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Szekesfehervar Airfield
About 30 RAT and Stormovik aircraft are based on this field, as well as
some transport aircraft. A new concrete highway leads from the city to the
field. The airfield and its surroundings are a forbidden zone to the civilian
population.
The airfield is used chiefly for fighter training.
Gyor Airfield
The field, in process of being improved, is occupied. partly by the Russians
and partly by the Hungarians.
Soviet aircraft, include: fighters, light bombers, and reconnaissance air-
craft belonging to the 2d and nth air groups. There are some Soviet personnel.
Ferihesy Airfield
The !'erihegy airfield, on the outskirts of Budapest, was greatly damaged
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A branch line couscting,with the main line of the Budapest-Szoluok rail-
ros4has been built. Access to the field is also assured by an excellent high-
A barracks in the vicinity bas been repaired and is occupied by small Soviet
detacheents. Soviet patrols also guard the field.
The airfields at Siekesfehervar and in the Bakony forest near Veszpres have
also been retired and are occupied by Soviet units.
Pass and Ssombathely Airfields
These fields are used for training of bomber pilots.
Airfield
Training in aerial bamhsrdeaent is given here every day. Aircraft used in
generally of the Soviet type like the Yak 3 and the Yak 9, but sometimes German
MesserscW tts are used.
Pecs Airfieli
Bombers are based on this field. These planes carried various cargoes for
the Greek guerrillas under Xarkos and flee over Yugoslavia an route to Greece
before the difficulties with Yugoslavia.
Soviet fighters are based on this field. They also made flights in the
direction of Greece just as the bombers at Pecs did.
. Yugoslav military aviation is concentrated principally in the north and
South.
Northern Sector
An important airfield is located 15 kilometers vest of Vrboveko near Ravna
Some airfields have been ewtablish in the I. ubl ana- eb territory at
Ineso S Mrsko. and Bari a-Device (Y).
Airfields are currently being bmilt at Bistrica and Sisal (50 kilometers
southeast of Zagreb). Another airfield it; planned but not yet begun in the Senj-
rarlovac region.
Southern Sector
This sector has numerous airfields and coastal defenses.
Airfields are located at Podgorica,.Nikeic, Debar (in the immediate vicinity
of the Albanian frontier), Plalaja (R), ld?ivirog (e) (intended for bombers),
and vru`a, sou hie.: of Dub"roenill.
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This sector has no airfields as yet. Construction of a large airfield
at oradicka is under study. The Sava River Often inundates this location;
a committee of specialists is currently examining the possibility of draining
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Zeman Airfield (See Figure 1)
The airfield is 4 kilometers south of Zeeiun, between the city and the
Sava River, along the Belgrade - Zeman railroad. It is elliptical in shape,
about 2 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers. wide. The long axis is north and
south. The airfield is on firm ground and is connected with the Belgrade-
Indija railroad line by a spur which ends at the airfield.
Three 100- by 50-meter hangars, partly destroyed in the war, have been
completely reconstructed. The hangars can accommodate 400 fighters and light
bombers. There is a 60-meter-vide elliptical concrete runway, in very good
condition, all around the airfield. There is no rectilinear runway in the
inner part of the field; aircraft take off from the rectilinear part of the
elliptical runway.
The airfield proper is covered with grass, and the ground is hard.
The field has equipment for night flying.
The radio station is in the administration building. The observation
tower and the meteorological station are on the administration building.
There are 300 aircraft on the field. About 150 are bombers and 150 are
fighters and trainers. There is much activity on the field.
There is an underground gasoline depot, camouflaged by vegetation, con-
sisting of 10 to 12 large cylindrical tanks from 5 to 6 meters in diameter
and about 5 meters high.
Parachute practice was held at the Zeman airfield from summer 1946 to
the end of October 1948. Parachute Jumping took place from morning to even-
ing, weather permitting. Two twin-engine aircraft with five parachutists in
each climbed to 1,500 meters and circled, while the parachutists dumped one
after the other.. The soldiers were about 20 years old, the officers of vary-
ing ages.
A school for Yugoslav air officers, located on the airfield in barracks
to the extreme north, was started in flay 1946. Officers and enlisted men of?
all ranks and ages took the course, which lasted 2 to 3 months, and made several
,saps. These courses seem to have continued without interruption until October
1948. The students took part in infantry drill in addition to aerial instruction.
Three modern barracks with accosaodationa for about 2000 nevi were built in
1946 and 1947 on the western part of the Zeman airfield. These barracks are
occupied by pilots and parachutists.
Students taking the parachute course lived in the wooden barracks to the
vest of the field.
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Since the Tito-Cominform, break, the Zee airfield has been used for
civilian traffic only.
Nova paaowAirfield (See Figure 2)
The Bova Pazova airfield is equidistant from Belgrade and Indija, east
of Pazova, between it and the Danube. The field is beside the Belgrade-IndiJa
railroad.
The airfield is of recent construction; the first work was done in May
1946. It will be one of the largest in Yugoslavia. The field in 4* kilometers
long.am&.3 kilcteri'h da: TM : rummy, vith,a reeiiliAeer takeoff.; is:24 kilo-
met,ers lon and.abBnt 400 weteri vide. It.was begunin.Kay 1946. -.Th*reAras no
hang in August 1946.
The airfield is surrounded by marshy ground, as the level of the airfield
is below that of the Danube.
No aircraft have been observed on the ground or in the air.
Work on the airfield stopped in Cctober 1948.
Pancevo Airfield
The Pancevo airfield is 20 kilometers northeast of Belgrade, between the
city of Pancevo and the Danube. The airfield is about 2 kilometers from the
railroad.
A thousand flight personnel, almost a]l of them officers, are stationed
at Pancevo airfield. There are 60 fighter aircraft and 20 bombers there. Al-
most all the aircraft are German types (Arado, Me 109, Ju 52, He 111), although
there are some Soviet fighters which appear to be LAG-3s.
Fighter and bomber pilots are trained at Pancevo airfield.
The Pancevo airfield has equipment for night flying, a fuel tank with a
capacity of 13,000 hectoliters, a pilot school, and an aerial observation school.
The Vazduhoplovno Uciliste (Air Academy) is located here. A training regiment
is stationed on the field.
Ljubljana Airfield
The Ljubljana airfield has a concrete runway 1,500 by 15 meters in area.
It has eight hangars, a fuel tank with a capacity of 10,000 hectoliters, equip-
ment for night flying, six squadrons of YAK-9s, one squadron of Spitfires, and
three squadrons of P-2s.
A new runway 40 meters wide by 1,400 meters long is under construction at
the field.
Zalog Airfield
The Zalog airfield is on"?the road.fram Ljubljana to Mran3. It is an auxili-
ary field. Two squadrons of'YAK-9s have. been observed on the ground.
Maribor Airfield
'ripe Maribor airfield is an auxiliary field. One squadron of P-2s have been
observed on the ground.
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Skofja Loks Airfield
The Skofja Loks airfield is an auxiliary field beside the Kranj - Ljubl-
jaua railroad, 10 kilometers south of 14?an3. Three squadrons of YAK-9s have
been observed on the ground.
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capacity of 10,000 hectoliters, equipment for night flying, and a school fur
pilot officers. Three training regiments are assigned to the field. Six
squadrons 'of YAK-95, one squadron of Martin-47e faij, two squadrons of P-2s,
and two squadrons of Btormoviks have been observed on the ground.
Hiksic Airfield?
The Hikeic airfield is located on Sofia map 18-19/42-43. This auxiliary
field has a 1,000-meter-long runway and a radio station. Six squadrons of
YAK-78 and two squadrons of YAKS-9s have been observed on the ground.
Titograd Airfield
The Titograd airfield has a runway 1,800 by 13 meters in area, seven
hangars, and one fuel tank of unknown capacity. Four squadrons of-9s,
four squadrons of Stormoviks, two squadrons of P-2s, and one squadron of twin-
engine Dakotas have been observed on the ground.
Zemonico Airfield
The Zemonico airfield is indicated on Rome map 15-16/44-45. A group of
the 3d Training Regiment, three squadrons of Stornoviks, one squadron of YAK-9s,
and one squadron consisting of Spitfires and Hurricanes have been observed there.
Dubrovnik Airfield
The Dubrovnik airfield is indicated on S 18-18/42-43. It has
for i7 an auxiliary field 45 kilometers east
on a plateau. No military aircraft are assigned to e e .
Brzdani Airfield
The Brzdani airfield is indicated on Sofia map 20-21/42-43. It is an
auxiliary field in a fforest. It has a runway 1,000 meters lung of unknown type.
It is difficult to land there. A group of the 3d Regiment is stationed there
for training.
Belgrade Airfield
The Belgrade airfield is the best field in Yugoslavia. It was built by
the 4errens. It has four transverse runways 1,000 by 10 meters is area. It
has 12 hangars, a radiogoniosetry station, two fuel tanks above ground, two
underground fuel tanks, and equipment for night flying. The total capacity
of the fuel tanks is 20,000 hectoliters.
Experimentation with four jet planes is in progress at the field.
Somber Airfield
The Somber airfield has a concrete runway 900 meters long by 50 meters
wide, and .equipment for night flying. Three squadrons of YAK-711 and YAK-9s
and three equadronr of P-2s are stationed on the field.
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six squadrons of Stornoviks, and one squadron of Martin-47 bombers are assigned
to the field.
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Meal evo Cnnow !ankovieevo Airfield
The 75?aljevo airfield is indicated on Sofia map 20-21/143-144. Its runYaay
is 1 hV meters long by 60 meters vide. Four squadrons of YAK-78 and YAK-9s,,
The Preljiaia airfield is indicated on Sofia map 20-21/143-44? This auxili-
ary field has a fuel tank with a capacity of 60,000 hectoliters. The tank is
located at the B'djani railroad station, 9 kilometers from the airfield. There
are two squadrons of P-2s and one squadron of IL trainers at the field.
)'s 1 lin& Airfield
FTaicka Pone a Aixfield
The Uzicka Pozega airfield is indicated on Sofia map 20-21/43-44. Its
runway is 1,1400 meters long by 40 meters wide. Its fuel tanks are located at
the Jeminska Stena railroad station 10 kilometers from the field. Three squad-
rons of M-7$ and two squadrons of P-2s are assigned to the field.
Kra u evac Airfield
The Kragujevac airfield is indicated on Sofia may 21-22/143-44. This auxili-
ary field is located near the arsenal. It is one by 2 kilometers in area. One
His Airfield
The Nis airfield has a grass runway 1,500 meters long by 60 meters wide.
It has six hangars, a repair shop, a radio station, a radiogonicmetry station,
and a fighter aircraft school. Four squadrons of P-2s and two squadrons of
YAK-9s are assigned to the field.
Rajlovac Airfield
The Ra,lovac airfield has a concrete runway 2,000 meters long, equipment
for night flying, a repair shop for aircraft and motor vehicles, six hangars, a
radiogoniometry station on the eastern part of the field, and a fuel tank with
a capacity of 15,h00 hectoliters in the westirn part of the field. Three squad-
rons of YAK-7s and one squadron of trainers which were originally stationed
at Pancevo are at the field.
Butmir Airfield
The Butmir airfield is located 10 kilometers from Sarajevo. This auxiliary
field incorporates a former racetrack. It has a runway 1,500 meters long by 10
meters wide. It is used as a training field, and three squadrons of trainers
are stationed there.
Sokolac Airfield
The Sokolac airfield is 17 kilometers east of Sarajevo. It is indicated on
the 0ermn 1/1,000,000 asp 73/34. This auxiliary field is in a forest on the
Rooaaja Plain. It is 2 kiloweters square. Two squadrons of Starsraviks are
stationed on the field.
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The Borongaj airfield is 3.0 kilometers from eb. It has a concrete
runway 2,000 by 20 meters in area, seven hangars, and a radiogoniometry sta-
tion. Seven squadrons ofYAK~9s, one squadron of Storloviks, one squadron
consisting of both Spitfires and 1Yurrica.nta, and one squadron of trainers are
stationed on the field.
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The Vr`'bovsko airfield is indicated on Rome map 15-16/45-40". T'her'e are
some V-2 launchers on the field. Six squadrons of TAX-9s, intended solely
for the defense of the launchers, are assigned to the field.
The airfield is surrounded by a forbidden zone for a radius of 10 kilo-
meters.
The Cerkije airfield is 7 kilometers east of Novo 16esto. It has a con-
crete runway 1,030 by 10 meters in area and seven hangars. A fuel tank with
a capacity of 10,000 hectoliters is located between hangars No 3 and 4. Five
squadrons of YAK-75o one squadron of Stormoviks, and one squadron consisting
of Dakotas and du-52s are assigned to the field.
Jabuce Airfield
Kovin Airfield
The Kovin airfield is indicated on Sofia map 20-21/44-45. This auxiliary
field is used only for training. It has a runway 1,200 meters long. A section
of the Pancevo Pilot School is located at the airfield.
The Bijeijina airfield is indicated on Sofia map 19-20,44-45. This
1,700 meters long by 15 meters wide. Two squadrons of P-2s and two squadrons
Skoplje Airfield
The Skopije airfield has a concrete runway 2,000 meters long, equigaent
for night flying, eight hangars, a repair shop, and an underground furl tank
in the southern part of the field. Five squadrons of YAK-39, three squadrons
of P-2n, and one squadron of Martin-).7s are stationed on. the field.
The Tetovo airfield is indicated on Sofia nap 2142. It has a concrete
runway 2,000 by 15 meters in area and equipvent for night flying. Seven squadrons
of fighters and 14 squadrons of bombers are stationed on the field. These include
YAKh, Stormo iks, P-2s, and Martin 476.
The Mnianovo auxiliary airfield bas a radio stet?.on. Four squadrons of
YP.K-9a are assigned to the field.
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 Zttgovicevo airfield
The Jogovicewo airfield, 4 kilometers from Novi Sad, hen a runway 2,000
meters long by 15 meters wide. It has equipment for night flying, fuel tanks
in the northern part of the field, 'eight ha agars, several repair shops, and
a radiogoniometer station,. Your squadrons of P.2s, three squadrons of Y.AI-9s,
The Indija airfield is indicated on Sofia mays 20-21/45-46. phi ie auxiliary
The Bela Crkva airfield is indicated on Sofia reap 21-22/42-43. No de-
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Carcea Airfield (See Figrsre 3)
field in November j9487.
The airfield has a concrete rummy 1,500 meters long by 40 meters wide,
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To Belgrade
Belgrade -PoLzova-Indija Railroad
Spur railroad line serving the airfield
Underground gasoline depot
Administration building (meteorological and radio station)
Hangars
Barracks
Wooden huts
Elliptical runny for landing and takeoff
Aircraft on the ground
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