YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE

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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATff N
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -1 EPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SEP 15 1955
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
DATE DISTR. 29 May 1952
SUBJECT Yugoslav Air
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A- Yugoslav . Air Force
a- Headquarters-
- Oblast Air Command 50X1-HUM
This headquarters is housed in a three-story building,(with a porch
in the center ) which is about 50 meters long by 20 meters wide,
located on Vlaska Street. At the entrance there is an Air Force
gentry, and on the roof one can see the radio antennas.
Commanding Officer: Colonel or Lt. Colonel I2usan MILENKO ( a pilot
Political Commissar: a major
Adjutant: Major Mico Z?TEIC ( not a pilot )
Duties
The VOK takes care of all quartermaster matters, liaison, transpor--
tation, suppiies~(both technical and ordinary )8O$. the various
units andB'VQthe shops *'iich service the planes.
The.. VOK has its own repair shops for the planes and also warehouses
with spare parts ( see paragraph d: Technical Services). In many
reppects, the VOK performs the same tasks as the Italian Z A T. 50X1-HUM
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KOMANDA SKOLSKI DIVIZIJA-BORONGAY
Borongay Sc'lool Division Command
The headquartbrs of the School Division is located in the Borongay
(ZagrebF----]) airport, and controls the following units:
Then there is another unit which 10 fighter planes of
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stationed at the Borongay Airport.
One " Skolski Puk " (School Regiment) which has training planes of
the PO-2 type, for training pilots in night flying. This unit is
the second unit is Stationed at the -hove airport, 'gut is not 50X1-HUM
whether it dads fsi the above division.
b- Airports
Borongay Military Airport
south of the railroad that go ~s to DUGO SELO (Zagreb:
This airport was already in use before the Second World War
and it suffered heavy damage during the war. It has been partly
repaired, but ko large scale reconstruction or repair work has been
undertaken as yet.
'the airport is located at the eastern outskirts of the city
There Ore two masonry hangars, with corrugated sheet. roofing divided
into three semicircular sections. Each. hangar has three sliding gates
and tr dimensions are approximately 70 meters long by 50 meters
wide. Both of them are located on the north side of the field.
Fuel Dump is located at the North East corner of the field and
consists of the following: 4 cylindrical sheet tanks, buried, of
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undetermined capacity; and. cylindrical barrels lying in the open.
This dump is part of the OIS ( Oblast Technical :,arehouses ).
The ammunition dump is located in, the North ;lest corner of the
field and consists of a semi-buried cement building, which rises about
1 and 1/2 meters above the level of the field, It is covered with
loose dirt and its dimensions are 25 meters by 7faoproximately. This
dump is also part of the OIS and the follbuing items are stored therein:
' K; 40% s: w^ s ;
bombs weighing from 5 to 204 pQL~;&; bangalore torpedoes,; incendiary
bangalore torpedoes and small arms ammun'_tion.
The lighting for night 1perations consists of a row of white
lights, produced by kerosene lamps, which are temporary and can
be moved. Kerosene lamps giving a red light are used to show
obstacles and to designate those parts of the field which are not
to be used for landing purposes.
jhe motor pool consists of about 15 vehicles. The field itself
is surrounded by a fence and there is an undetermined number- of
sentries guarding the vital points of the field and the various
dumps.
The defense of the field is assured by 6 AA guns, of undertermined
caliber and type, which are mounted on mobile rn is equipped with
four v-uheels and pneumatic tires.The barrels are "equipped with flash
hiders and the guns themselvds are emplaced in the open, in the ,North
corner of the field, next to the railroad. They are manned by Army
perea net who arrived at the field in march 1951 together with the
guns ,, they replaced the old guns used there, which were bein g
manned b> Air Force crews and which later were transferred to the
nearby field of PLESO (Zagreb
Th ,re are also three searchlights, located near the AA guns
mentioned above, and they are also used in training the pilots in
night flying.
A railroad spur, about 50 meters long; connects the field
with the railroad station of Borongay and goes as far as the the
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fuel clump and the Oblast -Technical .7arehous e ( see Technical Services )
A Skolski Puk " ( a school regiment) was stationed at this
field and it belonged to the School Division Command, as mentioned
in paragraph a- This school has about 30 planes, of the PO 2 type,
which are used to train pilots in night flying. Moreover, there
were 10 fighter planes on this field ( monoplanes, one engine, with
retractible landing gear and three-bladed propellers, o undetermined
type ).
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The personnel consists of about 50 officers, 50 noncoms and about
300 soldiers. Among the officers,
FLATS, a major who is not a pilot, who is in charge of the ground
personnel
Milo MAIKIC, a lieutenant, who is not a pilot, who assista the former
and is also in charge of the "Radn& Jedinica
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lo=gay Night Flying chool. As mentioned before,
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the headquarters of this school is. located at the Borongay Airfield.
A School Division Command is also located at this field. Among the
units und its c ntrol , there is a "Skolski Puk It (School Regiment)
which dpasas--ef 30 planes of the PO 2 type.
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The students consist of about 40 lower ranking officers who
are being trained in night flying. During night flying training,
the three searchlip,hts located on the field try to spot the planes
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and the pilots are supposed to di
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.vim, .,.from the light:
A's' mentioned before, there are also 10 fighter planes, of
undetermined type, stationed on this field and it is possible
that these planes come under the jurisdiction of the school
and are used for night flying training.
Glider Trainir School
T'-:is school is located at this airfield and has the following
equipment: 1 glider with an open cockpit and 10-12 gliders
closed cabins, of undetermined type.
d-- Technical Services
OTS OBLASNO TEHNICKO SKLADISTE- Oblast
Technical Warehouse- Borongay.
This warehouse is located on the airfield and comes under the`
jurisdiction of the VOK mentioned in paragraph a. It supplies
technical parts to the var_ous units stationed at the airports
within the oblast jurisdiction. The warehouse is a masonry building
about 60 meters long and 15 meterswide. The fuel dump and the
ammunition dump, aloo located on. the airfield, are part. of the
Oblast Technical Warehouse.
The following items are stored in the warehouse:
plane spare parts
plane engines
engine spare parts
flying togs
plane instruments
electrical material
radios
radio spare parts
and others
Manager : Major FLAIS , ( not a pilot ~0* At UFEICIALS, QNL
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" 0 A R OBLASNA AUTO RADIONICA -* Oblast Motor Vehicles
Repair Shop of Zagreb. This unit comes under the VOK of Zagreb and
is located near the r .ilro.d.?. passenger station.
"OARS! OBLASNA AEROPLANSKA RADIONICA of
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JANKOMIR (Zagreb)- Jankomir Oblast Aircraft Repair Shop.
This unit also comes under the VOK of Zagreb and is located
Air Foy ce Information - Yugoslavia
RUMA Military Airfield
Military Unit of the 4th Yugoslav Air Division:
(land grid units) Telephone 27027
Location; The Rump. Military Airfielld is located betinee Zagreb and
Belgrade, and more exactly between the railroad stations of VODINJE and
SLAVO^~SKI :BROfl, on the Zagreb-Belgrade line. It takes about 15 minutes
on foot to reach the airfield from the SLAVVSKI station.
The entire field is on the right side of the road which goes from
Zagreb to Belgrade and has the following dimensions above. 3,700 meters
long; about 3500 meters wide. The field is used exclusively by the.
Yugoslav Airrorce as a training field; work is still going on to
improve and ex.tend'it.
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Not far from the Rum airport there is a secret airfield ( a dummy
field). There are false buildings , consisting of wooden sheds
covered with leaves or simply painted for camouflage purposes.
south of
This airport is located about 700-1000 meters/Amm the Rum airfield,
in the direction of Belgrade.Wooden cannons are also emplaced here.
The `'ommanding Officer is Major Stipe PETKOVIC. "mong the
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are Captains Stipe ILEDELKOVIC and RUJCIC, and Lieutenants 50X1-HUM
BOZAC, STEPENKO and BOZOVIC.
An officer instructor, by the name of Stefan DOLENC, 50X1-HUM
often comes toRuma a plane of the AFRO 2 50X1-HUM
type. His permanent job is with the General Staff of the
Yugoslav Air Force in Belgrade.
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the following. personnel is present at the airfield:
170 student pilots
50 soldiers of the Iugoslav Air Force who do guard duty am and the field;
23 officers
Total: 350 men
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