Sloboda 2017 - Batajnica AB, Serbia

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Sloboda 2017 - Batajnica AB, Serbia

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Hi all,

Last year a military event called "Sloboda 2017" was held at Serbian Air Force Base Batajnica. As there was not much known about the event, it was a huge gamble to go there. In the end, it turned out well. You might have seen some photos in various magazines. Here some more shots I took during the event.

A full report, almost 200 photos, can be found at my website: http://www.fly-by.nl

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Many more shots can be found at my website http://www.fly-by.nl

Best regards, Rob.

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Re: Sloboda 2017 - Batajnica AB, Serbia

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Wow, that looked a bit special. I'd love to have seen the special forces hijack demo - a very unusual air show event.

I expect that if they are to repeat the event sometime, the turnout from foreign enthusiasts will go through the roof.

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Did Bill and Ben name this event?
"The surrogate voice of st24"

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Very nice set - and an unusual venue :clap: . Thanks for posting :smile: .

Andy :smile:

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Thanks a lot for the nice replies guys.

Cheers, Rob
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Are they having another one this year??

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A nice selection of aircraft types, most of which I have never seen.
Cheers,

George

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Looks like your gamble well and truly paid off! Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks guys

DonaldGrump wrote:Are they having another one this year??


I don't know. This was mainly to show their new stuff like the six MiG-29s, armored vehicles and the project 1500 (soldiers).
Photos of the vehicles and soldiers are in the report on my website.

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Oh my, J-22s - extremely high up my list of aircraft I want to see flying! Dream! Lovely stuff.
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Wow, that was something different! :smile:
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Yep J-22's ! I thought they had been retired, brilliant to see them, even better at Fairford perhaps!

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Excellent stuff, yet another show that slipped under the radar. :sad: Oraos, Super Galebs and that beat up old Mongol lovely to see, well apart from those Lastas, in fact have UTVA ever made a decent looking aeroplane?!? :question:
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