Slatina Air Base
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Slatina Air Base (Albanian: Aeroporti Sllatina; Serbian: Аеродром Слатина / Aerodrom Slatina), located at Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari, contained the second largest military underground hangar complex (called Objekat Morava) in the former Yugoslavia. After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the airfield was used by KFOR. Part of the complex was radar station at Golesh mountain.
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Kosovo | ||||||||||
Operator | KFOR Ministry of Defense | ||||||||||
Serves | Pristina | ||||||||||
Location | Slatina, Kosovo | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 545 m / 1,789 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E | ||||||||||
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Before the Yugoslav military withdrawal, Slatina was home to the 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment and its 123rd and 124th squadrons. These squadrons were equipped with MiG-21 Bis and MiG-21 UM aircraft.[1]