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Željava Air Base
Former air force base & underground tunnel facility used by former state of Yugoslavia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Plješevica mountain, near the city of Bihać, was the largest underground hangar and military air base in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County of Croatia.
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Željava Airport Aerodrom Željava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Entrance to the airport's underground compound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military air base | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Bihać, ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Željava, ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,126 ft / 343 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°50′11″N 15°45′29″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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