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Bamby on apron

September 14, 2014September 20, 2016 dicus 5 Comments

I have seen a lot of different animals inside the area of military air bases, but this one is the strangest so far. This young roe deer came from nowhere straight to the apron where MiG-29 fighters are located. The Bamby, as they call her, is a very curious youngster, which usually seems to be the case with all youngsters, except this one apparently loves airplanes. Even the sound of noisy RD-33 engines does not scare her. When the engine starts she just moves behind the safe line on the apron with the rest of the crew…Curious, but still very caution, she will come few feet from you but she will not let you touch her. The pilots and the ground crew from 101st Fighter Squadron “Vitezovi” (The Knights) take care of her every time she comes to visit them, which is on daily bases…

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Batajnica Airshow 2012 : Serbian Air Force

September 3, 2014September 20, 2016 dicus 4 Comments

On the 24th December 1912, Kingdom of Serbia has officially founded it’s Air force by forming “The command of aviation”. Doing so, Serbia has become one of the first country in the world with military aviation, and one of the few that used aviation on actual combat sorties.

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241. squadron "Tigers" - Serbian Air Force© www.dimitrijeostojic.com

The Tigers

March 6, 2014September 20, 2016 dicus 17 Comments

On the first day of the 1999 Kosovo War, while the bombs were falling onto Serbia, commander of 98th Aviation regiment, colonel Sreto Malinović, held a short speech for the pilots of 241st squadron “Tigers”, which will one day probably go into history textbooks. After the speech he sat behind the commands of one of the aircrafts and led the formation of “Orao’s” in action against the terrorist’s positions in Kosovo.
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Serbian Air Force - 101st Fighter Squadron "Vitezovi" ( Knights ) / Batajnica Air Base / February 2010

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Snowy MiG’s

February 2, 2014September 20, 2016 dicus 13 Comments

Few years back i had the privilege to visit famous Serbian Air Force fighter squadron – the 101st FS “Vitezovi” , and to make these “snowy” images of Fishbads and Fulcrums. I hope that you will find them interesting. BTW shots were taken during February 2009.

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Ultralight

November 10, 2013September 20, 2016 dicus 1 Comment

Little bit of afternoon flying with Ultralight aviation ;) Enjoy the warm colors of a setting Sun…

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In the land of Tigers and Shadows

May 15, 2013September 20, 2016 dicus 7 Comments

11. May 2013. – Open Day at Ladjevci Air Base [ 98. Aviation Brigade – Serbian Air Force]
My second visit to the 98. Aviation brigade in last 20 days…This time my plan was to come without a camera, just to enjoy in the flight program and chat with friends (and in same time to rest my shoulders from heavy equipment :) ). As usual at the last moment I decided to go with equipment, and I didn’t regret…

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Batajnica Airshow 2012 : MiG-29 M2

April 26, 2013September 20, 2016 dicus 8 Comments

Jedna od zvezda aeromitinga “Batajnica 2012” i avion o kome se dosta piše u domaćoj štampi ovih dana. Informacije iz raznih izvora govore da je nabavka ovih aviona za potrebe avijacije Vojske Srbije sve izglednija, tako da je pravo vreme da podelim sa vama malo fotografija vezanih za ovu temu… Diskusiju oko toga da li će stvarno biti nabavljen i da li je dobar izbor ćemo zanemariti jer je u trenutku kada nema konkretnih informacija potpuno besmislena. Pre nego što pređem na fotografije ne bi bilo loše da razjasnim par stvari oko ovog aviona, pošto se dosta dosta pogrešnih informacija (naročito fotografija) pojavljuje u medijima.

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Batajnica Airshow 2012 : Strizhi

September 28, 2012September 20, 2016 dicus 12 Comments

The “Swifts” (“Strizhi”) aerobatic team displey at the Batajnica airshow 2012:

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Photo: Dimitrije Ostojic // www.dimitrijeostojic.com © 2012

MiG-21: 50 Years of Service !

September 14, 2012September 20, 2016 dicus 19 Comments

On this day, 50 years ago, the first MiG-21 entered service with Yugoslav Air Force. In honor of that day i will share with you some photos of the Serbian Air Force MiG-21’s which I made during past few years..

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PHOTO: DIMITRIJE OSTOJIC // 2012 © www.dimitrijeostojic.com

Magic hour

August 30, 2012September 20, 2016 dicus 5 Comments

Magic hour is term used in photography and cinematography to describe first and last hour of sunlight when the light produce extraordinary visual effects. However, if you are during that period of day at the military airbase and you are watching flying activities of 241. attack squadron, than it’s more than “magic hour” – it’s pure magic!

21. August 2012. – Orao’s J-22 / NJ-22 @ Ladjevci Airbase – preparations for the 100th anniversary of Serbian Air Force.

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Supermoon

May 10, 2012September 20, 2016 dicus 1 Comment

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“Super Mesec” i Airbus-321.

Ovaj snimak je nastao 6. maja kada je Mesec bio najbliži Zemlji. Iako ovakvi snimci iziskuju mnogo planiranja ovaj je nastao prilično spontano. Te večeri su Facebook preplavile razne fotografije “supermeseca”, pa sam i sam shvatio da je pravo vreme da i ja okinem koji kvadrat. (more…)

Soko J-22 Orao firing 23mm cannon shellspohe "Senke" squad.

Live fire exercise @ Pasuljanske Livade

April 6, 2012September 20, 2016 dicus 6 Comments

Few photos from the live fire exercise held at “Pasuljanske livade” firing range…
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Night Shift

August 26, 2011September 20, 2016 dicus 22 Comments

All photos were made during my visit to the 101st fighter squadron “Vitezovi” (Knights) . I had rare opportunity to capture late afternoon and night operations at Batajnica airbase and to be the guest of the most elite unit of Serbian Air Force.

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AIRPOWER 11

August 11, 2011September 20, 2016 dicus 11 Comments

F-16 AM Belgium Air Force solo display

More than 200 aircraft from 20 countries, almost 300000 visitors, two whole days of flights, beautiful landscapes of Styria and much more… Austrian Air Force couldn’t celebrate the centenary in a better way. My impression: AIRPOWER 11 is the best airshow I ever attended. (more…)

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Joint exercise "Zajednički Poduhvat" ©2011 Dimitrije Ostojic

Joint Venture 2011

June 28, 2011September 20, 2016 dicus 5 Comments

Few photos from the rehearsal of “Joint Venture 2011” military/police joint exercise. As you can see I spent most time on catching Mig’s over city of Niš :)

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Kecskemet Air Show 2010

December 31, 2010September 20, 2016 dicus Leave a comment

Mađarsko vazduhoplovstvo ove godine proslavlja 100 godina vojnog letenja. Lep ljubilej koga su dostojno obeležili na ovogodišnjem aeromitingu, ali ne i jedini , slavilo se i 30 godina od prvog leta mađara u Kosmos, kao i 50 godina italijanske akro-grupe Frecce Tricolore. (more…)

R.I.P 25156

December 29, 2010September 20, 2016 dicus Leave a comment

Avion Vojske Srbije tipa Orao J-22, sa brojem 25156, srušio se trećeg juna oko 12 časova u Gružansko jezero kod Knića, zbog problema sa stajnim trapom. Na svu sreću, pilot Major Slobodan Jocić se katuplutirao i prema prvim saznanjima nema težih povreda.

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Senke

May 5, 2010September 20, 2016 dicus 7 Comments

“Senke” su helikopterska eskadrila , koja leti na jednom od najlepših i najelegantnijih helikoptera na svetu – na “Gazeli”. Od svog formiranja 1981. godine, 714. protiv-oklopna eskadrila ViPVO Vojske Srbije, poznatija pod nazivom “Senke” je zadužena za protiv-oklopnu borbu i podršku trupama na zemlji. (more…)

Serbian Army Soldier M-70AB2 ,military exercise Odlucan Odgovor 2009, Serbia, Pesterska visoravan, Oktobar 2009 © www.dimitrijeostojic.com

Odlučan Odgovor 2009

October 18, 2009September 30, 2016 dicus 18 Comments

Još uvek su se na nebu sijali IC mamci aviona koji su samo nekoliko trenutaka ranije raketirali neprijateljeve položaje, kada su se niotkuda pojavila dva helikoptera u ekstremno niskom letu. Crveni tragovi protiv-oklopnih raketa “Maljutka” ispresecaju peštarski krajolik. Rakete su pogodile ciljeve, a poznate siluete “Gazela” polako se gube među brdima visoravni. Tenkovska četa ulazi u reon dejstva, dok samohodni višecevni raketni bacači “Oganj” dejstvuju po susednom brdu. Zemlja podrhtava od eksplozija, teško je pratiti ko i šta sve puca. Mislio sam da od jadnog uzvišenja ništa nije ostalo…

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MiG-29 Fulcrum, Serbian Air Force, 101. lae VITEZOVI, Batajnica 2009 © www.dimitrijeostojic.com

Batajnica Airshow 2009

October 17, 2009September 22, 2016 dicus 39 Comments

This is re-post of the first blog post from this blog, which was originally published on 17th October 2009. Due to some technical problems, this blog post was offline from 2010 till now. While reading keep in mind that this article was written 7 years ago…

Once upon a time…

My first association to the words Batajnica and airshow is Batajnica ’97, the first airshow I attended and also my first visit to a military airbase. It was impressive to see all the aircrafts at one place… Imagine a thirteen year old boy crazy about airplanes seeing at one place giants like Sukhoi 30 or Mirage 2000… Back in those days there were a lot of aircrafts, I remember that MIG 21 was shining like it just rolled out of factory, also beautiful G4M and many other aircrafts with their appearance clearly stated we have aviation worthy of respect. In those moments no one was counting how many Oraos or Super Galebs we have in arsenal, it seemed they were countless. I remember that the airshow ended with the performance of displey team “Leteće Zvezde” and JAT’s DC-10 in formation.

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