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The Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base ( sr, Војни аеродром пуковник-пилот Миленко Павловић, Vojni aerodrom pukovnik-pilot Milenko Pavlović), commonly known as Batajnica Air Base ( sr, Војни аеродром Батајница, Vojni aerodrom Batajnica) is the main military air base of Serbia. It is located between Batajnica and
The base is the home station of the following Serbian Air Force and Air Defence units:
* 
204th Air Brigade
:: 
101st Fighter Squadron "Knights"
:: 
138th Transport Squadron
:: 
252nd Training Squadron "Ušće Wolves"
:: 
890th Mixed Helicopter Squadron "Pegasuses"
:: 177th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion
:: 24th Air Technical Battalion
:: 17th Air Base Security Battalion
* Aeronautical Overhaul Institute "Moma Stanojlović"
The air base also houses Air Force and Air Defence Training Center of the Training Command as well as the Center for Flight Tests of the
Batajnica Airport map
Batajnica Airbase pre-strike with visible control tower
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, about 25 km northwest from the center of Belgrade
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, Serbia. It is the only airport in Serbia with two runways.
History
Construction of the airbase started in 1947 and was completed in 1951, when the airbase was officially opened with one grass and two asphalted runways. The purpose of the airbase is to protect the capital Belgrade from aircraft attacks. It was known as 177th Air Base until the 2006 reorganization and was home of 204th Fighter-Aviation regiment, 138th Transport-Aviation Regiment and other units of Yugoslav Air Force. During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the airbase was heavily bombed for 25 days and sustained heavy damage. In 2019, Batajnica Air Base officially changed its name to Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base, in honor of Milenko Pavlović, a pilot killed during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.Units
The base is the home station of the following Serbian Air Force and Air Defence units:
* 204th Air Brigade
:: 101st Fighter Squadron "Knights"
:: 138th Transport Squadron
:: 252nd Training Squadron "Ušće Wolves"
:: 890th Mixed Helicopter Squadron "Pegasuses"
:: 177th Air Force Air Defence Artillery Battalion
:: 24th Air Technical Battalion
:: 17th Air Base Security Battalion
* Aeronautical Overhaul Institute "Moma Stanojlović"
The air base also houses Air Force and Air Defence Training Center of the Training Command as well as the Center for Flight Tests of the Technical Testing Center
Technical Testing Center ( sr, Технички опитни центар, Tehnički opitni centar) is acceptance testing facility that provides testing of new and existing military aircraft, military vehicles, military equipment, battle systems, ...
.
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Batajnica Airport map
Batajnica Airbase pre-strike with visible control tower
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