The ceremony was attended by the Commander of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Brigadier General Miroslav Kova\u010d as the Envoy of the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Force, the Commander of the 93rd Air Base Colonel Karol Lu\u010dan, the members of the units stationed in the Barracks.
The programme of the marking was commenced with a mass for the fallen and deceased members of the Base served in the church in Suko\u0161an, by the Military Ordinary of Croatia, Mons. Jure Bogdan, and with wreathe laying at the Memorial Cross at the local cemetery (Suko\u0161an-Debeljak); it was also an occasion to mark the 24th tragical death of six members of the unit in March 1993, defending the line of advance seized in the Operation \u201cMaslenica\u201c.
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The main ceremony and line-up of the units of the Base were held in the Barracks (the apron). The\u00a0 Commander of the Base, Colonel Karol Lu\u010dan recalled its history, through wartime and expressed\u00a0 gratitude to all fallen defenders for their sacrifice. The Commander singled out a few important events from the history of the Base since the liberation of the Barracks in Zemunik in the Operation \u201cMaslenica\u201c 25 years ago – primarily the inception of the education of Croatian military pilots and the development of the training system in accordance with the world’s top training standards. Colonel underlined the procurement of western-produced modern aircraftwith the state-of-the art equipment and the importance of the support provided to the civilian community and the institutions in aerial firefighting, emergency medical flight and search-and-rescue interventions. <\/p>\n
Col. Lu\u010dan commended the \u201cWings of Storm\u201c Aerobatic Group, which in 2016 won the most prestigious prize at a in international air show in the United Kingdom, and especially praised the air technicians at all levels of maintenance for the continous efforts invested and the support to the Group.
“Our future tasks will provide a new momentum in the development of the 93rd Air Base, either through new training processes and equipment and investment into the infrastructure to enable the Base grow into a unit of excellency across all segments\u201c, concluded Colonel Lu\u010dan.
The Commander of the Croatian Air Force Brigadier General Miroslav Kova\u010d forwarded the congratulations from the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces as his Envoy, who stressed that the 93rd Base and its units were a backbone of the future for the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence.\u00a0 The number of trained pilots and air technicians as well as of visiting students who recognised the professionalism and quality of the Croatian instructors, grows each year. It is the best indicator that the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence has acquired the resources necessary for the training of the future members ensuring also its\u00a0 future capabilities\u201c, said Brig. Gen. Kova\u010d.
The programme was complemented with a performance of the Folklore Ensemble \u201cLin\u0111o\u201c\u00a0 in the Croatian National Theatre in Zadar and a flying programme of the \u201cWings of Storm\u201c Aerobatic Group\u00a0 over the waterfront\u00a0 in Zadar, introducing the performance of the visiting aerobatic group \u2013 the famous \u201cFrecce Tricolori\u201c of the Italian Air Force on 23 March 2017.<\/p>\n[nggallery id=2311]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A formal ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the 93rd Air Base of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence was held in the Barracks\u00a0 “Pukovnik Mirko Vuku\u0161i\u0107” at Zemunik\u00a0 on 21 March 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4698,"featured_media":35870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n