{"id":8775,"date":"2014-08-26T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/president-josipovic-visits-croatian-air-force-and-air-defence8\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T18:35:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:35:27","slug":"president-josipovic-visits-croatian-air-force-and-air-defence8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/en\/president-josipovic-visits-croatian-air-force-and-air-defence8\/","title":{"rendered":"President Josipovi\u0107 visits Croatian Air Force and Air Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President visited the Fighter Aircraft Squadron, where he was familiarised with the developments in the overhaul of the MIGs-21, and later also the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence air guard pair on duty. The Commander of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence, Major General Dra\u017een \u0160\u010duri, delivered a presentation on the situation and the resources of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence for the visitors and the media representatives. <br \/>President Josipovi\u0107 emphasised that the visit demonstrated that Croatia had sufficient, yet obsolete, material resources at its disposal to perform the requested tasks and to provide air space protection into the year 2024.\u00a0 <br \/>The President also pledged to do everything in his power to enable Croatia retain the Air Force capability, preferably one of its own, or jointly with a NATO partner. 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