Detour Mission of day 12!

Our todays Detour Mission led us the the Zeljava Air Base in Croatia. This air base was the largest underground airport and military air base in Europe. It was buildt in the time were the country of Yugoslavia was still existing. The tunnels had a total length of 3,5 kilometers and the bunkers had four entrances which were customized for use by fixed-wing aircraft. The whole facilitas costed the Yugoslavian government 6 Billion US dollars. In this air base 80 fighter jets, 110 pilots and 1400 Airforce soldiers were hosted. The air base had 3 runways were the fighter jets could directly start from the bunkers. The main task was surveillance and interception.Read more