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| Brigada General Astrit Jaupi welcomed us at Tirana Headquarters | ||
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| The fine Agusta A-109 V.I.P. helicopter at Farke Airbase | ||
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| Farke also hosts the Bell 205A, here incoming and later on posing with crew | ||
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| Bell 205A + Bell-206-C1form the backbone of Albanian Airforce Here the V.I.P. MI-8T | ||
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| Some Z-5 (MI-4 Hound) still guard (preserved) the Farke Airbase, reminding on old times | ||
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| At Gjader AFB we found log rows of planes in caverns, like these Chinese F-7A (Fishbeds) | ||
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| Hard light conditions in these pitch-dark, but well protected caves dug in the mountains ! | ||
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| Many many Airplanes are hidden and stored in deep dark cavernes in the mountains | ||
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| Long, long rows of airplanes, airplanes.... and everywhere these shelter-domes all over Albania ! | ||
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| Some old planes are preserved... and others come out of their shelters as were they operational ! | ||
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| Hard to believe that these Chinese F-7 (Migs-21) treasures are hidden in caverns today ! | ||
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| Let us sincerely hope that Albania saves this part of history in a museum ! | ||
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| Pictured at Rinas - Tirana | Chinese F-5 (Fresco) | |
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| PT-6 (Yak-18) | Antonov-2 in 'Swamp' camo | |
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| Long rows of lost quantity... | ...from the cold war period | |
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| They all wait a fatal faith... demolish ! | A waist to demolish such a piece of history | |
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| As they stand here they should be transported to any museum actually, but..... | ||
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| Entrance of Kucove... | NATO base in future | |
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| The Commander of Kucove | Ecureuil Police heli's at Laprake-city | |
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| In the middle of the town Laprake we find the Alouette III SAR services | ||
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| Brigadier Jaupi Commander Airforce | The very modern Airport of Tirana | |
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We give special thanks to Brig. General Jaupi and to Haxhi, our help and friend ! |
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| Plate at HQ Tirana | Preserved SAM in front of HQ | |
| Please do read our story how Albania builds her aviation future. 'Tirana's moving steps' | ||
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| m Also we pay respect to Vincent Martens and Erwin Poelstra who did the logistics and organisation ! | ||
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