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  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
<br />
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
<br />
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
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  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
<br />
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • Abandoned Europe's largest underground airport and military air base<br />
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Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest underground airport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.<br />
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Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base, code-named "Objekat 505", began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ spent approximately $6 billion on its construction, three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe. The role of the facility was to establish, integrate, and coordinate a nationwide early warning radar network in SFRJ akin to NORAD. The complex was designed and built to sustain a direct hit from a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, equivalent to the one dropped on Nagasaki. The main advantage of the base was the strategic location of its "Celopek" intercept and surveillance radar on Mount Pljesevica, at the nerve center of an advanced integrated air defense network covering the airspace and territory of Yugoslavia, and possibly further. In addition to its main roles as a protected radar installation, control center, and secure communications facility, the airbase contained underground tunnels housing two full fighter squadrons, one reconnaissance squadron, and associated maintenance facilities. <br />
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Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia
    ExPix_Abandoned_Europes_largest_unde...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
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The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
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Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
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By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
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In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • These stunning photos of the Tuskegee Airmen show cool dedication in the face of wartime segregation<br />
<br />
The Tuskegee Airmen were determined men who volunteered to be America's first Black military airmen and were trained as pilots, navigators, & bombardiers.<br />
<br />
Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission<br />
<br />
By the time World War II broke out, African Americans had already been pressing for access to elite military training for decades. They knew the U.S. government was not keen on integrating its military—a stance so pervasive that one black pilot even enlisted in the French air service after being rejected by his own. But the interwar period saw civil rights groups and professional organizations like the NAACP pressing for greater access to military training, and in 1939 they were rewarded when a House Appropriations Bill earmarked funds for training African American pilots at any civilian flight schools that would have them. The historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, had such a program. Its graduates would come to form an elite squadron of all-black military pilots, known colloquially as the “Tuskegee Airmen,” officially the 332nd Fighter and the 477th Bombardment groups. <br />
<br />
In April 1943 the airmen shipped out to North Africa and Sicily, where they promptly garnered distinction for their effectiveness in clearing Axis forces from strategic Mediterranean naval routes. Soon the 332nd was escorting bomber missions into central Europe and Germany, shooting down the Luftwaffe’s technologically superior fighter jets and earning the nickname “Red-Tail Angels” for their aircrafts’ custom crimson-dipped nose and tail paint jobs.<br />
<br />
Antoinette “Toni” Frissell was a Manhattan fashion photographer who volunteered for war in 1941 and became an official chronicler of the American Red Cross and Women’s Army Corps activities in Europe, producing inspirational images for use as propaganda. To that extent her pictures from the war are persu
    ExPix_stunning_photos_Tuskegee_Airme...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
A lesson in obedience: Spectacular images show thousands of Chinese students stand to attention in harsh military training that marks the start of their university education<br />
<br />
<br />
Photographs of compulsory military training at a Chinese university has recently emerged across Chinese media.<br />
Around 9,000 new students were part of the military training at Wuhan University of Technology in central China, reported People's Daily Online.<br />
The images, taken on September 14, depicted dense but neat rows of students standing to attention while their drill sergeants walked between them.<br />
The drills were said to be part of the mandatory military training at the university. After their training, the students would go on to study for their degrees. <br />
During training, students are expected to march and stand up straight for hours regardless of the weather.<br />
Students receive regular inspections and there's generally no entertainment or social life.<br />
However, they do sometimes get to play team building games and are expected to learn military songs, stories and chants.<br />
Military training for students was introduced in China back in 1955. <br />
Although it's only been mandatory for all secondary school and university students since 2001, it has been 'trialed' across the country since 1985. <br />
<br />
Training lasts for around two weeks during the summer months although they have been up to a year in the past.<br />
Compulsory drills has divided Chinese citizens.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Freshmen_Military_Train...jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Is this a never before seen look at NK's drone program<br />
<br />
These Exclusive images taken by a photographer while travelling on the Reunification Highway (between Pyongyang and Kaesong (DMZ) in North Korea during July 2015, the images show whats believed to be a drone during testing , the photographer who took and witnenssed said, <br />
 <br />
“Our vehicle was suddenly stopped by a man in a Military Uniform, and we were made to wait while what appeared to be a plane landed on the road in front of us” <br />
"As it got closer it became evident that the plane was in fact a UAV” <br />
"a number of the men were wearing military uniforms, and the nature of North Korea means it is reasonably safe to assume that these trials were either being conducted by, or on behalf of the military. <br />
It is also interesting to note that they may have been landing the drone on this highway due to a lack of sealed roads in NK”<br />
<br />
The drones in the photos resemble one of the three drones that has been found crashed in South Korea, back in 2016<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Never_before_seen_look_at_NKs_...jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Is this a never before seen look at NK's drone program<br />
<br />
These Exclusive images taken by a photographer while travelling on the Reunification Highway (between Pyongyang and Kaesong (DMZ) in North Korea during July 2015, the images show whats believed to be a drone during testing , the photographer who took and witnenssed said, <br />
 <br />
“Our vehicle was suddenly stopped by a man in a Military Uniform, and we were made to wait while what appeared to be a plane landed on the road in front of us” <br />
"As it got closer it became evident that the plane was in fact a UAV” <br />
"a number of the men were wearing military uniforms, and the nature of North Korea means it is reasonably safe to assume that these trials were either being conducted by, or on behalf of the military. <br />
It is also interesting to note that they may have been landing the drone on this highway due to a lack of sealed roads in NK”<br />
<br />
The drones in the photos resemble one of the three drones that has been found crashed in South Korea, back in 2016<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Never_before_seen_look_at_NKs_...jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Is this a never before seen look at NK's drone program<br />
<br />
These Exclusive images taken by a photographer while travelling on the Reunification Highway (between Pyongyang and Kaesong (DMZ) in North Korea during July 2015, the images show whats believed to be a drone during testing , the photographer who took and witnenssed said, <br />
 <br />
“Our vehicle was suddenly stopped by a man in a Military Uniform, and we were made to wait while what appeared to be a plane landed on the road in front of us” <br />
"As it got closer it became evident that the plane was in fact a UAV” <br />
"a number of the men were wearing military uniforms, and the nature of North Korea means it is reasonably safe to assume that these trials were either being conducted by, or on behalf of the military. <br />
It is also interesting to note that they may have been landing the drone on this highway due to a lack of sealed roads in NK”<br />
<br />
The drones in the photos resemble one of the three drones that has been found crashed in South Korea, back in 2016<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Never_before_seen_look_at_NKs_...jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE - Is this a never before seen look at NK's drone program<br />
<br />
These Exclusive images taken by a photographer while travelling on the Reunification Highway (between Pyongyang and Kaesong (DMZ) in North Korea during July 2015, the images show whats believed to be a drone during testing , the photographer who took and witnenssed said, <br />
 <br />
“Our vehicle was suddenly stopped by a man in a Military Uniform, and we were made to wait while what appeared to be a plane landed on the road in front of us” <br />
"As it got closer it became evident that the plane was in fact a UAV” <br />
"a number of the men were wearing military uniforms, and the nature of North Korea means it is reasonably safe to assume that these trials were either being conducted by, or on behalf of the military. <br />
It is also interesting to note that they may have been landing the drone on this highway due to a lack of sealed roads in NK”<br />
<br />
The drones in the photos resemble one of the three drones that has been found crashed in South Korea, back in 2016<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Never_before_seen_look_at_NKs_...jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA26.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA29.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA28.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA30.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA32.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA35.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA36.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA38.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA40.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA41.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA43.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA46.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA49.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA53.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA54.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA56.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA57.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA58.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA61.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA63.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA62.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA68.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA67.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA70.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA74.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA72.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA78.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA80.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA81.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA01.jpg
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