Golte, Prebeg pilotov s helikopterjem v TO

From June 27, 1991, pilot, first-class captain Jože Kalan and flight technician, first-class warrant officer Bogo Šuštar, were stationed in the Maribor military barracks in the reconnaissance and observation squadron, their task being reconnaissance and observation along the Slovenian-Croatian border. On June 28, 1991, they fled from the JNA and first headed to Golte. Immediately after the escape, the helicopter was hidden by the Golte workers' team, and they were also assisted by unit 133. water TO KS Bele Vode, where the helicopter was also repainted with JVL (Yugoslav Air Force) markings and replaced with TO-001 Velenje insignia, and the Slovenian coat of arms and TO symbol were added. This was the first helicopter in the possession of the then Territorial Defence.

The helicopter was moved and hidden in Uto near the Planinski Dom on Smrekovcu on June 29, 1991. After four days, on July 3, 1991, it was moved again and kept until July 10, 1991, on the Rezoničnik (locally Leskovšek) farm in Bela Voda 45 above Šoštanj. On July 10, 1991, it was once again moved and hidden in a stone shed for tools on the Juvan (locally Žohar) farm in Zavodnjah 56 above Šoštanj, where it was protected until the last JNA soldier left the Republic of Slovenia, or until November 7, 1991.

At the initiative of veterans of the Slovenian War for Independence from the Šaleška Valley, on June 28, 2001, a memorial plaque was unveiled at Golte and they proposed this day as the day of the helicopter battalion of the Slovenian Armed Forces.

OZVVS Šoštanj

OZVVS Velenje photograph 2

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Date of discovery: June 28, 2001

Motto: Pomnik1991

Status: unvisited

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