{"id":100128,"date":"2025-10-06T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:03:40","slug":"flight-badge-ceremony-for-the-29th-generation-of-croatian-air-force-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/flight-badge-ceremony-for-the-29th-generation-of-croatian-air-force-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Badge Ceremony for the 29th generation of Croatian Air Force Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1393\">The <strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"524\">Flight Badge Ceremony for the new Croatian Air Force pilots (29th generation)<\/strong> was held at the <em data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"564\">Colonel Mirko Vuku\u0161i\u0107<\/em> Barracks in Zemunik Donji on <strong data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"613\">October 3, 2025<\/strong>. This traditional <strong data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"659\">Flight Badge Ceremony<\/strong> marked an important milestone for the newly trained pilots. It celebrated the successful completion of their education and flight training.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1782\">Professors from the <strong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"850\">Department of Aeronautics<\/strong>, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, attended the event. They accompanied their students who have now become new military pilots of the <strong data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1016\">Croatian Air Force<\/strong>. Their presence once again confirmed the strong cooperation between the academic community and the Croatian Air Force.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54830101197_ff0ea04f9a_o-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"4947\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/?attachment_id=4947\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"4951\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54831203788_99ebfc6132_o-2048x1365-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/?attachment_id=4951\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"2214\">The ceremony included several traditional parts. These included the presentation of flight badges, the handover of the cadet flag, a technical-tactical display, a flight program, and a reception. Each part reflected the importance of discipline and teamwork in the Croatian Air Force. In addition, the event highlighted the long-standing collaboration between the Faculty and the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2216\" data-end=\"2575\">The <a href=\"\/zan\/_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><strong data-start=\"1535\" data-end=\"1560\">Flight Badge Ceremony<\/strong> <\/a>is one of the key moments for every generation of cadets. It symbolizes their hard work, commitment, and the successful link between academic study and practical military training.<br data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1744\">As a result, the event continues to strengthen the connection between education and aviation practice in Croatia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2577\" data-end=\"2774\">You can read more about this event and the cooperation between the Department of Aeronautics and the Croatian Air Force on the <a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2704\" data-end=\"2773\">Department of Aeronautics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional ceremony for awarding flight badges to new Croatian Air Force pilots (29th generation) was held at the \u201cColonel Mirko Vuku\u0161i\u0107\u201d Barracks in Zemunik Donji on October 3, 2025.Professors&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":100154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[196,197,70,153],"class_list":["post-100128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-29th-generation-pilots","tag-air-force-pilots","tag-department-of-aeronautics","tag-faculty-of-transport-and-traffic-sciences"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102387,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100128\/revisions\/102387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}