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{{Infobox
| name = Cerklje ob Krki Airport
| nativename-a = Letališče Cerklje
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In 1941 the Axis forces unexpectedly attacked the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the first wave took place from the air. In April War, the air forces of the axis in a few days destroyed [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] Army Aviation. At the airport was then housed unit 6th air patrol group of Army Aviation, which operated for the purposes of the 7th Army. Army aviation units were on combat operations very poorly equipped for combat with their opponents. On the first day of the war early in the morning, the unit lost nine aircraft and is the remaining planes, the three [[Breguet 19|Breguet XIX]] and a [[Fieseler Fi 156|Fieseler Fi-156 "Stork"]], presented at the airport in a hillock nearby.
The German occupying forces in the Autumn of 1941 carried out further consolidation, expanded and extended the landing-runway and built three brick buildings. Construction was completed in spring 1942. [[Nazi Germany|German]] occupying aviation is through the act of war against the rebels in battle facts, reconnaissance and in support of land forces with a number of different units. Very important is the role of play in the German operation "Roselsprung" and landing on
As an extremely strategic position was also attractive to partisans attacks by war twice in the attack, at the end of the war, however, attacked the [[Yugoslav Partisans|partisan]] and the axis aviation. The airport was liberated
===Yugoslav Era===
[[File:JRV Thunderjet.jpg|thumb|F-84G Thunderjet Pilot prepares for a School flight]]
Upon the completion of the second World War, the airport was taken over by the [[Yugoslav People's Army]]. By then the airfield was modified only by the updating of the runway at the tightening of the west neighbor in the so-called crisis in [[Trieste]] in
The airport has been the base for the following aircraft: [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], [[Ilyushin Il-2|Ilyushin Il-2 šturmovik]], [[P-47 Thunderbolt]], [[F-84 Thunderjet|F-84G Thunderjet]], [[Soko J-20 Kraguj|J-20 Kraguj]], vulture [[Soko J-21 Jastreb|J-21 Jastreb]] [[Soko J-22 Orao|J-22 Orao]].
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===Modern History===
[[File:Slovenian Air Force Pilatus PC9M Hudournik.jpg|thumb|Slovenian Pilatus PC9M at Cerklje]]
On 7 December 2006, the Slovenian Minister of Defence [[Karl Erjavec]] and three other Slovenian ministers signed a protocol about a reconstruction and development of the airport, including the building of the facilities that would enable for a transient landing of [[NATO]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=1114373 |title=Ministers Sign Cerklje Airport Reconstruction Document |date=7 December 2006 |publisher=Slovenia Press Agency}}</ref><ref name="Nacional47442">{{cite news |url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/47442/cerklje-slovenski-udar-na-pleso |title=Zračna bitka za Zagreb: Cerklje slovenski udar na Pleso |language=Croatian |trans_title=An Air Battle for Zagreb: Cerklje, the Slovenian Attack of Plesa |date=22 July 2008 |newspaper=Nacional |issue=662 |first=Eduard |last=Šoštarić}}</ref> The move has been unpopular among Croatian residents, who have been concerned that the base would cause environmental and economic disruption.<ref name="Nacional47442" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.limun.hr/en/main.aspx?id=159374 |newspaper=Limun.hr |title=The Government is keeping the arrival of a NATO base to the border a secret |date=17 May 2007}}</ref
The airport was closed for civilian traffic from 28 January 2012 till 18 February 2012 due to bad reflections from the windows of the control tower. To fix the problem, darker blinds had been placed in the tower.<ref name="STA1727539" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/slovenija/1042510780 |title=Letališče Cerklje ob Krki ponovno odprto tudi za civilni promet |language=Slovene |trans_title=The Cerklje ob Krki Airport Open for Civilian Traffic Again |newspaper=Dnevnik.si |date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
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