CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER ATTENDS INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW BATAJNICA 2009

Belgrade, 13 September 2009 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II attended today the big International Air show held at Batajnica Airbase near Belgrade. After the official opening of the show by the HE Mr. Dragan Sutanovac Minister of Defence of Serbia, the spectacular program was performed by around two hundred top military pilots and crew members from fifteen countries, including Serbia.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander also visited the accompanying exhibition of aircrafts, and spoke to Serbian pilots and numerous citizens who stopped by to greet him. “We saw some state-of-the-art aircraft at Batajnica Airbase today, but also we noticed that our performed superbly and at the same level as their colleagues from the best air forces in the world. That was my strongest impression here today”, said the Crown Prince.

Batajnica 2009 International Air Show is the second biggest air show held in Europe this year in terms of number of countries and aircraft that took part, second only to International Air Show in Le Bourget, near Paris, France.