The 894th Helicopter Reconnaissance and Liaison Squadron was engaged in the Yugoslav wars from the first day of war in Slovenia. In the afternoon of June 27, 1991, the Slovenian Territorial Defence shot down a Gazelle helicopter with an SA-7 missile over Ljubljana, killing the occupants — pilot, Captain 1st class Toni Mrlak (who was Slovenian by nationality) and Senior Sergeant Bojančo Sibinovski. They were the first victims of the Yugoslav wars. The squadron was engaged in later combat operations in Slovenia and Croatia.