Following the fall of a number of Krajina municipalities during Operation Maestral in September 1995, as part of Operation Vaganj, the Brigade, along with the 43rd Prijedor, 6th Sanska, 5th Kozarska, 65th Protection Regiment and other units returned 5th Corps to the river Una. Prior to entering Bosanska Krupa, the brigade was relocated to the Manjača region, where it was tasked, in cooperation with other units (Srpska Garda, 2nd Krajina Brigade and the Special Police Brigade of the RS MUP), to suppress the 5th ARBiH Corps from Mrkonjić Grad and liberate Kljuc. In just three days (October 3-6), the 16th Krajina arrived near Kljuc, when the General Staff decided to return the brigade to the Doboj front.