82nd Aviation Brigade The 82nd Aviation Brigade ( " Serbo - Croatian : 82 . avijacijska brigada / 82 . авијацијска бригада " ) was an aviation regiment established in 1945 as 42nd Bomber Aviation Regiment ( " Serbo - Croatian : 42 . vazduhoplovni bombarderski puk / 42 . ваздухопловни бомбардерски пук " ) . History . 42nd Bomber Aviation Regiment . The 43rd Bomber Aviation Regimen was formed on August 27 , 1945 at Sombor equipped with Soviet made Petlyakov Pe - 2 bombers . It was part of 4th Aviation Bomber Division . By the 1948 year this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army , so it has became 109th Bomber Aviation Regiment . The commanders of regiment were Sava Poljanec , Ivo Novak , Berislav Supek , Franjo Jež , and Živko Ranisavljević . 109th Bomber Aviation Regiment . The 109th Bomber Aviation Regiment was based at Sombor airfield until 1949 , when it was dislocated to Pleso airport . By year 1959 it has moved to Cerklje Air Base . It was armed with Soviet Pe - 2 bombers until 1952 when they were replaced with British made Mosquito Mk 6 . Mosquitos were replaced with domestic Ikarus S - 49C fighters by year 1956 . In that period regiment was designated as Fighter Regiment . S - 49 ' s were replaced in 1960 by US Republic F - 84 Thunderjet fighter - bombers , which remain in service with regiment until 1966 . By the 1961 and application of the " Drvar " reorganization for the Air Force , new type designation system is used to identify squadrons , so the two squadrons of 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment have become 237th and 238th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron . On March 15 , 1966 regiment was transformed into 82nd Aviation Brigade . The commanders of regiment were Živko Ranisavljević , Aleksandar Dominko , Nikola Rodić , Gojko Grubor , Slavko Orlić and Vladimir Janković . 82nd Aviation Brigade . The Regiment has been reorganized into Brigade by order from February 16 , 1966 . It has remain at Cerklje Air Base keeping two fighter - bomber squadrons from previous organization , with two new created , 460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron equipped with domestic made Soko 522 and Kraguj aircraft and 352nd Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron at Pleso equipped with US IF - 86D Sabre reconnaissance jet fighters . In 1968 352nd Squadron has been dislocated to reattached to 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment , while 460th Squadron has been re - designated as Fighter - Bomber Squadron on August 1973 , after it was equipped with new domestic Jastreb light - attack jets . Another two fighter - bomber squadrons have been also armed with Jastrebs . Two new light combat aviation squadron , 466th and 447th have been formed in June , 1973 with Kraguj aircraft from 460th Squadron . On August 29 , same year , 351st Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron equipped with domestic IJ - 21 Jastreb reconnaissance attack jets . In 1975 460th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron was renumbered into 245th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron . In period from 1978 Brigade has been reorganized into Fighter - Bomber Aviation Regiment , 351st , 466th and 467th Squadrons have been subordinated direct to 5th Air Corps . On May 5 , 1980 245th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron was dislocated to Mostar and reassignment to Center for training of pilots of foreign armed forces . By 1982 351st Squadron has been again reassignment to 82nd Regiment , which was again renamed in to 82nd Aviation Brigade . New Yugoslav - made ground - attack jet aircraft , Orao have been introduced in Brigade by 1984 with 238th and 351st Squadrons . The 82nd Brigade took several combat operations in 1991 during the wars in Slovenia and later in the Croatia . As the decomposition of brigade began to along national lines it could no longer used in operations until consolidation . Brigade has retired from Cerklje after mortar attack by Slovenian Territorial Defence on Air Base . It has moved to Banja Luka in July 1991 , where it has been disbanded on August 12 . 351st Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was based at Željava Air Base , attached to 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment and later by order from August 30 , 1991 disbanded , with equipment and personnel integrated into 352nd Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron . 237th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron was merged into 238th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron , nicknamed " " Risovi Vrbasa " " ( Vrbas Lynxes ) , being the main combat aircraft squadron of newly formed Republika Srpska Air Force during the Bosnian war . The commanders of regiment and brigade were Tomaš Samardžić , Roman Zupan , Božidar Crnojević , Franc Tomažin , Zvonko Kramar , Ivo Martinović , and Jože Jerić .