185th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Regiment The 185th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Regiment ( " Serbo - Croatian : 185 . lovačko - bombarderski avijacijski puk / 185 . ловачко - бомбардерски авијацијски пук " ) was established in 1949 as the 185th Mixed Aviation Regiment ( " Serbo - Croatian : 185 . mešoviti puk / 185 . мешовити пук " ) as part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force . History . The 185th Mixed Aviation Regiment was formed on July 24 , 1949 , in Ljubljana . It was equipped with various Soviet and Yugoslav aircraft such as the Yak - 3 , Ilyushin Il - 2 , Pe - 2 , Ikarus Aero 2 . By 1953 , the regiment was located in Pula , where it remained for the longest period of its existence . That same year , it was rearmed with new domestic - made Ikarus S - 49C fighter aircraft and become a Fighter Aviation Regiment . The regiment was renamed the Aviation Technical Group of the Aviation Training School in 1956 and re - equipped with various Yak - 9 types . The following year , the first US - made F - 84 Thunderjet and T - 33 Shooting Star jets arrived . The regiment was re - established as the 185th Training Aviation Regiment by 1960 . In that period , F - 86 Sabre s were introduced into service , in 1964 it became a Fighter - Training / Fighter Regiment . By 1961 , with the application of the " Drvar " reorganization of the Air Force , a new type of designation system was used to identify the two squadrons in the regiment , which became the 129th Fighter Aviation and the 243rd Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron s . By the end of the 1960s , all US jets had been replaced with new Yugoslav - made SOKO G - 2 Galeb jet trainers ; the unit was re - designated as a Fighter - Bomber Aviation Regiment . By 1975 , 129 Squadron was renamed the 229th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron , equipped with Galeb trainer aircraft . In 1978 243 Squadron became the 1st Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron , it was reassigned to the ' Center for training of pilots of foreign armed forces ' at Mostar . 129 Squadron was issued MiG - 21 fighters by 1982 . Training of 229 Squadron with a new type of jet trainer , the G - 4 Super Galeb , began on December 3 , 1984 . The 185th Regiment and 229th Squadron were the first units of the Yugoslav Air Force to be equipped with Super Galeb trainers . Six G - 4s from 229th Squadron demonstrated the new product of domestic aviation industries at the 1985 Victory Day parade . The Regiment was active in combat operations in 1991 during the wars in Slovenia and Croatia . G - 4s from 229th Squadron were tasked with attacking Slovenian Territorial Defence barricades on roads held by ground units of the Yugoslav People ' s Army . On September 18 and 19 , 1991 the Regiment withdrew from Pula military airport to Tuzla Air Base where it was disbanded from October 30 . It ' s 129th Fighter Aviation Squadron remained at Tuzla and the 229th Fighter - Bomber Aviation Squadron re - located to Golubovci Air Base in Montenegro on October 10 where it was re - attached to the 172nd Aviation Brigade . 129th Squadron was later moved from Tuzla to Priština , where it was disbanded on May 12 , 1992 , with personnel and equipment being divided between the 83rd and 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment s .