460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron
| 245th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron 245. lovačko-bombarderska avijacijska eskadrila |
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| Active | 1953 – 1954 1956 - 1990 |
| Disbanded | 1954 1990 |
| Country |
 Yugoslavia
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| Branch | Yugoslav Air Force |
| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Ground Attack Training Light Combat |
| Part of | 701st Aviation Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Tuzla Air Base |
The 245th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 245. lovačko-bombarderska avijacijska eskadrila / 245. ловачко-бомбардерска авоијацијска ескадрила) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in 1953 at Batajnica airfield as Training Squadron of 44th Aviation Division (Serbo-Croatian: Trenažna eskadrila 44. vazduhoplovne divizije / Тренажна ескадрила 44. ваздухопловне дивизије).
Squadron was part of 44th Aviation Division. It was equipped with Soviet-made Yak-9U trainer-fighters and Yugoslav-made Ikarus S-49A fighters. It was disbanded in 1954, and again formed in 1956, being equipped with domestic Aero-2 trainers and US-build T-33A Shooting Star jet-trainer aircraft.
In 1959 due the Drvar reorganization this squadron has become Light Combat Aviation Squadron of 1st Air Command (Serbo-Croatian: Vazduhoplovna eskadrila lake borbene avijacije 1. vazduhoplovne komande / Ваздухопловна ескадрила лаке борбене авијације 1. ваздухопловне команде).
Squadron was again renamed and renumbered in April 1961 as 460th Light Combat Aviation Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: 460. eskadrila lake borbene avijacije / 460. ескадрила лаке борбене авијације). In same year new Soko 522 trainer aircraft have been introduced replacing T-33A and Aero 2 aircraft. Soko 522 trainers were replaced with Soko J-20 Kraguj counter-insurgency aircraft during the 1967. From 1965 squadron is part of 109th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment being moved to Cerklje Air Base in 1964.
In June 1973 squadron has been reorganized. Its equipment was given to newly formed 466th and 467th Light Combat Aviation Squadron. From August 29, 1973, squadron is designated as 460th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron' (Serbo-Croatian: 460. lovačko-bombarderska avijacijska eskadrila / 460. ловачко-бомбардерска авоијацијска ескадрила), being equipped with new domestic-made Soko J-21 Jastreb light-attack jet aircraft. By order from April 7, 1975, squadron was renumbered in to 245th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron due the number chronology order.
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