238th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron at Cerklje was the first unit to convert to J-22 Oraos in 1985. During the war in Slovenia, many of its personnel quit and on 27 June 1991 its aircraft were evacuated to Pleso, then to Bihać, and finally to Banja Luka, from where it began flying combat sorties on 11 August 1991. This artwork shows the aircraft equipped with the L-57-16MD pod for 57mm S-5K unguided rockets on the inboard underwing pylon and the L-128-04MD pod for 128mm unguided rockets on the outboard underwing pylon. On 5 September, Captain Alija Huskić flew this jet – serial number 25116 – on a reconnaissance sortie over Croatia. On return to base, due to fatigue, he forgot to lower the landing gear and made a belly landing. The aircraft was subsequently repaired at the Moma Stanojlović Works, while Huskić changed his ‘Muslim’ name to Aleksa Vuković. He continued flying Oraos until killed in an accident on 18 June 1995. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)