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As of 1999, this Soko G-4 Super Galeb (N-62T), serial 23601, served in the III Detachment, 252nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 98th Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment, based in Batajnica. At the front of the fuselage, it carried the symbol of the 252nd Squadron (‘Wolves from the Estuary’) and a crudely painted symbol “IR” which under the terms of the Dayton Agreement meant “Istrazivanje – Razvoj” or “research and development” – identifying it as not used as a combat aircraft. Indeed, as of 1999, it served as a target tug. 23601 survived the war and is currently the oldest airframe still serving with the unit. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)