squadron was again renamed and renumbered in april 1961 as 461st light combat aviation squadron. in same year new soko 522 trainer aircraft have been introduced replacing older thunderbolts and aero 2 aircraft. by order from june 8, 1968, it has been disbanded. it was reestablished by order from march 7, 1973, at pančevo airfield as part of 98th aviation brigade. soko 522 trainers were replaced with utva 66 liaison aircraft and soko j-20 kraguj counter-insurgency aircraft during the 1976 and 1977. squadron has become independent under 1st air corps in 1978 by order from november 1976.