The 116th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 116. lovački puk, 116. ловачки пук) was a unit originally established in 1944 as the 113th Fighter Aviation Regiment (113. vazduhoplovni lovački puk, 113. ваздухопловни ловачки пук).

It was formed from Yugoslav partisan aviators, trained and equipped by the Soviet Air Force.

The commanders of the regiment in this period were Miljenko Lipovšćak, Nikola Cvikić, Ljubo Kojić and Spasen Zarevski.

The regiment also had a number of various trainers, including the Soviet Yak-9U, the domestically produced Utva 212 and others.

The commanders of the regiment in this period were Spasen Zarevski, Branko Kuna, Aleksandar Bračun, Drago Stanisavljević, Petar Pavić and Stevan Leka.