The 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 83. lovački avijacijski puk / 83. ловачки авијацијски пук) was an aviation regiment established in 1944 as 1st Yugoslav Fighter Regiment (Serbo-Croatian: 1. jugoslovenski vazduhoplovni lovački puk / 1. југословенски ваздухопловни ловачки пук, Russian: 1-й Югославский истребительный авиационный полк) formed from Yugoslav partisan aviators on training in Soviet Union.

In late 1948 and early 1949 regiment was equipped with 40 former Bulgarian Air Force German made Messerschmitt Bf 109G aircraft.

The commanders of regiment in this period were Miloš Milikić, Ante Sardelić, Radovan Krstić and Nikola Vučević.

[3] By the order from January 20, 1968, the 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was re-established on October 5 of same year at Skopski Petrovac airport.

It was renamed in to 83rd Aviation Brigade (Serbo-Croatian: 83. avijacijska brigada / 83. авијацијска бригада) and dislocated to new build Slatian airbase near Priština.

After Yugoslav People's Army was officially dissolved in May 1992, the unit joined the newly formed Military of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as part of Aviation Corps.

Several MiG-29 Fulcrum aircraft form 204th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Batajnica airbase were relocated to Slatina due to the war preparation.

After the end of NATO attacks and signing of the Treaty at Kumanovo, the all Yugoslav Forces had to retreat out from Kosovo province.

On June 12, 1999, all aircraft, personnel and equipment have left hardly damaged Slatina airbase and handed it over to Russian Airborne Troops as part of KFOR.

The commanders of regiment in this period were Nikola Maravić, Angel Ončevski, Branko Gajović, Tomislav Ivanović, Jovo Špegar, Mirko Vučinić, Slobodan Jeremić, Stjepan Hranjec, Zoran Milićević and Gvozden Urošević.