1st Guards Composite Aviation Division

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226th Assault Aviation Division (1942–1943)

1st Guards Assault Aviation Division (1943–1956)
1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (1957–1989)
1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division (1989–1993)

1st Guards Assault Aviation Division (1993–Present)
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Active1942–2009
2009-Present
Country Soviet Union (until 1991)
 Russia
Branch Soviet Air Forces (until 1991)
 
4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Garrison/HQYeysk (2002–Present)
EngagementsWorld War II
Decorations
HonorificsStalingrad
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Tagir Gadzhiyev

The 1st Guards Stalingrad Composite Aviation Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная Сталинградская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационная дивизия) is an

East Prussian Offensive and the Battle of Königsberg. By the end of the war, the division had been awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of Lenin and the Orders of Kutuzov and Suvorov 2nd class. Postwar, the division relocated to Belarus. In April 1956, it became a bomber division but was converted to a fighter-bomber unit in 1957. In 1989, it became an bomber unit again and moved to Krasnodar in 1993. At Krasnodar it became an assault unit. The division moved to Yeysk
in 2002 and disbanded in 2009. It was reformed in 2013 with the addition of extra fighter units.

History

Ilyushin Il-2 attack

The 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division was initially formed as the 226th Assault Aviation Division as part of the

Operation Blau
.

On 18 March 1943 the division was renamed the 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division. By this time the 8th Air Army was part of Southern Front and included the 2nd Mixed Aviation Corps (201st Fighter Aviation Division, 214th Assault Aviation Division), 10th Mixed Aviation Corps (206th, 287th Fighter Aviation Divisions, 289th Assault Aviation Division), 270th Bomber Aviation Division, 2nd Guards Night Bomber Aviation Division, 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, 406th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment, and the 678th Transport Aviation Regiment.[2]

Organization in May 1945 (

Ketrzyn
, Poland):

  • 74th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with
    Il-2
  • 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
  • 76th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2
  • 136th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2

The division headquarters were moved from Ketrzyn to

Belorussian SSR
, in July 1945.

The 76th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment was disbanded in April 1947.

In 1957, it was renamed 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (1st IBAD, from 11 November 1976 1st ADIB).[1]

Organization 1957:

  • 136th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Region) with MiG-15
  • 686th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Region) with MiG-15
  • 952nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Pruzhany) with MiG-15

Organization 1970:

  • 911th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Region) with MiG-17
  • Vitebsk Oblast
    ) with MiG-17
  • 953rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (
    Gomel Oblast
    ) with Su-7

In 1978 the 953rd Regiment was reequipped with Sukhoi Su-24s and renamed a Bomber Aviation Regiment. In 1980 the 953rd Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division, 24th Air Army.

The division was renamed the 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division in 1989.

Organization 1990:

The Divisional headquarters was moved to

4th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence
.

It was disbanded in December 2009.[1]

In 2013 the division was reformed with a bomber aviation unit at

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army along with the 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment,[3] a transport unit at Rostov, the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment,[citation needed] and a reconnaissance/bomber aviation unit at Marinovka.[citation needed
] The latter units form the 4th Composite Aviation Division.

Organization 2020:

  • 3
    Su-57
    as of December 2020)
  • 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (
    Su-30
    SM (as of 2019)
  • 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment (
    Su-34
    (as of 2019)
  • 368th Assault Aviation Regiment (
    Su-25
    SM/SM3 (as of 2019; reported upgrading to SM3 variant as of 2021)

References

  1. ^ a b c Holm, Michael. "1st Guards Stalingradskaya order of Lenin twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Bomber Aviation Division". ww2.dk. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. Combat composition of the Soviet Army
    , 1 April 1943
  3. ^ https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2649821 as archived on 2020-11-12, from original

Further reading

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