1st Guards Stalingradskaya order of Lenin twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Bomber Aviation Division

1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная Сталинградская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 15561

Activated 5.42 as the 266th Assault Aviation Division.

18.3.43 renamed 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (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 76th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment was disbanded in April 1947.

1957 renamed 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (1st IBAD, from 11.11.76 1st ADIB).

Organisation 1957:

• 136th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (?) with MiG-15

• 686th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Oblast) with MiG-15

• 000 Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (?) with MiG-15

Organisation 1970:

• 911th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Oblast) with MiG-17

• 940th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast) with MiG-17

• 953rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Bobrovichi, Gomel Oblast) with Su-7

1989 renamed 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 1990:

• 116th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ross, Grodno Oblast) with Su-24

• 305th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast) with Su-24

• 497th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lida, Grodno Oblast) with Su-24

1993 renamed 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation 2000:

• 368th Assault Aviation Regiment (Budennovsk, Stavropol Kray) with Su-25

• 461st Assault Aviation Regiment (Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray) with Su-25, Su-22 and L-39

• 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Kray) with Su-25

Bases:

• Ketrzyn, Poland, 4.45 - 7.45 [54 02 52N, 21 25 35E]

• Lida, Grodno Oblast, 7.45 - 1993 [53 52 38N, 25 22 40E]

• Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray, 1993 - today [45 04 57N, 38 56 43E]

Subordinated:

• 8th Air Army, 6.42 - 5.44

• 1st Air Army, 5.44 - 6.47

• 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 6.47 - 1.49

• 60th Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 1.49 - 4.56

• 26th Air Army, 4.56 - 4.80

• VVS Belorussian Military District, 4.80 - 5.88

• 26th Air Army, 5.88 - 1993

• 4th Air Army VVS and PVO, 1993 - today