18th Guards Taganrogskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Military-Transport Aviation Division
18-я гвардейская военно-транспортная Таганрогская Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационная дивизия
Military Unit: 18380
Activated 6.42 from the 4th Reserve Air Group, as the 270th Bomber Aviation Division.
23.10.43 renamed 6th Guards Bomber Aviation Division.
Organisation May 1945:
134th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
135th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
Organisation 1955:
4th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) with Il-28
128th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Panevezhis, Lithuanian SSR) with Il-28
800th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR) with Il-28
10.7.64 renamed 11th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division.
4.66 renamed 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division.
Organisation 1965:
128th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Panevezhis, Lithuanian SSR) with An-12
196th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with An-12
600th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Kedainiai, Lithuanian SSR) with An-12
Organisation 1991:
128th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Panevezhis, Lithuanian SSR) with Il-76
196th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Il-76
600th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Kedainiai, Lithuanian SSR) with Il-76
117th independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare (Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR) with An-12PP/PPS
Disbanded 1998.
Bases:
Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 4.45 - 7.45 [54 36 36N, 21 48 19E]
?, Belarus, 7.45 - 1947
?, Transcaucasus Military District, 1947 - 1949
Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR, ? - 1992 [55 53 36N, 23 23 45E]
Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, 1992 - 1998 [51 42 34N, 55 01 09E]
Subordinated:
8th Air Army, 1942 - 6.44
1st Air Army, 6.44 - 1947
6th Air Army, 1947 - 1949
30th Air Army, 1949 - 7.64
HQ VTA, 7.64 - 1998