3rd Guards Smolenskaya orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Military-Transport Aviation Division
3-я гвардейская военно-транспортная Смоленская орденов Суворова и Кутузова авиационная дивизия
Military Unit: 35733
Activated 24.5.42 in Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, as the 204th Bomber Aviation Division.
3.9.43 renamed 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Division.
Organisation May 1945:
119th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kamenskoye (Saalau), Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
122nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kamenskoye (Saalau), Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
123rd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kamenskoye (Saalau), Kaliningrad Oblast) with Pe-2
27.4.46 renamed 3rd Guards Transport Aviation Division with:
24th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment (Polotsk-Borovukha, Vitebsk Oblast) with Li-2
339th Transport Aviation Regiment (Slutsk, Minsk Oblast) with Li-2
369th Transport Aviation Regiment (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with Li 2
12.10.55 renamed 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division.
Organisation 1960:
334th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Pskov-Kresty, Pskov Oblast) with Il-14
339th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with An-12
369th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with Il-14
196th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Tu-4D
Organisation 1975:
110th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast) with An-12
334th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Pskov-Kresty, Pskov Oblast) with An-12
339th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with Il-76
Organisation 1991:
110th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Il-76
334th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Pskov-Kresty, Pskov Oblast) with Il-76
339th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast) with Il-76
Organisation 2000:
103rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast)
110th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast) with Il-76
334th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Pskov-Kresty, Pskov Oblast) with Il-76
708th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Taganrog, Rostov Oblast) with Il-76
Disbanded 2001.
Bases:
Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast, 4.46 - 1949 [55 36 28N, 28 40 45E]
Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast, 1949 - 1992 [55 15 16N, 30 14 55E]
Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast, 1992 - 12.95 [58 37 30N, 31 22 55E]
Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, 12.95 - 2001 [54 49 25N, 31 01 36E]
Subordinated:
1st Air Army, 1942 - 9.44
Reserve VGK, 9.44 - 10.44
3rd Air Army, 10.44 - 4.46
HQ VDV, 1946 - 1955
HQ VTA, 1955 - 1998
61st Air Army, 1998 - 2001