User:Kges1901/Draft List of Soviet Aviation Divisions

An attempt at reorganizing the Aviation Division list in a more organized way, corresponding to the List of Soviet divisions 1917–45 and List of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917–57. I intend for this to be a fully referenced list with all information properly attributed. Any assistance would be welcome.

Entries should include the division's "combat path" if any and formation/disband dates as well as honorifics. Air bases operated from should be included if possible without making entry too long.


 * 103rd air division
 * 133rd air division
 * 134th long-range bombardment air division
 * 140th air division
 * 146th air division

Assault Aviation Divisions

 * 74th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 1950 at Khada Bulak with 23rd Air Army. Included 231st and 237th Assault Aviation Regiments in 1950. Became 74th Fighter Aviation Division PVO April 1956.
 * 96th Assault Aviation Division – Formed November 1944 with 11th Air Army from 96th Mixed Aviation Division.  Part of 18th Mixed Aviation Corps 1944–45.  Fought in Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Honorific "Amur". Part of 9th Air Army from 1945 to 1949. Redesignated 159th Assault Aviation Division 1949. See ru:96-я_штурмовая_авиационная_дивизия.
 * 109th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 10 January 1949 from the 252nd Assault Aviation Division with 54th Air Army at Arsenyev. Inherited Order of the Red Banner.  Disbanded 1955.
 * 134th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 10 January 1949 from the 248th Assault Aviation Division with 83rd Mixed Aviation Corps at Jinzhou. Inherited honorific "Port Arthur". Moved to Vozdvizhenka in 1950 and became part of the 54th Air Army. Disbanded 1955.
 * 136th Assault Aviation Division – Formed April 1944 from 136th Mixed Aviation Division.Fought in Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Belgrade Offensive, Budapest Offensive, and Vienna Offensive. Honorifics "Lower Dniester Order of Suvorov". Based at Buzău from July 1945 with the 10th Assault Aviation Corps. Moved to Odessa May 1947 and Petrozavodsk in 1948. Disbanded 1955.
 * 159th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 1949 by redesignation of 96th Assault Aviation Division. Included 264th, 398th and 973rd Assault Aviation Regiments in 1952 with 29th Air Army in the Far East. Disbanded 1956.
 * 172nd Assault Aviation Division – Formed 10 January 1949 from 230th Assault Aviation Division at Legnica with 37th Air Army. Inherited honorifics "Kuban Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Became 172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division April 1956.
 * 180th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 4 May 1945 with 13th Air Army composed of GVF regiments in process of converting to assault aviation regiments. Conversions were never completed.   Disbanded December 1945 at the latest.
 * 182nd Assault Aviation Division – Formed July 1944. Fought in Battle of Memel, East Prussian Offensive, Battle of Königsberg, and Samland Offensive. Honorifics "Tilsit Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov". Disbanded December 1945 at Wormditt.
 * 186th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 10 January 1949 from 253rd Assault Aviation Division at Domna with 23rd Air Army. Inherited honorific "Amur". Trained Chinese Communist pilots on assault aircraft between November 1950 and March 1951 around Harbin. Moved to Shonguy March 1951 and renamed 186th Fighter Aviation Division PVO in June 1956.
 * 189th Assault Aviation Division – Formed between May and June 1944 in the Moscow Military District from the 189th Night Bomber Aviation Division. Fought in Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Belgrade Offensive, Budapest Offensive and, Vienna Offensive. Honorifics "Lower Dniester Order of Suvorov". Disbanded April 1946 at Brașov with 10th Assault Aviation Corps.
 * 196th Assault Aviation Division – Formed March 1944 with 4th Assault Aviation Corps. Fought in Operation Bagration, Bobruysk Offensive, Baranovichi Offensive, Osovets Offensive, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Zhlobin Red Banner". Disbanded April 1947 in Poland.
 * 197th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 23 April 1944 with 6th Assault Aviation Corps. Fought in Operation Bagration, Minsk Offensive, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Demblin Red Banner". Disbanded 28 June 1946 with 11th Air Army at Yerevan.
 * 198th Assault Aviation Division – Formed between January and 1 February 1944 with 6th Assault Aviation Corps. Fought in Operation Bagration, Minsk Offensive, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Warsaw Red Banner". Disbanded December 1945 at Werneuchen.
 * 199th Assault Aviation Division – Formed December 1943. Fought in Operation Bagration, Bobruysk Offensive, Baranovichi Offensive, Osovets Offensive, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Slonim Red Banner". Disbanded April 1946 in Nasosnaya.
 * 206th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 14 July 1942 from 206th Fighter Aviation Division. Fought in Battle of Stalingrad, Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), Melitopol Offensive, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Crimean Offensive, Tartu Offensive, Baltic Offensive, and Riga Offensive (1944). Honorifics "Melitopol Red Banner". Moved to Brody August 1945 and became 206th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division April 1955.
 * 211th Assault Aviation Division – Formed May 1943 from 211th Night Bomber Aviation Division. Fought in the Battle of Smolensk (1943), Nevel Offensive, Polotsk Offensive, Šiauliai Offensive, Riga Offensive (1944), and the East Prussian Offensive. Honorifics "Nevel Order of Lenin twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Based at Jelgava from 1946. Transferred to 30th Air Army January 1949. Became 211th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division April 1955.
 * 212th Assault Aviation Division – Formed June 1942 from the 211th Mixed Aviation Division. Fought in Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive and Battle for Velikiye Luki. Became 4th Guards Assault Aviation Division May 1943.
 * 214th Assault Aviation Division
 * 224th Assault Aviation Division
 * 225th Assault Aviation Division
 * 226th Assault Aviation Division – later became 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division
 * 227th Assault Aviation Division
 * 228th Assault Aviation Division
 * 230th Assault Aviation Division
 * 231st Assault Aviation Division
 * 232nd Assault Aviation Division
 * 233rd Assault Aviation Division
 * 238th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 8 June 1942 from the Aviation Group of Major general Naneyshvili. Fought in Armavir-Maikop Defensive and Novorossiysk Defensive. Sent to the rear to reform due to heavy losses in late August. Disbanded 15 September 1942.
 * 243rd Assault Aviation Division
 * 248th Assault Aviation Division
 * 251st Assault Aviation Division
 * 252nd Assault Aviation Division
 * 253rd Assault Aviation Division
 * 260th Assault Aviation Division
 * 261st Assault Aviation Division
 * 264th Assault Aviation Division
 * 266th Assault Aviation Division – part of 1st Assault Aviation Corps when that corps was activated in 1942.
 * 267th Assault Aviation Division
 * 277th Assault Aviation Division
 * 280th Assault Aviation Division
 * 281st Assault Aviation Division
 * 289th Assault Aviation Division
 * 290th Assault Aviation Division – part of 1st Assault Aviation Corps when that corps was activated in 1942.
 * 291st Assault Aviation Division
 * 292nd Assault Aviation Division – part of 1st Assault Aviation Corps when that corps was activated in 1942.
 * 299th Assault Aviation Division
 * 300th Assault Aviation Division – Formed 2 December 1942 in the Central Asian Military District. Moved to the Moscow Military District by 1 January 1944. Transferred to 8th Air Army in Stavka Reserve 1 June 1944. Part of 16th Air Army by 1 July. Fought in Operation Bagration, Bobruysk Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Tomaszów Order Suvorov". Moved to Marneuli 1946 and disbanded April 1948.
 * 305th Assault Aviation Division
 * 306th Assault Aviation Division
 * 307th Assault Aviation Division
 * 308th Assault Aviation Division
 * 311th Assault Aviation Division
 * 316th Assault Aviation Division
 * 332nd Assault Aviation Division – Formed 23 November 1943 in the Moscow Military District. Fought in Operation Bagration, Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive, Minsk Offensive, Polotsk Offensive, Šiauliai Offensive, Baltic Offensive, Riga Offensive (1944), Battle of Memel, Mlawa-Elbing Offensive, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Vitebsk Red Banner". Disbanded April 1946 in Poland.
 * 333rd Assault Aviation Division
 * 335th Assault Aviation Division
 * 339th Assault Aviation Division

See ru:Категория:Штурмовые авиационные дивизии СССР во время Великой Отечественной войны

Guards Assault Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division – for a period part of 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps
 * 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 4th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 5th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 7th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 9th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 10th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 11th Guards Assault Aviation Division – formed 19.8.1944 from 299th Assault Aviation Division. Disbanded by being renamed as 200th Guards Assault Aviation Division in January 1949.
 * 12th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 15th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 114th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 115th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 135th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 200th Guards Assault Aviation Division – formed 8.11.42 as the 299th Assault Aviation Division. On 19.8.44 renamed 11th Guards Assault Aviation Division; became 200 Guards Assault Aviation Division 10.1.1949. With 75th Assault Aviation Corps 1949–55. In August 1956 renamed 200th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (IBAD). Returned home from Germany to USSR (Voronezh) before disbanding in 1957.

Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 12th Bomber Aviation Division – 26 December 1944 to 27 April 1946, then became 12th Transport Aviation Division and later, in 1955, 12th Military Transport Aviation Division.
 * 21st Bomber Aviation Division
 * 32nd Bomber Aviation Division
 * 33rd Bomber Aviation Division
 * 36th Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1988 with 34th Air Army from 36th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division at Bolshoye Shiraki. Disbanded 1992.
 * 56th Bomber Aviation Division – activated 1984; 24th Air Army; taken over by Ukraine 1992.
 * 83rd Bomber Aviation Division – formed from 83rd Mixed Aviation Division 1980.
 * 113th Bomber Aviation Division; 113th long-range air division; 113th bomber Leningrad red banner air division
 * 116th Bomber Aviation Division – formed 1949 by retitling 334th Bomber Aviation Division. 50th Air Army DA 1954–59. Disbanded 1959.
 * 127th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 129th Bomber Aviation Division – Honorifics "Koenigsberg Order of Kutuzov"
 * 130th Bomber Aviation Division – Honorifics "Insterburg Order of Suvorov"
 * 132nd Bomber Aviation Division – Formed August 1941. Honorific "Sevastopol". Transferred to Baltic Fleet 1989 and renamed 132nd Maritime Assault Aviation Division. Disbanded 1994 while headquartered at Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast.
 * 135th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 149th Bomber Aviation Division – Formed July 1982 with 4th Air Army at Szprotawa from 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division. Renamed 149th Mixed Aviation Division 1992.
 * 157th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 179th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 181st Bomber Aviation Division – Honorifics "Chenstokhov Order of Kutuzov".
 * 183rd Bomber Aviation Division
 * 185th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 188th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 190th Bomber Aviation Division – Honorifics "Polotsk Red Banner Order of Kutuzov".
 * 193rd Bomber Aviation Division – Honorifics "Demblin Order of Suvorov".
 * 194th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 201st Bomber Aviation Division – Honorific "Stalingrad"
 * 202nd Bomber Aviation Division -Formed 21 October 1942 from 202nd Fighter Aviation Division. Honorifics "Mid-Don Red Banner Order of Suvorov on behalf of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR". Disbanded July 1947.
 * 203rd Bomber Aviation Division – Honorific "Znamianka"
 * 204th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 219th Bomber Aviation Division – established May 1942; disbanded December 1945.
 * 241st Bomber Aviation Division
 * 289th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 301st Bomber Aviation Division
 * 326th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 327th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 334th Bomber Aviation Division – formed 1943. Became 116th Bomber Aviation Division 1949.

Guards Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division
 * 164th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
 * 177th Guards Bomber Aviation Division – established July 1942 as 293rd Bomber Aviation Division; became 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Division 5 February 1944; 10.1.49 renamed 177th Guards Bomber Aviation Division; disbanded July 1960. Honorifics "Cherkassy Red Banner Order of Suvorov".

Heavy Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 31st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 45th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 53rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 55th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 56th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 57th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 106th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 116th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division - established to operate the Raduga KS-1 Komet (ASCC "Kennel").
 * 160th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1 March 1951 at Balbasovo with 79th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps. Included 291st and 402nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiments in 1953. Disbanded December 1959.
 * 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division – Formed September 1954 at Engels-2 (air base), 14 kilometres east of Saratov, Saratov Oblast with 70th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps. Intended to operate the Myasishchev M-4 aircraft. Became part of 43rd Air Army DA 1956–1960, then 6th Separate Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps 1960–1980 and finally 37th Air Army. Disbanded 1994.
 * 204th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 11th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division - Activated July 1941 as the 81st Aviation Division Long-Range; 3.12.41 renamed 3rd Aviation Division Long-Range; 26.3.43 renamed 1st Guards Aviation Division Long-Range; 26 December 1944 renamed 11th Guards Bomber Aviation Division; disbanded 1959 (Holm).
 * 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division - longtime associated with Poltava Air Base in Ukraine.
 * 14th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
 * 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1950 from 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division at Babruysk (air base) in Belarus. Inherited honorifics "Donbass Red Banner". Moved to Engels, Saratov Oblast in 1994.
 * 139th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

Fighter Aviation Divisions

 * 3rd Fighter Aviation Division – HQ Gorelovo pre-war, part of Leningrad Military District Aviation. Between 7 and 11 July 1941 used to form 7th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO. Commanded by Colonel Stepan Pavlovich Danilov from 8 August 1940. Included 19th and 44th Fighter Aviation Regiments.
 * 4th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1 December 1973 at Ivano-Frankivsk with 14th Air Army. Taken over by Ukraine 1 January 1992.
 * 8th Fighter Aviation Division – Renamed from 8th Mixed Aviation Division 15 August 1941. Fought at Siege of Leningrad. Converted back to mixed aviation division 5 January 1942.
 * 9th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1 February 1951 at Kubinka, Moscow Oblast with Air Forces of the Moscow Military District. Awarded Order of the Red Banner 22 February 1968. Disbanded 1993.
 * 10th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1980 from 10th Mixed Aviation Division at Usharal with Central Asian Military District Aviation. 73rd Air Army from 1988. Renamed 10th Training Aviation Center spring 1989. In 1988 the division included the 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ucharal, Alma-Ata Oblast) with MiG-21, and a squadron in Ayaguz, and the 905th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Taldy-Kurgan, Taldy-Kurgan Obla st) with MiG-23. In April 1989 the 905th Fighter Aviation Regiment left the division, and it disbanded in October 1990. The 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment disbanded in June 1992. The fate of the two regiments' aircraft under Kazakh (and, for the 905th, Tajik) control is not clear.
 * 17th Fighter Aviation Division PVO – Formed February 1950 at Rzhev with 88th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO. Disbanded 1960.
 * 20th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed October 1950 as PVO division at Yelets for China service. Moved to Tangshan in November 1950 and became part of Shanghai Air Defense Area. Moved to Veshchevo and then Gromovo in 1952–53. Disbanded in 1961. Reformed as regular division 1 May 1980 at Tsentralnaya Uglovaya, Primorsky Krai with Far Eastern Military District aviation. Disbanded 1 May 1986.
 * 24th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 12 August 1940 from 57th Fighter Aviation Brigade, part of Moscow Military District Aviation. Transferred to PVO 5 April 1941 for air defense of Moscow. Used to form 6th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO 20 June −6 July 1941.
 * 25th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed at Kutaisi before World War II under command of Major General Vladimir Naneyshvili. Initially with Transcaucasian Front, transferred to Crimean Front February 1942. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Mikhailovich Shalimov from 23 October 1941. Disbanded 15 April 1942. Involved in Battle of the Kerch Peninsula and Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42).
 * 26th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed December 1950 at Smolensk as PVO division with the 32nd Fighter Aviation Corps PVO. Moved to Besovets October 1951. Disbanded 1960.
 * 27th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 31 July 1940 from the 59th and 60th Fighter Aviation Brigades in the Transcaucasian Military District. Fought in air defense of Baku and nearby oilfields, Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, and Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42). Became Crimean Front Fighter Aviation PVO Group 22 April 1942. Reformed 1 May 1980 at Haapsalu with Baltic Military District Aviation. Disbanded 30 April 1986.
 * 28th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1 November 1950 as PVO division from parts of the 151st Guards Fighter Aviation Division PVO with 64th Fighter Aviation Corps at Liaoyang. Fought in the Korean War. Withdrawn to Kyzyl-Arvat 15 July 1951 and became part of the 62nd Fighter Aviation Corps PVO. Moved to Sanqaçal 1953. Disbanded 1 June 1962. Reformed 1 May 1980 in Kalinka, Khabarovsk Krai with Far Eastern Military District Aviation, later 1st Air Army. Disbanded April 1998.
 * 32nd Fighter Aviation Division - Voroshilov (Ussuriysk), Far East. Included 6, 40, 47th, 48th Fighter Aviation Regiments. Part of Far Eastern Front, 1st Red Banner Army. In July 1942 became part of 9th Air Army.
 * 36th Fighter Aviation Division PVO - Vasilkov in the Kyiv Special Military District. 2, 43, 254, 255th Fighter Aviation Regiments
 * 38th Fighter Aviation Division - Novosibirsk in the Siberian Military District.
 * 39th Fighter Aviation Division - located at Gatchina in the Leningrad Military District on 22 June 1941. Made up of the 154th 157th, 158th, and 159th Fighter Aviation Regiments. Disbanded on 10 February 1942 in the Leningrad MD.
 * 43rd Fighter Aviation Division - at Mogilev in the Western Special Military District on 22 June 1941. Included the 160th, 161st, 162nd, and 163rd Fighter Aviation Regiments. Disbanded 4 February 1942 into the Air Forces of the 20th Army.
 * 44th Fighter Aviation Division - Formed 25 July 1940, disbanded 18 February 1942, became Air Forces of the 6th Army. On 22 June 1941 included the 88th, 248th, 249th, and 252nd Fighter Aviation Regiments.
 * 95th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1954 from 95th Mixed Aviation Division at Byaroza with 26th Air Army. Moved to Shchuchyn 1960 and disbanded 1988.
 * 96th Fighter Aviation Division – With 2nd Red Banner Army Aviation 1 June 1942. Became 96th Mixed Aviation Division by 1 May 1943.
 * 97th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1949 as PVO division at Morshansk. With 64th Fighter Aviation Corps at Antung January–September 1952. Moved to Saky soon after, transferred to VVS, and disbanded 1959.
 * 119th 'Nevel' Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Division -Founded May 1942 as 240th Fighter Avuation Division. On 20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) became 119th Fighter Aviatoin Division. Was part of the VVS OdVO (1980–1988), and the 5th Air Army VVS both before the VVS OdVO period and afterwards. In 1989 became part of Black Sea Fleet as 119th Maritime Fighter Aviation Division, and disbanded 1992.
 * 138th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1949 at Myrhorod with 17th Air Army from 288th Fighter Aviation Division. Inherited honorifics "Pavlograd-Vienna Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Transferred to 24th Air Army VGK 1980 and taken over by Ukraine 1 January 1992.
 * 144th Fighter Aviation Division - division's 4th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Babruysk (air base) in Belarus, 1953-1958. Other regiments in 1958 at Mogilev and Zyabrovka. Divisional headquarters at Baranovichi, 1945-1950, Mukden in China, 1950-51, and Mogilev, Mogilev Oblast, 1951-1958. Assigned to Mukden Air Defence Group; 26th Air Army; 50th Air Army DA, 1951-1957, and 26th Air Army, 1957-58, before disbandment on 1 April 1958.
 * 148th Fighter Aviation Division PVO – Formed 26 November 1941 as PVO division. Involved in air defense of the Arkhangelsk Military District, Belorussian-Lithuanian Military District, Kiev Military District and 1st Belorussian Front. Disbanded September 1947 at Ovruch.
 * 175th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1949 from 265th Fighter Aviation Division. Became 58th Rocket Division 1961. Inherited honorifics "Melitopol Red Banner Order of Suvorov".
 * 193rd Fighter Aviation Division – Formed January 1944 with 13th Fighter Aviation Corps. Fought in Operation Bagration, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Demblin Order of Suvorov". Disbanded December 1945.
 * 205th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed May 1942. Fought in Battle of Voronezh (1942), Battle of Stalingrad, Operation Little Saturn, Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive, Battle of Voronezh (1943), Third Battle of Kharkov, Battle of Kursk, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Kirovograd Offensive, Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, Uman–Botoșani Offensive, and Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. Part of 7th Fighter Aviation Corps from June 1943 to October 1944. Honorific "Kirovograd". On 27 October 1944 renamed 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division.
 * 239th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 12 June 1942 from 6th Shock Aviation Group. With 6th Air Army from July 1942. Fought in Battle of Demyansk (1943) and Staraya Russa Offensive. Became 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 18 March 1943. Reformed 1949 in Kluczewo from 323rd Fighter Aviation Division. Withdrawn to Petrozavodsk July 1992 and disbanded there on 1 May 1998.
 * 240th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed May 1942 from 1st Shock Army Aviation. Fought in Demyansk Pocket, Battle of Smolensk (1943), Dukhovshchina–Demidov Offensive, Nevel Offensive, Operation Bagration, Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive, Minsk Offensive, Vilnius Offensive, Kaunas Offensive, Battle of Memel, Gumbinnen Operation, East Prussian Offensive, Battle of Königsberg, Samland Offensive, and Battle of Berlin. Honorifics "Nevel Red Banner Order of Suvorov. Redesignated 119th Fighter Aviation Division 1949.
 * 258th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 26 November 1942 from 14th Army Aviation on the Karelian Front, part of the new 7th Air Army. Fought in the defense of the Arctic. Included 19th and 20th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments. Became 258th Mixed Aviation Division 27 February 1943.
 * 265th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed June 1942. Fought in Battle of the Caucasus, Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), Melitopol Offensive, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Crimean Offensive, Operation Bagration, Vilnius Offensive, Kaunas Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Melitopol Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Redesignated 175th Fighter Aviation Division 1949.
 * 278th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 8 August 1942 from 2nd Reserve Aviation Group. Fought in Operation Iskra, Kuban air battles, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), Melitopol Offensive, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Crimean Offensive, Operation Bagration, Vilnius Offensive, Kaunas Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Berlin Offensive.Honorifics "Siberian Stalin Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Renamed 263rd Fighter Aviation Division 1949.
 * 282nd Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 6 July 1942 from 1st Reserve Aviation Brigade. Fought in Battle of Stalingrad, Operation Little Saturn, Operation Gallop, Kuban Air Battles, Battle of Kursk, Operation Kutuzov, Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive, Gomel-Rechitsa Offensive, Kalinkovichi-Mozyr Offensive, Rogachev-Zhlobin Offensive, Operation Bagration, Bobruysk Offensive, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Warsaw-Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and Battle of Berlin. Honorifics "Gomel Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Renamed 216th Fighter Aviation Division PVO 20 February 1949.
 * 283rd Fighter Aviation Division – Kamyshin Red Banner. HQ Vaziani with the 34th Air Army in the 1980s. Military Unit Number 06941.
 * 286th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 287th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 288th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 1 July 1942 with 1st Fighter Aviation Army. Fought in Battle of Voronezh (1942), Battle of Stalingrad, Operation Little Saturn, Operation Gallop, Battle of Kursk, Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), Zaporizhia Offensive, Dnipropetrovsk Offensive, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Bereznegovatoye-Snigirevka Offensive, Odessa Offensive, Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Belgrade Offensive, Budapest Offensive, Operation Spring Awakening, and the Vienna Offensive. Honorifics "Pavlograd-Vienna Red Banner Order of Suvorov. Became 138th Fighter Aviation Division 1949.
 * 322nd Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 27 June 1943 in Stavka reserve. Became part of the 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps by 7 July 1943. Fought in Operation Kutuzov, Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Bryansk Offensive, Nevel Offensive, Gorodok Offensive, Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive, Operation Bagration, Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive, Berlin Offensive and Prague Offensive. Honorifics "Minsk Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Disbanded December 1945.
 * 323rd Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 23 June 1943 with 8th Fighter Aviation Corps. Fought in Operation Suvorov, Operation Bagration, Bobruysk Offensive, Baranovichi Offensive, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive and Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Baranovichi Red Banner". Redesignated 239th Fighter Aviation Division 1949.
 * 330th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 336th Fighter Aviation Division – Formed November 1943. Fought in Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, Operation Bagration, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Tartu Offensive, Riga Offensive (1944), Battle of Memel, East Prussian Offensive and Courland Pocket. Honorifics "Kovel Red Banner". Disbanded 1960.

Guards Fighter Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 3 February 1943 from 220th Fighter Aviation Division. Fought in Battle of Kursk, Operation Bagration, Lublin–Brest Offensive, Warsaw–Poznan Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Berlin Offensive. Honorifics "Stalingrad–Berlin Red Banner". Moved to Šiauliai in 1945, spending the Cold War there with the 30th (later 15th) Air Army. Disbanded 1986.
 * 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 18 March 1943 from 268th Fighter Aviation Division. Fought in Mius Offensive, Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), Melitopol Offensive, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Crimean Offensive, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, Battle of Debrecen, Budapest Offensive, Moravian-Ostrava Offensive, Vienna Offensive, Bratislava–Brno Offensive, and Prague Offensive. Honorifics "Don-Szeged Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Moved to Tiraspol in 1945 and Merseburg in 1951. Became part of the 61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps there. Deployed to Líně during Operation Danube between August and November 1968. Withdrawn to Millerovo in August 1991 and disbanded there in September.
 * 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division – Established 15.11.42 as the 209th Fighter Aviation Division, on 1 May 1943 the 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division was formed. It comprised the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 89th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, and the 115th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment all at Prague, Czechoslovakia. The division was disbanded on 30.11.45 and the regiments were transferred to other divisions.(Holm)
 * 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 12th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 13th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 11 November 1944 from 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division. Inherited honorifics "Svir Red Banner". Based at Petrozavodsk. Transferred to Damgarten 1953 and withdrawn to Millerovo 1993. Disbanded May 1988.
 * 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division – Formed 27 October 1944 from 205th Fighter Aviation Division with 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps. Fought in Battle of the Dukla Pass, Vistula–Oder Offensive, Lower Silesian Offensive, Siege of Breslau, Upper Silesian Offensive, Battle of Berlin, and Prague Offensive. Honorifics "Kirovograd Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Kutuzov". Disbanded March 1947 at Parndorf.
 * 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division

Fighter Air Defence Divisions (PVO)

 * 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division PVO – Formed 31 March 1943 from 102nd Fighter Aviation Division PVO. Fought in Crimean Offensive. Honorifics "Stalingrad Red Banner". Moved to Rostov-on-Don 1945 and disbanded there 1960.
 * 101st Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 102nd Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 104th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 105th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 106th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 122nd Fighter Pechenga Air Defence Division - Luostari/Pechenga (air base), Karelia to c1960. "Yuri Gagarin's Own."
 * 123rd Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 124th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 125th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 126th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 127th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 141st Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 142nd Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 144th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 147th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 148th Fighter Air Defense Division (PVO)
 * 149th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 297th Fighter Aviation Division PVO – Formed August 1942 in Transbaikal Front. Fought in Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Based in northeast China October 1950–1951, then moved to Smolensk, where it was disbanded in 1960.
 * 298th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 310th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 317th Fighter Aviation Division PVO - formed June 1943, disbanded JUne 1946. In 1945-46 at Klin, Moscow Oblast, with 12th Guards, 34th, 488th, 736th Fighter Aviation Regiments all at Klin.
 * 318th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 319th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 320th Fighter Aviation Division PVO
 * 328th Fighter Aviation Division PVO

Fighter-Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 24th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1980 from 24th Mixed Aviation Division at Taldykorgan with Central Asian Military District Aviation, later became part of 73rd Air Army. Taken over by Kazakhstan 1 January 1992.
 * 29th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1968 in Choibalsan with 23rd Air Army. Disbanded 1989.
 * 30th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1969 in Step, Zabaykalsky Krai. With 23rd Air Army from 1970. Disbanded 1990.
 * 33rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1982 in Pereyaslavka-2, Khabarovsk Krai with Far Eastern Military District Aviation. Disbanded October 1989.
 * 34th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed December 1984 in Chirchiq with Turkestan Military District Aviation. Taken over by Uzbekistan 1 January 1992 and disbanded.
 * 36th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed August 1984 in Bolshoye Shiraki with Transcaucasian Military District Aviation. Renamed 36th Bomber Aviation Division 1988.
 * 39th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1981 in Lielvārde with Baltic Military District Aviation. Disbanded July 1993.
 * 105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed March 1960 in Großenhain with 61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps from 105th Fighter Aviation Division. Relocated to Voronezh August 1993 and renamed 105th Mixed Aviation Division.
 * 109th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
 * 125th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed July 1960 in Rechlin with 71st Fighter Aviation Corps from 125th Fighter Aviation Division. Relocated to Millerovo July 1993 and disbanded soon after.
 * 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
 * 172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed April 1956 in Legnica with 37th Air Army from 172nd Assault Aviation Division. Inherited honorifics "Kuban Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Disbanded July 1961.
 * 206th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed April 1955 at Brody with 57th Air Army from 206th Assault Aviation Division. Disbanded May 1957.
 * 211th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed April 1955 from 211th Assault Aviation Division at Jelgava with 30th Air Army. Inherited honorifics "Nevel Order of Lenin twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Disbanded July 1956.
 * 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed April 1956 from 289th Assault Aviation Division at Lutsk with 57th (later 14th) Air Army. Inherited honorifics "Nikopol Red Banner". Redesignated 289th Bomber Aviation Division 1988.
 * 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Originally formed 20 January 1943 as 303rd Fighter Aviation Division. French unit Normandie-Nieman served with the division during the war. Formed 1982 from 303rd Mixed Aviation Division at Vozdvizhenka with Far Eastern Military District Aviation. Inherited honorifics "Smolensk Red Banner". Disbanded October 1994. Reformed by 2007 as 303rd Mixed Aviation Division.
 * 311th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1957 from 311th Bomber Aviation Division at Pruzhany with 26th Air Army. Inherited honorifics "Molodechno Red Banner". Moved to Bobrovichi in 1959 and disbanded April 1960.
 * 333rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division

Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed 1957 from 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division at Lida with 26th Air Army. Inherited honorifics "Stalingrad Order of Lenin Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov". Became 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division July 1989.
 * 135th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
 * 200th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division – Formed August 1956 from 200th Guards Assault Aviation Division at Voronezh. Inherited honorifics "Nizhyn Red Banner Order of Suvorov". Disbanded 1957.

Mixed Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Mixed Aviation Division – 14th Army Aviation, HQ Murmansk, Colonel M.M. Golovnya, disbanded February 1942.
 * 2nd Mixed Aviation Division
 * 4th Mixed Aviation Division – became Air Forces of the 4th Shock Army 22 February 1942
 * 5th Mixed Aviation Division – Formed July 1940 with Leningrad Military District Aviation with headquarters at Vyborg from 59th Light Aviation Brigade. Fought in the defense of the Karelian Isthmus. Disbanded 18 February 1942.
 * 6th Mixed Aviation Division – at outbreak of war in Baltic Special Military District, suffered heavy losses in initial German attack, became 48th Army aviation 11 August 1941; reformed immediately and disbanded 11 February 1942
 * 7th Mixed Aviation Division- at outbreak of war in Baltic Special Military District, suffered heavy losses in initial German attack, became 3rd Shock Army aviation 22 February 1942
 * 10th Mixed Aviation Division – activated 1970 at Ucharal, Alma-Ata Oblast. Redesignated 10th Fighter Aviation Division in 1980. (Holm)
 * 24th Mixed Aviation Division – Formed September 1970 at Taldy-Kurgan with the 73rd Air Army. Became 24th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division 1980.
 * 32nd or 33rd Mixed Aviation Division - c1941 included 5th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Far East
 * 55th Mixed Aviation Division – Formed prewar with Leningrad Military District Aviation at Petrozavodsk. Fought in defense of Karelia. Disbanded 7 March 1942.
 * 83rd Mixed Aviation Division – Formed 1972 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport with 1st Air Army. Included 26th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, 56th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment and 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment. Became 83rd Bomber Aviation Division 1980.
 * 128th Mixed Aviation Division – Honorific "Kurile".
 * 135th Mixed Aviation Division
 * 203rd Mixed Aviation Division
 * 204th Mixed Aviation Division
 * 303rd Mixed Aviation Division – Reformed after 1994 with 11th Air Army, Far East.

Military Transport and Special Purpose Aviation Divisions

 * 1st Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 2nd Special Purpose Aviation Division
 * 4th Special Purpose Aviation Division
 * 7th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 8th Special Purpose Aviation Division
 * 12th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 14th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 16th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 23rd Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 35th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 40th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 54th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 124th Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 281st Military Transport Aviation Division

Guards Military Transport and Special Purpose Aviation Divisions

 * 3rd Guards Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 6th Guards Military Transport Aviation Division
 * 18th Guards Military Transport Aviation Division