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 Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
[1] The 8th Air Army was supporting the Southwestern Front as it fought the German advance during Operation Blau.
In 1957, it was renamed 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (1st IBAD, from 11 November 1976 1st ADIB).
It was assigned to the 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.