It fought in the Rzhev salient until January 1942, and in the summer of 1942 in the Battle of Stalingrad.

It was later awarded Order of Suvorov 3rd class for actions in the Berlin Offensive on 16 April 1945.

[3] On 24 August 2009, the 3rd GvIAP and 178th Separate Helicopter-Rescue Detachment became 6972nd Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd Class Air Base of the 1st Category at Krymsk.

By June 2019, the regiment became the first aviation unit to begin receiving serial Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighters.

[4] The commander of the regiment, Colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich, was killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine when his motorcade was hit in a Ukrainian artillery strike.