[1] The division's only combat occurred in Operation Whirlwind, the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The division's Separate Air Landing Security Company was disbanded in 1949.

It helped suppress the Hungarian uprising during Operation Whirlwind[3] and took part in fighting in Budapest between 4–7 November.

[8] 114th Guards Airborne Regiment company commander Mikhail Zinukov,[9] 381st Guards Airborne Regiment deputy company commander Nikolai Muravlev,[10] and 381st Guards Airborne Regiment platoon commander Pyotr Volokytin were posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their actions.

[11] The division was relocated to Chernivtsi after leaving Hungary, with its 1295th Artillery Regiment in Kolomyia.