Major Vyacheslav Bazhenov was assigned as commander on 23 November; he led the division for the rest of the war.

[1] Until 20 December, elements of the division provided air defense for the combat troops and rear area of the Don Front's 65th Army during Operation Uranus, the Soviet counteroffensive in the Battle of Stalingrad.

[3] In February, elements of the 15th became part of an anti-aircraft group commanded by Bazhenov, who had been promoted to lieutenant colonel on 26 January.

Between December 1942 and February 1943, elements of the division claimed 32 enemy aircraft shot down and twelve damaged.

[8] The 15th Division continued to provide air defense in the Kharkov Military District until January 1945, when it transferred back to the RVGK.

For helping to capture Cherno and Sárvár, the 5th Guards received the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class, on 24 April.

During the war, the division was credited with downing 457 and damaging 129 enemy aircraft, and destroying nine tanks, five guns, and five halftracks, as well as killing more than 700 German soldiers in ground combat.