3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1942-1991
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:aircraft MiG-21
MiG-15
Su-27
Yak-9
La-5
MiG-3
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:base gptkb:Krasnodar
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major_General_Nikolai_A._Sokolov
Colonel_Alexander_A._Novikov
Lieutenant_General_Vasily_A._Shvetsov
gptkbp:commandStructure Soviet_Air_Force_Command
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:decoratedWith gptkb:Order_of_the_Patriotic_War
Order of the Red Banner
gptkbp:disbanded 1991
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established 1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Krasnodar
gptkbp:historicalRole Cold_War_conflicts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance defense_of_Soviet_airspace
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division
gptkbp:legacy influenced_modern_Russian_Air_Force
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Air_Force
Aviation
gptkbp:motto For_the_Motherland!
gptkbp:notableEvent numerous aerial victories
contributed to air superiority in major battles
high kill ratio in air combat
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:General_Ivan_S._Konev
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Berlin_Offensive
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
inactive
Central_Front
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Soviet_Air_Forces
gptkbp:primaryMission air defense
gptkbp:role air superiority
gptkbp:secondaryMission ground attack
gptkbp:size large
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_Air_Force
gptkbp:training pilot training
Krasnodar_Air_Base
gptkbp:type fighter aviation division