3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (original) (raw)

The 3rd Guards Iasi Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Corps (Russian: 3-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный Ясский Краснознамённыйордена Суворова корпус) was an aviation corps of the Soviet Air Force formed during World War II. The corps was formed in December 1942 as the 4th Fighter Aviation Corps and received Guards status in July 1944. Postwar, the corps was renumbered as the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps and transferred to the Soviet Air Defense Forces. It was reorganized as an air defense division in 1960.