The 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division left the corps in September 1948.
On 10 January 1949, a decree was issued renaming the formation the 61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps. This took effect in February 1949. At the same time, its parent formation changed the designation from the 16th to the 24th Air Army.
The 131st Fighter Aviation Division arrived from Poland in October 1949 and joined the corps.
In 1980 the corps was disbanded by being re-designated a mobilization aviation corps.
References
^Niehorster, Dr. Leo. "1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 16th Air Army, 1st Byelorussian Front, 03.04.45". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
Michael Holm, 61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps
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