 Mammadbeyova performed her last flight in 1949 and worked as Vice-Chair of the DOSAAF's Baku branch until 1961.Mammadbeyova's elder son Firudin fought in World War II, and her younger son Khanlar took part in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, both as combat pilots.Leyla Mammadbeyova became a living icon while still in her twenties.