The 44th Air Division, (Bombardment) was established on 16 April 1948, when it was at Brooks Field (later, Brooks Air Force Base, Brooks City-Base), Texas, under the 14th Air Force, then transferred to the 12th Air Force on 1 July 1948.
Famous quotes containing the words air and/or division:
“Hamlet. The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold.
Horatio. It is a nipping and an eager air.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)