The division was activated to manage the two Strategic Air Command medium bombardment wings at Chennault in 1952.

The division's components were the 44th and 68th Bombardment Wings,[2] and the newly activated 806th Air Base Group.

[1] Its 44th Wing served as an Operational Training Unit for B-29 aircrews and maintenance personnel being assigned to Far East Air Forces until late August.

[6] On 14 November 1958, Lake Charles Air Force Base was renamed Chennault Air Force Base in honor of General Claire Lee Chennault, the founder of the Flying Tigers, who died in July of that year.

[9] Wings Groups Squadrons Other Col Carlos J. Cochrane, 16 June 1952; Brig Gen Raymond L. Winn, 3 November 1952; Brig Gen Henry K. Mooney, 2 August 1954; Brig Gen John K. Hester, 1 August 1955; Col Jacob J. Brogger, 24 July 1957; Col Robert H. Strauss, 4 December 1958; Col William J. Cain Jr., 27 May – 15 June 1960[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency