The 44th Fighter Group is an Air Reserve Component unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group on a parachute drop.
B-24 of the 44th Bomb Group hit by enemy fire on a mission over enemy territory.
Medal of Honor Ceremony for Col Leon Johnson at Shipdham Airfield, 1943.
F-22A Raptor assigned to the 44th Fighter Group flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) for a training mission during Red Flag 11-3, 2 March 2011.
General Leon William Johnson was a United States Air Force general who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields during World War II.
General Leon W. Johnson
B-24s over Ploesti in the attack on the Ploesti oil fields
Johnson donating his uniform to Col. Robert Ceruti, commander of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, at a ceremony held at Ellsworth Air Force Base (1983)