44th Airborne Division (People's Republic of China)

44th Division (1949–54) 44th Infantry Division (1954–60) 44th Army Division (1960–61) 44th Airborne Division (1961–85) 44th Airborne Brigade (1985–1992) 44th Airborne Division (1992-)
Active	1949.2 - Present
Country	People's Republic of China
Branch	People's Liberation Army Air Force, People's Volunteer Army
Type	Division
Role	Airborne Infantry
Part of	15th Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ	Guangshui, Hubei province
Engagements	Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Sino-Vietnamese War

The 44th Division, now known as the 44th Airborne Division is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army and People's Liberation Army Air Force of the People's Republic of China. It is now a training formation of PLA 15th Airborne Corps.

The 44th Division (Chinese: 第44师) was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, basing on the 26th Brigade, 9th Column of PLA Zhongyuan Field Army, formed in late 1946.

The division was a part of 15th Corps. It took part in the Chinese civil war under the flag of 44th Division.

In March 1951 the division entered Korea as a part of People's Volunteer Army and took part in the Fifth Phase Offensive in 1951 and the Battle of Triangle Hill.

In May 1954 the division returned from Korea with the Corps HQ, renamed as 44th Infantry Division(Chinese: 步兵第44师) of the National Defense Force. It was stationed at Guangshui, Hubei province. By then the division was composed of:

In April 1960 the division was renamed as the 44th Army Division(Chinese: 陆军第44师).

On June 1st, 1961, the division was converted to an Airborne Division, renaming itself as the 44th Airborne Division(Chinese: 空降兵第44师). The division was then transferred to the Air Force, along with the now 15th Airborne Corps. The division was composed then of:

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