14th Fighter Squadron

14th Fighter Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 14th Fighter Squadron


caption= 14th Fighter Squadron Patch
dates= 20 June 1942 - 27 December 1945
6 November 1947 - 27 June 1949
14 June 1952 - 1 April 1953
25 October 1966 - 30 June 1975
1 January 1987 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Fighter
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command_structure= Pacific Air Forces
5th Air Force
35th Fighter Wing
35th Operations Group
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The 14th Fighter Squadron (14 FS) is part of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

Mission

History

The 14th flew combat reconnaissance missions in the European Theater of Operations from, 12 August 194325 April 1945 and conducted damage assessment of Germany until 23 July 1945. It again flew combat missions in Southeast Asia from, 2 November 1967–August 1973 including documenting by aerial photography the communist takeover of Cambodia and the Republic of Vietnam in 1975. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0014fs.html AFHRA 14 FS Page] ]


=Operations=

*World War II
*Vietnam War


=Lineage=

*14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (1942 - 1943)
*14th Photographic Squadron (Light) (1943)
*14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (1943 - 1947)
*14th Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic (1947 - 1952)
*14th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952 - 1966)
*14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1966 - 1984)
*14th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1984 - 1991)
*14th Fighter Squadron (1991 - Present)


=Assignments=

*3d Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group (1942 - 1943)
*7th Reconnaissance Group (1943 - 1945)
*United States Air Forces in Europe (1945)
*65th Reconnaissance Group (1947 - 1949)
*65th Troop Carrier Group (1952 - 1953)
*Tactical Air Command (1966 - 1967)
*75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1967)
*432d Tactical Fighter Wing (1967 - 1975)
*432d Fighter Wing (1987 - 1994)
*35th Fighter Wing (1994 - Present)


=Bases stationed=

*Peterson Army Air Field, Colorado (1942 - 1943)
*RAF Mount Farm, England (1943 - 1945)
*RAF Chalgrove, England (1945)
*Vélizy-Villacoublay, France (1945)
*Camp Shanks, New York (1945)
*Binghamton, New York (1947 - 1949)
*Mitchel Air Force Base, New York (1952 - 1953)
*Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas (1967)
*Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (1967 - 1975)
*Misawa Air Base, Japan (1987 - Present)


=Aircraft Operated=

*P-38 Lightning (1942 - 1944, 1944 - 1945)
*Supermarine Spitfire (1943 - 1945)
*P-51 Mustang (1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945, 1952 - 1953)
*C-53 Skytrooper (1945)
*T-6 Texan (1947 - 1949)
*AT-11 Kansan (1947 - 1949)
*RF-4 (1967- 1975)
*F-16 Fighting Falcon (1987 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0014fs.html USAF 14th Fighter Squadron History]
* [http://www.misawa.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6964 14th Fighter Squadron Fact Sheet]

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