This article is about the 14th Fighter Squadron, formerly the 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. For the 14th Fighter Squadron of World War II, see 14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron.
14th Fighter Squadron
Squadron F-16C during a training exercise at Eielson AFB[note 1]
Distinguished Unit Citation Presidential Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device French Croix de Guerre with Palm Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
The 14th Fighter Squadron is part of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting Wild Weasel missions. The squadron has been stationed at Misawa since 1987.
The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. After training in the United States, the squadron moved to the European Theater of Operations. where it flew combat reconnaissance missions. It earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for missions flown over France between 31 May 1944 and the end of June. The squadron flew sorties to support Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy and Operation Market Garden, the airborne attack in the Netherlands. It conducted bomb damage assessment of Germany after VE Day. The squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at the port of embarkation in December 1945.
The squadron served in the reserves as a reconnaissance unit from November 1947 to June 1947 at Binghamton, New York, and as a troop carrier unit at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, from 1952 until it was replaced in 1953 by a squadron that had been called to active duty for the Korean War.
The squadron returned to the reconnaissance mission in April 1967 and after training in Texas moved to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base and flew combat missions in Southeast Asia from November 1967 until August 1973, earning two Presidential Unit Citations. For a period in 1971, it was the only reconnaissance squadron in Southeast Asia. The squadron was inactivated in June 1975 with the United States withdrawal from Southeast Asia.
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^Dollman, TSG David (11 October 2016). "Factsheet 14 Fighter Squadron (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp.79–80
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