Lineage

Constituted 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 9 Jun 1942. Activated on 20 Jun 1942. Redesignated: 14th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 5 Feb 1943; 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943. Inactivated on 27 Dec 1945. Redesignated 14th Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic, on 8 Oct 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 6 Nov 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 26 May 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 14 Jun 1952. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1953. Redesignated 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, and activated, on 25 Oct 1966. Organized on 3 Apr 1967. Inactivated on 30 Jun 1975. Redesignated 14th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 5 Jun 1984. Activated on 1 Jan 1987. Redesignated 14th Fighter Squadron on 31 May 1991.

Assignments

3d Photographic (later, 3d Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping) Group, 20 Jun 1942 (attached to Second Air Force, 31 Aug?5 Oct 1942; Army Air Forces, 6 Oct 1942?4 May 1943; Eighth Air Force, 5 May?7 Jul 1943); 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping (later, 7th Photographic; 7th Reconnaissance) Group, 7 Jul 1943; United States Air Forces in Europe, 21 Nov?27 Dec 1945. 65th Reconnaissance Group, 6 Nov 1947?27 Jun 1949. 65th Troop Carrier Group, 14 Jun 1952?1 Apr 1953. Tactical Air Command, 25 Oct 1966; 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 3 Apr 1967; 432d Tactical Reconnaissance (later, 432d Tactical Fighter) Wing, 28 Oct 1967?30 Jun 1975. 432d Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Jan 1987; 432d Operations Group, 31 May 1991; 35th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1994?.

Stations

Colorado Springs, CO, 20 Jun 1942; Colorado Springs (later, Peterson) AAFld, CO, 1 Aug 1942?24 Apr 1943; Mount Farm, England, 12 May 1943; Chalgrove, England, 2 Apr 1945; Villacoublay, France, c. 13 Oct?12 Dec 1945; Camp Shanks, NY, 24?27 Dec 1945. Binghampton, NY, 6 Nov 1947?27 Jun 1949. Mitchel AFB, NY, 14 Jun 1952?1 Apr 1953. Bergstrom AFB, TX, 3 Apr?25 Oct 1967; Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, 28 Oct 1967?30 Jun 1975. Misawa AB, Japan, 1 Jan 1987?.

Aircraft

P?38/F?4, 1942; P?38/F?5, 1942?1944, 1944?1945; Spitfire, 1943?1945; P?51, 1945; C?64, 1945; C?53, 1945. T?6, 1947?1949; T?11, 1947?1949. C?46, 1952?1953. RF?4, 1967?1975. F?16, 1987?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 12 Aug 1943?25 Apr 1945; damage assessment of Germany until 23 Jul 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 2 Nov 1967?Aug 1973; documented by aerial photography the communist takeover of Cambodia and the Republic of Vietnam in 1975.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Vietnam: Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III; Vietnam Air/Ground; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV; TET 69/Counteroffensive; Vietnam Summer-Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter-Spring, 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Southwest Monsoon; Commando Hunt V; Commando Hunt VI; Commando Hunt VII; Vietnam Ceasefire.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 31 May?30 Jun 1944. Presidential Unit Citations (Southeast Asia): [28 Oct] 1967?1 Nov 1968; 1 Nov 1968?31 Oct 1969. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 21 Nov 1969?20 Nov 1970; 21 Nov 1970?6 Apr 1971; 18 Dec 1972?27 Jan 1973; 5 Jan?12 Apr 1975. French Croix de Guerre with Palm: 1944. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: [28 Oct] 1967?28 Jan 1973.

Emblem

On a Black disc, a Samurai Warrior detailed in Black, Red, White, and Yellow rides a Yellow lightning bolt through White clouds on a Blue background. Approved on 7 Jan 1993 (DFSC 94?02106); replaced emblem approved on 4 Dec 1943 (K&KE 8337).