14th Flying Training Wing, US Air Force

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14TH FLYING TRAINING WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 14 Fighter Wing on 29 July 1947. Organized on 15 Aug 1947. Inactivated on 2 October 1949. Redesignated as 14 Air Commando Wing, and activated, on 28 February 1966. Organized on 8 March 1966. Redesignated as 14 Special Operations Wing on 1 August 1968. Inactivated on 30 September 1971. Redesignated as 14 Flying Training Wing on 22 March 1972. Activated on 1 June 1972. Provided air defense for the northeastern United States, 1947–1949. Performed combat operations in Southeast Asia, March 1966–September 1971, operating from numerous locations in South Vietnam and Thailand. Operations included close and direct air support, interdiction, combat airlift, aerial resupply, visual and photographic reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency operations, psychological warfare (including leaflet dropping and aerial broadcasting), forward air control (FAC) operations and escort, search and rescue, escort for convoy and defoliation operations, flare drops, civic actions, and humanitarian actions. The wing also operated Nha Trang AB, South Vietnam, March 1966–October 1969, and provided maintenance support for a number of tenants. Trained South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) personnel in AC–119 operations and maintenance, February–August 1971, and transferred some of its AC–119s to the VNAF, August–September 1971 as part of a phase-down for inactivation. Replaced, and absorbed resources of, the 3650 Pilot Training Wing in June 1972 at Columbus AFB, MS, and assumed an undergraduate pilot training program, plus base operations and maintenance. From 1993 to 2004, the wing also trained pilots in fighter fundamentals. On 27 January 1995, 2 Lt. Kelly Flinn graduated from pilot training with the 14 Flying Training Wing on her way to becoming the first woman to enter B-52 combat crew training. Transitioned to additional specialized undergraduate pilot training.


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The Emblem was approved on 19 June 1967; updated 11 December 2007.

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