614th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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614th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Emblem of the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Active	1943-1992
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Tactical Fighter

An air-to-air view of USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0221 of the 614th TFS based at Torrejon AB

McDonnell F-4D-31-MC Phantom 66-7768 Torrejon Air Base, Spain, 1978. Retired to AMARC as FP0476 Apr 3, 1990. Now on display at Bastrop, TX.

World War II 614th Bombardment Squadron Emblem

North American F-100D-85-NH Super Sabre 56-3408 614TFS abt 1960

"Battlin' Betty" Vega B-17G-1-VE Flying Fortress s/n 42-39847 614th BS, 401st BG, 8th AF Shot down by flak and fighters on the April 11,1944 mission to bomb the synthetic oil refinery at Politz/Sorau. The entire crew became POW's. Photo taken at: RAF Deenethorpe (AAF-128), England

The 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 401st Operations Group, stationed at Torrejon Air Base, Spain. It was inactivated on 1 January 1992.

History

Activated in early 1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to England in November 1943, assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron. Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945. Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States; squadron reassigned to Second Air Force for re-equipping with B-29 Superfortresses. Japanese capitulation led to inactivation in August 1945.

Assigned to Air Force Reserve January 1947. Never equipped or manned, inactivated 1949.

Allocated to Tactical Air command, 1953 and reactivated as a Fighter-Bomber, later Tactical Fighter squadron. Performed routine deployments and exercises 1954-1966. Deployed to South Vietnam as part of USAF buildup of forces in 1966, engaging in tactical bombing of enemy targets in South Vietnam AOR.

Redeployed to NATO in 1971 as part of USAF drawdown of forces in Indochina. Assigned to USAFE in Spain, performed routine deployments and exercises. Deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield & Storm to Doha, Qatar in 1990-1991 as the flying portion of the 401st TFW (Provisional). Flew 1303 sorties into Iraq and Kuwait, delivering 3.7 million pounds of weapons. The first USAF unit to ever deploy to Qatar. Inactivated in 1992 as part of USAF drawdown of forces in Europe after the end of the Cold War.