14th Air Force

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major command echelon numbered air force

The 14th Air Force was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force known for its roles in space operations and, historically, for its World War II service as the "Flying Tigers" in the China-Burma-India theater.

Aliases (2)

Fourteenth Air Force ×3
USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in China ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major command echelon → numbered air force →
alliance	Chinese Nationalist forces →
awarded	unit citations →
branch	United States Air Force → United States Army Air Forces →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States →
enemy	Imperial Japanese forces →
equipment	bombers → fighter aircraft → reconnaissance aircraft →
garrison	Robins Air Force Base → Vandenberg Air Force Base →
hasCommander	Claire Lee Chennault →
hasComponent	space operations squadrons → space wings →
heritage	American Volunteer Group →
heritageTransferredTo	United States Space Force units →
location	California → Georgia →
mission	command and control of space forces → provide space forces to combatant commanders →
nickname	Flying Tigers →
notableAircraft	Consolidated B-24 Liberator → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk → Lockheed P-38 Lightning → North American B-25 Mitchell →
notableFor	World War II combat operations in China → heritage of the Flying Tigers →
operation	air defense of China → close air support for Chinese ground forces → interdiction of Japanese supply lines →
partOf	United States Air Force →
precededBy	China Air Task Force →
role	air operations → space operations →
serviceBranchDuringWWII	United States Army Air Forces →
shortName	14 AF →
subordinateTo	Air Force Space Command → United States Space Command →
symbol	Flying Tiger emblem →
theater	China Theater → China-Burma-India Theater →
tradition	shark-mouth nose art on aircraft →
type	operational command →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
30th Space Wing ("Fourteenth Air Force") →	commandStructure
50th Space Wing →	higherCommand
Air Force Space Command →	notableUnit
Air Force Space Command →	oversaw
Space Operations Command ("Fourteenth Air Force") →	precededBy
American Volunteer Group →	succeededBy
China Air Task Force ("Fourteenth Air Force") →	successor
China Theater →	successorUnit
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ("USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in China") →	supported