| 414th Fighter Group | |
|---|---|
 414th Fighter Group McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 88-1674 | |
| Active | 1944–1946; 1955–1969; 2010–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Fighter/Attack |
| Size | 250 full and part time reservists[1] |
| Part of |  Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina |
| Engagements | Pacific Ocean theater of World War II |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col Chad Shenk |
| Insignia | |
| 414th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 28 July 1956)[2] |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | F-15E Strike Eagle |
The 414th Fighter Group is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 944th Fighter Wing of Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
The group was first activated in the fall of 1944 as a long-range fighter unit. It moved to the Pacific Ocean Theater, where it saw limited combat as an element of Twentieth Air Force. After the surrender of Japan, it moved to Clark Field in the Philippines, where it was part of Thirteenth Air Force until its planes were transferred to another group and it was inactivated in September 1946.
The 414th was activated again in the summer of 1955 at Oxnard Air Force Base, California as part of the air defenses of the Pacific coast. It was the United States Air Force host organization at Oxnard and provided logistical support to Air Defense Command radar stations nearby. It flew various interceptor aircraft at Oxnard through 1969 when it was inactivated in a reduction of manned interceptors as the United States faced a reduced threat from Soviet bombers.
The group was activated in its current role as an associate unit in 2010, flying and maintaining the same aircraft as the regular Air Force 4th Fighter Wing.
- ^ Mann, Maj Shannon (31 October 2011). "414th Fighter Group is official". 916th ARW Public Affairs Office. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 298–299