414th Fighter Group

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
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 Kevin Fesler
Insignia
414th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 28 July 1956)
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.

The 414th Fighter Group was reactivated as an Air Force Reserve Command associate unit in July 2010. The group is an associate unit of the 4th Fighter Wing of Air Combat Command (ACC) and if mobilized the wing is gained by ACC. The role of the new group is to help Seymour Johnson Air Force Base produce more qualified McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle aircrew and provide skilled maintainers to assist in the maintenance of the F-15E aircraft.