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14th Air Force Patch
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Fourteenth Air Force was constituted on March 5, 1943, and activated in China on March 10. It served in combat against the Japanese, operating primarily in China , until the end of the war.
WINGS: 68th Composite: 1943 - 1945. 69th Composite: 1943 - 1945. 312th Fighter: 1944 - 1945.
STATIONS: Kunming ; China , March 10, 1943; Peishiyi , China , August 7 - December 15, 1945.
COMMANDERS: Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, March 10, 1943; Maj.Gen. Charles B. Stone III, August 10, 1945 - end.
CAMPAIGNS: India-Burma; China Defensive; China Offensive.
DECORATIONS: None.
INSIGNE: On a blue disc, a winged Bengal tiger golden orange with black and white markings, below and partially covering a white star charged with a red disc.(Approved August 6, 1943.)
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