Editing Tactical Air Command (section)

=== Korean War ===
[[Image:Tf80-67trg-korea.jpg|thumb|Lockheed RF-80A-15-LO Shooting Star, AF Ser. No. 44-85260, of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group.]]
[[Image:C119-314thtcg-korea.jpg|thumb|Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar, AF Ser. No 48-352, of the 314th Troop Carrier Group.]]
{{Further|United States Air Force in South Korea}}
On the morning of 25 June 1950, the peace in South Korea was shattered by the sound of invading [[tank]]s. The [[North Korea]]n army had crossed the 38th parallel and were driving south towards the South Korean capital of [[Seoul]] in an effort to unite the country under Communist rule. The United States Air Force, weakened by post-World War II demobilization, associated budget reductions, and preoccupied with the threat of the Soviet Union, was thrust into its first war as a separate service when North Korea invaded South Korea.

Air bases in the United States went on mobility alert to prepare for overseas movement in response to what was then described as the "Korean Emergency." Units from SAC and CONAC were deployed to Japan and South Korea, while [[Air Force Reserve Command|Air Force Reserve]] and [[Air National Guard]] units were recalled to active duty and, in the case of the Air National Guard, placed under Federal Service in case they were needed. What started out as an emergency turned into a bona-fide war. The Korean War marked the creation of a professional Air Force that would grow in size and strength for decades to come.

From the start, the deployed tactical fighters and bombers to Japan and South Korea were effective. On 10 July a North Korean armored column was trapped at a bombed-out bridge near Pyongtaek. [[F-80 Shooting Star]]s, [[B-26 Invader]]s, and [[F-82 Twin Mustang]]s destroyed 117 trucks, 38 tanks, and seven half-tracks. This attack, along with others, gutted North Korea's single armored division. Had it survived, the North Korean force could have easily punched through the [[United Nations]] (UN) defensive line at [[Pusan]] and driven UN Command (UNC) forces into the sea.

By the end of August 1950, the initial North Korean onslaught was reversed and Seoul was retaken. As the United Nations forces advanced into North Korea, forces from the [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]] stepped in to help their North Korean allies. The UN advance ground to a halt in December, then retreated south in early 1951 while tactical aircraft continued to support of United Nations forces. Eventually, the line stabilized along the 38th Parallel, where a stalemate ensued for the next two years.<ref name="multi3"/>

==== Known TAC units and aircraft deployed to Far East Air Forces (1950–1953) ====
Units and aircraft were stationed both in South Korea and Japan and attached to [[Fifth Air Force]] during their deployment to [[Far East Air Forces]] (FEAF). This list does not include ConAC, [[Air Force Reserve]], or Air National Guard tactical air units federalized and deployed to FEAF during the Korean War.<ref name="multi2"/><ref>[http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/korean_war/usaf_organizations_korea/usaf_organizations_korea_introduction.html USAF Organizations in Korea 1950–1953] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113201602/http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/korean_war/usaf_organizations_korea/usaf_organizations_korea_introduction.html |date=13 January 2009 }} United States Air Force Office of Historical Research, Maxwell AFB, Alabama</ref>

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* [[4th Fighter Wing|4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing]] ([[F-86 Sabre]])
: Deployed from: [[New Castle Airport]], [[Delaware]]
* [[474th Tactical Fighter Wing|474th Fighter-Bomber Group Wing]] ([[F-84 Thunderjet]])
: Deployed from: [[Cannon AFB|Clovis AFB]], [[New Mexico]]
* [[452d Air Mobility Wing|452nd Bombardment Wing (Light)]] ([[A-26 Invader|B-26 Invader]])
: Deployed from: [[George AFB]], California
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* [[67th Network Warfare Wing|67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing]] (RF-80, RF-86, RB-26)
: Deployed from: [[March AFB]], California
* [[314th Airlift Wing|314th Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)]] ([[C-119 Flying Boxcar]])
: Deployed from: [[Smyrna AFB]], [[Tennessee]]
* [[403d Wing|403rd Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)]] (C-119, C-47, C-54)
: [[Portland International Airport|Portland Airport]], [[Oregon]]
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