134th Fighter Squadron
The 134th Fighter Squadron flies the F-16C Fighting Falcon. It is a unit of the Vermont Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 158th Fighter Wing.
History
Lineage
- Constituted 384th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 Jan 1942.
- Activated on 2 Mar 1942
- Re-designated: 384th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 Jul 1942
- Re-designated: 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 Sep 1943
- Re-designated: 530th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944
- Inactivated on 16 Feb 1946
- Re-designated: 134th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Vermont ANG, on 24 May 1946.
- Received federal recognition and activated on 1 February 1951
- Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951
- Re-designated: 134th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine), 1 March 1951
- Released from active duty and returned to Vermont state control, 1 November 1952
- Re-designated: 134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1954
- Re-designated: 134th Tactical Bomber Squadron, 1974
- Re-designated: 134th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1981
- Re-designated: 134th Fighter Squadron, 1991
Note: A 134th Observation Squadron was active at Ethan Allen Army Airfield, Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vermont as a Vermont National Guard reconnaissance unit for the United States Army 7th Field Artillery Regiment. It was activated about 1924 and was disbanded about 1940.[1][2]
Assignments
- 32d Air Division (ADC), 1 February 1951
- Federalized and placed on active duty under Air Defense Command, 10 February 1951
- 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 10 February 1951
- Attached to: 23d Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1 April 1951
- 4711th Defense Wing, 7 February 1952
- 32d Air Division (ADC), 1 November 1952
- 101st Fighter Interceptor Group (ADC), 16 April 1956
- 158th Fighter Interception Group (ADC), 1960
- 158th Defense Systems Evaluation Group (TAC), 1974
- 158th Tactical Fighter Group (TAC), 1981
- 158th Fighter Group (ACC), 1992
- 158th Fighter Wing (ACC), 1995-Present
Stations
- Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 2 March 1942
- Hunter Field, Georgia, 4 July 1942
- Waycross Army Airfield, Georgia, 22 October 1942 – 18 July 1943
- Nawadih Airfield, India, 14 September 1943
- Dinjan Airfield, India, 18 Oct 1943
- Detachment operated from: Kurmitola, India, 21 Oct-Nov 1943; 28 May-11 Jun 1944
- Kwanghan, China, 21 Oct 1944
- Detachment operated from: Hsian, China, 30 Oct 1944-21 Feb 1945
- Designated: Ethan Allen Air Force Base, 1953-1960
- Designated: Burlington Air National Guard Base, 1991-Present
Aircraft
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