134th Fighter Squadron

134th Fighter Squadron

134th Fighter Squadron Patch
Active 1946–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Fighter
Part of Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ Burlington International Airport
Nickname The Green Mountain Boys

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.

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History

Lineage

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
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

Detachment operated from: Kurmitola, India, 21 Oct-Nov 1943; 28 May-11 Jun 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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References

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal
World War II portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ^ AFHRA Document 00420502
  2. ^ Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields Fort Ethan Allen AAF, Burlington, VT
  3. ^ World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

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