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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(s)	The Green Mountain Boys

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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] 44°30′14″N 73°09′41″W / 44.50389°N 73.16139°W / 44.50389; -73.16139

Assignments

311th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946.
Vermont Air National Guard, 1946-Present

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

Pungchacheng, China, 5 May 1945
Hsian, China, Aug 1945
Shanghai, China, 17 Oct 1945-16 Feb 1946.
Burlington International Airport, Vermont, 1946

Designated: Ethan Allen Air Force Base, 1953-1960

Designated: Burlington Air National Guard Base, 1991-Present

Aircraft

C-12F Huron(???-???)
F-35 Lightning II (Proposed to replace the F-16 Fighting Falcon in 2012)
C-26 Metroliner (1994–Present)
F-16 Fighting Falcon (1986–2012 proposed)
F-4D Phantom (1981–1986)
B-57C Canberra (1974–1981?)
EB-57B Canberra (1974–1981)
VT-29 Samaritan (1972–1994)
F-102/TF-102 Delta Dart (1965–1981)
F-89J Scorpion (1960–1965)

F-89D Scorpion (1958–1960)
C-54 Skymaster (1957–1972)
C-45 Expeditor (1954–1957)
F-94 Starfire (1954–1958)
T-33A Shooting Star (1953–1983)
P-51 Mustang (1950–1953)
P-47 Thunderbolt (1947–1950)
L-5 Sentinel (1946-???)
C-47 Skytrain (1946–1954)
AT-6 Texan (1946–1953)

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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

A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.

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[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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-[[File:F-4Ds 134th TFS Vermont ANG 1984.JPEG|thumb|134th TFS F-4Ds in 1984.]]
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+[[File:134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102s 1970.jpg|thumb|Vermont Air National Guard 134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102s, on alert at Ethan Allen Air National Guard Base, 1970 Aircraft identified as Convair F-102A-95-CO Delta Dagger 57-871 (Block 90) 57-852. Note different color fin caps.]]
 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]].