34th Fighter Squadron

34th Fighter Squadron

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unit_name= 34th Fighter Squadron


caption= 34th Fighter Squadron Patch
dates= 15 October 1944 - 15 October 1946
11 November 1954 - 15 March 1959
2 May 1966 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Fighter
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command_structure= Air Combat Command
12th Air Force
388th Fighter Wing
388th Operations Group
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The 34th Fighter Squadron (34 FS) is part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

Mission

conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground operations for daylight and nighttime missions. [http://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4221 34 FS Fact Sheet] ]

History

The 34th was activated at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina on 15 October 1944, flying the P-47 Thunderbolt. The squadron served in the final stages of World War II, seeing combat operations in the Western Pacific from May 1945 to August 1946, while it was stationed in the Ryukyu Islands, first on Ie Shima and later on Okinawa. The 34th FS was de-activated on 15 October 1946, following the war, and was redesignated the 34th Fighter-Day Squadron prior to its reactivation in November 1954, at George Air Force Base, California. It was part of the 413th Fighter-Day Wing and was equipped with the F-86 Sabre. The 34th transitioned into the F-100 Super Sabre in 1956, which it flew until 1959 when it was again de-activated.

On 2 May 1966, the 34th FS was again activated and assigned to Pacific Air Forces. The squadron was part of the 41st Air Division at Yokota Air Base, Japan. One month later, the 34th deployed and was attached to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. The unit was equipped with the F-105 Thunderchief and conducted combat operations until May 1969. While assigned at Korat, the squadron transitioned into the F-4 Phantom II and continued combat operations in Southeast Asia.

The Rams participated in Operation Prize Bull on 21 September 1971. This was the first time U.S. forces bombed North Vietnam using all-weather capability. The 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron performed strike missions in support of a recovery operation for the SS Mayagüez, a merchant freighter captured by Cambodian Khmer Rouge guerrillas in May 1975.

On 23 December 1975, the 34th, as part of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, was relocated to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, still flying the F-4D Phantom II. In November 1979, the 34th TFS became the first fighter squadron to be fully equipped with the F-16 Fighting Falcon. For the next several years, the squadron conducted initial qualification training for pilots from around the world, including those from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Israel, and Norway.

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the 34th found themselves backing up the front-line forces of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) in Southwest Asia for Operation Desert Storm. The squadron flew their desert missions at Torrejon Air Base, Spain.

After the Gulf War, the 34th deployed in support of Operation Southern Watch. Between 1991 and 1996, the 34th FS deployed to Southwest Asia a total of five times. Several members of the 34th were injured on 25 June 1996 when the Khobar Towers housing compound was attacked. During December 1998, the 34th flew combat missions as part of Operation Desert Fox, a punitive operation aimed to make Iraq comply with United Nations sanctions. In June 2000, the 34th was the first active duty squadron deployed to Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles in support of Operation Coronet Nighthawk, flying drug interdiction missions in Latin America. The 34th flew F-16s combat air patrol sorties in support of Operation Noble Eagle during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In February 2003 the 34th supported Operation Noble Eagle from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia by patrolling the skies over Washington, D.C., during the height of Operation Iraqi Freedom.


=Operations [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0034fs.html AFHRA 34 FS Page] ] =

*World War II
*Vietnam War
*Operation Southern Watch
*Operation Desert Fox
*Operation Noble Eagle


=Lineage=

*34th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1944 - 1954)
*34th Fighter-Day Squadron (1954 - 1958)
*34th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1958 - 1991)
*34th Fighter Squadron (1991 - Present)


=Assignments=

*413th Fighter Group (1944 - 1946)
*413th Tactical Fighter Wing (1954 - 1959)
**Attached: 9th Air Force (6 June - c. 13 July 1956)
*Pacific Air Forces (1966)
*41st Air Division (1966 - 1968)
*347th Tactical Fighter Wing (1968 - 1971)
**Attached: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (15 May 1966 - 14 March 1971)
*388th Fighter Wing (1971 - Present)


=Bases stationed=

*Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina (1944)
*Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina (1944 - 1945)
*Ie Shima (1945)
*Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (1945 - 1946)
*Yontan Air Base, Okinawa (1946)
*George Air Force Base, California (1954 - 1959)
**Deployed: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina (6 June - c. 13 July 1956)
**Deployed: Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico (17 - 22 June 1957)
**Deployed: Luke Air Force Base, Arizona (13 - 26 July 1958)
*Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (1966 - 1975)
**Operated From: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (1 - 27 February 1969)
*Hill Air Force Base, Utah (1975 - Present)


=Aircraft Operated=

*P-47 Thunderbolt (1944 - 1946)
*F-86 Sabre (1954 - 1956)
*F-100 Super Sabre (1956 - 1959)
*F-105 Thunderchief (1966 - 1969)
*F-4 Phantom II (1969 - 1975, 1976 - 1979)
*F-16 Fighting Falcon (1979 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0034fs.html USAF 34th Fighter Squadron History]
* [http://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4221 34th Fighter Squadron Fact Sheet]

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