334th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
334TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 334 Fighter Squadron on 22 August 1942. Activated on 12 September 1942. Redesignated as 334 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 August 1943. Inactivated on 10 November 1945. Activated on 9 September 1946. Redesignated as: 334 Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 23 April 1947; 334 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 14 June 1948; 334 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950; 334 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 8 March 1955; 334 Fighter-Day Squadron on 25 April 1956; 334 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958; 334 Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Flew at least 400 combat missions in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 2 October 1942–21 April 1945. Fighter aircraft escorted first bombing raid over Berlin, March 1944. On 21 June 1944, escorted bombers in the first shuttle bombing mission from England to Russia. Received Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for destroying enemy aircraft and attacking air bases, 5 March-24 April 1944. During time in ETO, destroyed over 200 enemy aircraft. Inactivated in November 1945; reactivated in September 1946. In 1947 received jet aircraft; performed at air shows around the US; began night flying. Received second and third DUCs for combat in Korean War, 22 April-8 July 1951 and 9 July-27 November 1951. The first jet ace belonged to this squadron. Deployed to Florida during Cuban missile crisis, October-November 1962. Combat in Southeast Asia on a rotational basis, September 1965–February 1966; April–August 1972; September 1972–March 1973. Deployed to Korea during Pueblo incident, 1968. In the 1980s, exercised mission capabilities in support of NATO treaty obligations. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, shared rotational duties to area with 335 and 336 Fighter Squadrons. Trained as a combat-ready fighter squadron prepared for rapid worldwide deployment of fighter aircraft and crews to accomplish air-to-ground, air-to-air, strategic attack, and deep interdiction missions. Since 1994, trained replacement fighter pilots and weapons systems officers (WSO) to sustain worldwide manning requirements. Beginning in 2002, deployed personnel in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in Southwest Asia.
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The Emblem was approved on 27 September 1950.
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