34th Bombardment Squadron, US Air Force
34TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History:Organized as 34 Aero Squadron on 11 June 1917. Demobilized on 10 June 1919. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 34 Pursuit Squadron, on 24 March 1923. Activated on 15 July 1931. Redesignated as: 34 Attack Squadron on 1 March 1935; 34 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 17 October 1939; 34 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 October 1944. Inactivated on 26 November 1945. Redesignated as 34 Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 29 April 1947. Activated on 19 May 1947. Inactivated on 10 September 1948. Redesignated as 34 Bombardment Squadron, Light, Night Intruder, on 8 May 1952. Activated on 10 May 1952. Redesignated as 34 Bombardment Squadron, Tactical, on 1 Octobere 1955. Inactivated on 25 June 1958. Redesignated as 34 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, and activated, on 15 November 1962. Organized on 1 February 1963. Inactivated on 30 September 1976. Redesignated as 34 Bomb Squadron, and activated, on 1 July 1992. Ground training unit, 1918. Antisubmarine patrols, 22 December 1941–c. March 1942. Contributed aircrews for the April 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo, Japan. Combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and European Theater of Operations (ETO), 30 December 1942–1 May 1945. German disarmament, June–September 1945. Combat in Korea, c. 10 May 1952–July 1953. Provided crews and aircraft to other SAC units conducting combat operations over Southeast Asia. Beginning in 1994, equipped with B-1B aircraft for conducting long-range strike missions. Deployed for Operation Southern Watch as part of Expeditionary Task Force Southwest Asia (ETFSWA), 1995-1996. Deployed aircraft and aircrews to Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, for planned attacks on terrorist forces in Afghanistan, September 2001-January 2002. Flew B-1 aircraft non-stop from US to strike military targets in Libya as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn, 27 March 2011.
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The Emblem was approved on 18 June 1932.
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