Lineage

Constituted 334th Fighter Squadron on 22 Aug 1942. Activated on 12 Sep 1942. Redesignated 334th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 10 Nov 1945. Activated on 9 Sep 1946. Redesignated: 334th Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 23 Apr 1947; 334th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 14 Jun 1948; 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 334th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 8 Mar 1955; 334th Fighter-Day Squadron on 25 Apr 1956; 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958; 334th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

4th Fighter Group, 12 Sep 1942?10 Nov 1945. 4th Fighter (later, 4th Fighter-Interceptor; 4th Fighter-Bomber; 4th Fighter-Day) Group, 9 Sep 1946; 4th Fighter-Day (later, 4th Tactical Fighter; 4th) Wing, 8 Dec 1957 (attached to 65th Air Division, 1 Apr?13 Aug 1963; Seventeenth Air Force, 15 Feb?29 May 1965; 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 2 Sep 1965?5 Feb 1966; 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, 16 Dec 1969?c. 31 May 1970; 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 11 Apr?5 Aug 1972 and 30 Sep 1972?18 Mar 1973; 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, 28 Aug?29 Sep 1980, 26 Aug?29 Sep 1981, and 22 May?20 Jun 1984); 4th Operations Group, 22 Apr 1991?.

Stations

Bushey Hall, England, 12 Sep 1942; Debden, England, 29 Sep 1942; Steeple Morden, England, c. 23 Jul?4 Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 9?10 Nov 1945. Selfridge Field, MI, 9 Sep 1946; Andrews Field (later, AFB), MD, 26 Mar 1947; Langley AFB, VA, 4 May 1949; New Castle County Aprt, DE, 13 Aug?11 Nov 1950; Johnson AB, Japan, 13 Dec 1950; Taegu AB, South Korea, 23 Feb 1951; Suwon AB, South Korea, 15 Mar 1951; Johnson AB, Japan, 1 May 1951; Kimpo AB, South Korea, 24 Aug 1951; Chitose AB, Japan, 20 Sep 1954; Misawa AB, Japan, 1 Jul?8 Dec 1957; Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, 8 Dec 1957? (deployed at McCoy AFB, FL, 21 Oct?29 Nov 1962; Moron AB, Spain, 1 Apr?13 Aug 1963; Incirlik AB, Turkey, 15 Feb?29 May 1965; Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, 2 Sep 1965?5 Feb 1966; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 16 Dec 1969?c. 31 May 1970; Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, 11 Apr?5 Aug 1972 and 30 Sep 1972?18 Mar 1973; Ramstein AB, Germany, 28 Aug?29 Sep 1980, 26 Aug?29 Sep 1981, and 22 May?20 Jun 1984).

Aircraft

Spitfire, 1942?1943; P?47, 1943?1944; P?51, 1944?1945. P?47, 1947; P?80, 1947?1949; F?51, 1948?1949; F?86, 1949?1958; F?100, 1958?1959; F?105, 1959?1966; F?4, 1967?1991; F?15, 1991?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 2 Oct 1942?21 Apr 1945. Combat in Korea, 15 Dec 1950?27 Jul 1953. Combat in Southeast Asia on a rotational basis, Sep 1965?Feb 1966; Apr?Aug 1972; Sep 1972?Mar 1973.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Korea: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953. Vietnam: Vietnam Defensive; Vietnam Air; Vietnam Ceasefire.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: France, 5 Mar?24 Apr 1944; Korea, 22 Apr?8 Jul 1951; Korea, 9 Jul?27 Nov 1951. Presidential Unit Citation: Vietnam, 1 Jan?10 Oct 1966. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 2 Sep 1965?28 Jan 1966; 11 Apr?8 Jul 1972 and 25 Sep?20 Oct 1972; 18 Dec 1972?27 Jan 1973. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1967?30 Jun 1968; 16 Sep 1973?15 Apr 1974; 22 Nov 1974?31 Dec 1975; 1 Jun 1982?31 May 1984; 1 Jul 1989?22 Apr 1991; 23 Apr 1991?31 Mar 1993. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations: 1 Nov 1951?30 Sep 1952; 1 Oct 1952?31 Mar 1953. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 8 Apr 1972?28 Jan 1973.

Emblem

On a disc Or, a fighting *****, his body, head, and wings Gules, wearing a pair of boxing gloves Argent, also beak and thighs of White, feet Gray, talons and comb Sable. Approved on 27 Sep 1950 (K 10268). COPYRIGHT?Walt Disney. MOTTO: FIGHTING EAGLES. Approved in 1994.