334th Fighter Squadron

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334th Fighter Squadron
334th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle taking off[note 1]
Active	1942–1945; 1946–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Attack
Garrison/HQ	Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Nickname(s)	Eagles
Equipment	F-15E Strike Eagle
Engagements	European Theater of Operations Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War[1]
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Presidential Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm[1]
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Craig Nordgren
Notable commanders	Lt Col Duane Beeson Colonel Will Whisner Lt Colonel George Davis Lt General Michael C. Short[2] Lt General Norman Seip
Insignia
334th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 27 September 1950)[1]

The 334th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 4th Operations Group and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

The 334th was constituted on 22 August 1942 as an incorporation of the No. 71 Squadron RAF, an Eagle Squadron of American volunteers in Great Britain's Royal Air Force. After the United States entered the war, the squadron was transferred to the U.S. Army Air Forces. It was officially constituted by War Department letter on 12 August 1942, and was activated at Bushey Hall, England on 12 September 1942.

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