Fighter Wing (and the first in the U.S. Air Force) to receive the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. The squadron was not equipped with aircraft immediately, but received its first F-35A on 2 September 2015. On 2 August 2016, the U.S. Air Force declared the 34th FS to be the first Air Force squadron to have reached initial operational capability with the F-35A. Operations World War II Vietnam War Operation Southern Watch Operation Desert Fox Operation Noble Eagle Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Lineage Constituted as the 34th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine Activated on 15 October 1944 Inactivated on 15 October 1946 Redesignated 34th Fighter-Day Squadron on 26 August 1954 Activated on 11 November 1954 Redesignated 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958 Inactivated on 15 March 1959 Activated on 2 May 1966 (not organized) Organized on 15 May 1966 Redesignated 34th Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 Inactivated on 16 July 2010 Activated on 17 July 2015 Assignments 413th Fighter Group; 15 October 1944 – 15 October 1946 413th Fighter-Day Group: 11 November 1954 (attached to Ninth Air Force 6 June – c. 13 July 1956) 413th Fighter-Day Wing (later 413th Tactical Fighter Wing): 8 October 1957 – 15 March 1959 Pacific Air Forces: 2 May 1966 (not organized) 41st Air Division: 15 May 1966 (attached to 388th Tactical Fighter Wing) 347th Tactical Fighter Wing: 15 January 1968 (remained attached to 388th Tactical Fighter Wing) 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (later 388th Fighter Wing): 15 March 1971 388th Operations Group: 1 December 1991 – 16 July 2010 388th Operations Group: 17 July 2015 Stations Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 15 October 1944 Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina, 9 November 1944 – 7 April 1945) Ie Shima Airfield, Japan, 19 May 1945 Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, c. 17 October 1945 Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 19 January 1946 – 15 October 1946 George Air Force Base, California, 11 November 1954 – 15 March 1959 Deployed to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 6 June – c. 13 July 1956 Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, 17 – 22 June 1957) Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 13 – 26 July 1958 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 15 May 1966 (operated from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand 1 – 27 February 1969) Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 23 December 1975 – 16 July 2010 Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 17