The 134th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the Green Mountain Boys, is a unit of the Vermont Air National Guard 158th Fighter Wing located at Burlington Air National Guard Base, Burlington, Vermont. From 1986 to 2019, the 134th FS were equipped with the General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 30. The last F-16s departed Burlington on 6 April 2019 in preparation for the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II which arrived on 19 September 2019. Since becoming an F-35A unit, the Green Mountain Boys are tasked with carrying out the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD).
134th FS F-35A Lightning II 18-5338 taxiing at Spangdahlem AB, 2022
Vermont Governor Charles W Gates examines a Vermont National Guard airplane at Fort Ethan Allen in 1915. At his left is VT Adjutant General BG Lee S Tillotion
134th Fighter Squadron F-51H Mustangs at Grenier Field, 1950
Vermont Air National Guard 134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102s, on alert at Ethan Allen Air National Guard Base, 1970 Aircraft identified as Convair F-102A-95-CO Delta Dagger 57-871 (Block 90) 57-852. Note different color fin caps.
Vermont Air National Guard
The Vermont Air National Guard (VT ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Vermont, United States of America. It is, along with the Vermont Army National Guard, an element of the Vermont National Guard. The 158th Fighter Wing is its sole unit. It is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Vermont through the office of the Vermont Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Vermont Air National Guard is headquartered at Burlington Air National Guard Base. As of 2019, the Vermont Air National Guard is the first Air National Guard unit to be assigned the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II.
F-16C Fighting Falcons of the 134th Fighter Squadron at Burlington AGB. The 134th is the oldest unit in the Vermont Air National Guard, having over 70 years of service to the state and nation.
F-51H Mustangs of the 134th Fighter Squadron at Burlington Airport, 1952
134th Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany