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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134
|image= [[Image:VMFA-134_large.gif|225px]]
|caption= VMFA-134 Insignia
|dates= [[March 1]], [[1943]] - [[April 30]], [[1946]]<br>[[April 15]], [[1958]] - [[April 1]], [[2007]]
|country= [[United States]]
|allegiance=
|branch= [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]]
|type= Fighter/Attack
|role= [[Close air support]]<br>[[Air interdiction]]<br>[[Aerial reconnaissance]]
|size=
|command_structure= Inactive
|current_commander=
|garrison=
|ceremonial_chief=
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|nickname= "Smoke"
|patron=
|motto="Smoke'em if you got'em"
|colors='''[[Tail Code|MF]]'''
|colors_label=Tail Code
|march=
|mascot=
|battles= '''[[World War II]]'''<br>'''[[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]'''
|anniversaries=
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'''Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134''' (VMFA-134) is a reserve [[F/A-18 Hornet]] squadron in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. Known as "Smoke", the squadron is based at [[Marine Corps Air Station Miramar]], [[California]] and is falls under [[Marine Aircraft Group 46]] (MAG-46) and the [[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]] (4th MAW). On [[April 1]], [[2007]] the squadron was transitioned to cadre status and its gear and personnel were redistributed throughout the remaining F/A-18 Hornet squadrons.<ref> {{cite web
|url=http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/19081E02BFA3FF3C852572B40061B188?opendocument
|title= Sun sets on an era: Moonlighters transition to cadre status
|work=Marine Corps News
|author=Horst, Dane M.
|date=[[April 8]] [[2007]]
|accessdate=2007-04-07}} </ref><ref name="">{{cite paper
| author = LtGen John Castellaw
| title = 2007 Marine Aviation Plan
| version =
| publisher = Headquarters Marine Corps
| date = 2007
| url = http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/AVN/Documents/Signed%20AvPlan.pdf
| format =
| accessdate = 2007-11-18 }}</ref>
== Mission ==
Conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground operations in support of the Marine rifleman.
== History ==
=== World War II ===
Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 134 ('''VMSB-134''']] was activated on [[May 1]], [[1943]] at [[Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara]], California, and assigned to Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 42, Marine Fleet Air, West Coast. Shortly thereafter it was redesignated as Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 134 ('''VMTB-134''') on [[June 1]], [[1943]]. From October to November 1943 the squadron deployed to [[Espirtitu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]], and detached from the Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing. In November 1943 the squadron was reassigned to [[Marine Aircraft Group 11]], [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing]].
During the course of [[World War II]] VMFA-134 supported operations on [[Battle of Bougainville|Bougainville]], the [[Bismarck Archipelago]] and [[Battle of Peleliu|Peleliu]]. Following these campaigns the squadron went through numerous reassignments to include the following:
*Reassigned during January 1944 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 24]].
*Reassigned during March 1944 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 14]].
*Reassigned during May 1944 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 12]].
*Reassigned during June 1944 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 11]], [[2nd Marine Aircraft Wing]].
*Reassigned during December 1944 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 11]], [[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]].
Following the war, VMFA-134 was assigned to [[Tsingtao]], [[China]] during October 1945 to participate in the occupation Of Northern China from October 1945 to April 1946. During this time they were again reassigned in November 1945 to [[Marine Aircraft Group 32]], [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing]] and to [[Marine Aircraft Group 12]] in April 1946 upon their return from [[China]]. The squadron was deactivated on [[April 30]], [[1946]].
=== 1958-1986 ===
The squadron was reactivated on [[April 15]], [[1958]] at [[Naval Air Station Los Alamitos]], California, as Marine Fighter Squadron 134 ('''VMF-314''') in the [[Marine Forces Reserve|Marine Air Reserve]].
Redesignated again on [[July 1]], [[1962]] as Marine Attack Squadron 134 ('''VMA-134'''), Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air Reserve Training Command, Los ALamitos, California. In February 1965 they were again reassigned to [[Marine Aircraft Group 43]], [[4th Marine Aircraft Wing]]. 1971 saw the squadron move to [[Marine Corps Air Station El Toro]], California. The last redesignation of the squadron occurred on [[October 1]], [[1983]] as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 with a new assignment to [[Marine Aircraft Group 46]].
== Awards ==
* [[Navy Unit Commendation |Navy Unit Commendation Streamer]]
** Peleliu - 1944
* Asiatic - Pacific Campaign Streamer with Three Bronze Stars
* World War II Victory Streamer
* China Service Streamer
==See also==
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* [[United States Marine Corps Aviation]]
* [[List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons]]
* [[List of inactive United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmaw/mag46/vmfa134/ VMFA-134's official website]
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[[Category:Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps]]
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