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Kingsley Field Fire Department Trains Local Firefighters
August 10, 2023 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Kingsley Field Fire Department conducted F-15 familiarization training with local Fire District One emergency personnel at Kingsley Field this month.Kingsley Field Fire...

Oregon Air National Guard Pilot to fly with Thunderbirds
August 4, 2023 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Maj. Tyler Clark, a 173rd Fighter Wing instructor pilot and chief of scheduling, is the first Air National Guard fighter pilot chosen to be a Thunderbird demonstration pilot.The...

Air Guard, Thai Counterparts Plan Air Refueling Engagement
July 5, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Leaders from the Royal Thai Air Force and Washington Air National Guard wrapped up the final planning conference on what could be a historic engagement in the Kingdom of Thailand...

Kid’s Artwork Selected for Nose Art on Oregon Air Guard F-15
June 29, 2023 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On June 23, 11-year-old Kaelynn Hartman stepped into the hangar at Kingsley Field to see her artwork adorned on the nose of a 173rd Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle.“It’s unbelievable...

173rd Fighter Wing to Host F-35 Training Squadron
May 26, 2023 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - The Air Force has selected the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing as the preferred location to host the service’s next F-35A Lightning II training squadron. The...

Oregon Airmen Prepare for Wildland Fire Season
May 12, 2023 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, spent five days preparing to fight wildland fires and be ready if the governor needs to call upon them this...

Western Air Defense Sector Conducts Exercise at Oregon Beach
May 1, 2023 — SUNSET BEACH, Ore. - For the past month, Airmen from the Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron have been innovating mobile tactical command and control planning and exercises to inch...

173rd FW Deploys to Florida for Missile Live-fire Training
April 12, 2023 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Nearly 120 Airmen and six F-15C Eagles from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle to train with live...

Oregon Airmen, Soldiers Train to set up Communications Capability
September 14, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The 173rd Fighter Wing Communications Flight practiced domestic operations skills with Army National Guard counterparts from Salem Sept. 10, setting up an internet satellite and...

Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing Trains with Marine Counterparts
August 24, 2022 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – The 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, has been in the fighter training business for nearly 40 years and is the sole F-15C...

Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival
July 26, 2022 — CULTUS LAKE, Ore. – U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, and the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted water survival skills...

142nd Wing Guardsmen hone skills in WSEP/Checkered Flag 22-2
May 31, 2022 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- Roughly 200 142nd Wing Guardsmen and a fleet of 123rd Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles flew from Oregon to Florida in May to participate in a two-week exercise known as WSEP...

Oregon National Guard Airmen save lives in Idaho
May 26, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Two Idahoans are alive today thanks to the quick and skillful reaction of some of America’s most elite service members. After completing a day of small arms training, Airmen with the...

Technology helps 173rd FW runners avoid injury, run faster
March 16, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Master Sgt. Justin Lafon stares intently at an image of a skeleton striding along, watching legs, feet and knees working in concert. The knee sweeps forward, rolling the foot...

Oregon Air Guard’s 116th ACS joins Exercise Red Flag
March 15, 2022 — NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Squadron (ACS) is participating in Exercise Red Flag, a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise for military...

116th Air Control Squadron acquires new radome assembly
January 5, 2022 — CAMP RILEA, Ore. – The 116th Air Control Squadron received a long-awaited radar radome assembly, a domed structure to house its mission-critical air surveillance equipment. The assembly was installed...

Oregon National Guard wraps up hospital support mission
January 3, 2022 — PORTLAND, Ore. – In late August, more than 300 Oregon Air Guardsmen from the Portland Air National Guard Base’s 142nd Wing were rapidly mobilized to provide emergency support to Oregon hospitals...

Oregon Air Guard firefighters, partners ‘Burn-to-Learn’
December 15, 2021 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Kingsley Field firefighters in the Oregon Air National Guard partnered with local community organizations Dec. 8 to hone their response to structure fires.Klamath Falls Fire...

Oregon Wing's structural innovation helps keep aircraft aloft
December 6, 2021 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. – For years, structural maintainers have emerged as artisans of sorts, creating parts by hand, meticulously shaping them from custom wood forms and delicate hand-tool work.Gently...

National Guard's interstate cooperation enhances air defense
October 1, 2021 — WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii – In an operations center on the slopes of the Waianae mountain range, teams of Air National Guard Airmen monitor pods of brightly colored computer screens. From their...

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113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

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