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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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

173rd Fighter Wing crew chief pays homage to Choctaw lineage
May 16, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – An F-15C crew chief’s quest to honor military tradition and his Native American heritage paid off with commemorative painting on the aircraft nose, as well as a visit from a... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

Oregon Airmen conduct joint familiarization training
September 22, 2021 — PORTLAND AIR GUARD STATION, Ore. – Members of the U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing (CPRW) 10 joined up with the 123rd Fighter Squadron of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing to conduct... MORE

Oregon Guard Airmen support Oregon hospitals
September 2, 2021 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Oregon National Guard activated 50 Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing Sept. 1 to support hospitals in the Springfield–Eugene area, with more on standby if additional... MORE

270th ATCS makes ANG history during Patriot North exercise
July 15, 2021 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. – Airmen from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, operated a mobile air traffic control unit during Patriot North 21 at Ft McCoy in... MORE

173rd FW joins search and rescue team in simulated exercise
June 10, 2021 — GERBER RESERVOIR, Ore. – In a quiet corner of an Eastern Oregon forest, a team of volunteers in bright yellow shirts emblazoned with “Search and Rescue” combed the rocky hills in search of a mannequin... MORE

The 142nd Wing gears up for the new F-15EX
February 11, 2021 — PORTLAND, Ore. – The 142nd Wing started as an observation squadron with a fighter group, then a fighter wing, and now a wing. It has harnessed different aircraft, from the P-51 to the F-15C Eagle... MORE

125th STS Airmen conduct extrication training
October 15, 2020 — PORTLAND, Ore. – Non-salvageable vehicles usually end up sitting in a scrap yard or are crushed and recycled. But one squadron routinely uses junked cars as a training tool to potentially save... MORE

EOC provides behind-the-scenes support during Oregon fires
September 23, 2020 — PORTLAND, Ore. – For nearly two weeks, Guardsmen from the Portland Air National Guard Base supported Operation Plan Smokey, an interagency wildfire relief effort. But the Airmen on the front lines are... MORE

Samoa, Nevada Guard Pair in Growing State Partnership Program

Minnesota Guard Conducts 30th Year of Winter Training

Vermont Army Aviation Soldiers Ready for Overseas Mission

Illinois Guard Diversity Leader Fosters Inclusive Culture

Air Guard Updates 148th Fighter Wing F-16s with Radar Pods