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  • Kingsley Honor Guard Perform Ceremonial Flag Folding

    Members of the 173rd Fighter Wing Honor Guard prepare the U.S. Flag for ceremonial folding into the distinctive diamond shape during a retreat ceremony at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 28, 2022. The honor guard is an important part of nearly every Air Force ceremony, from posting the

  • Team Kingsley participates in “Brothers at War” seminar

    As September came to a close, more than 400 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen gathered on folding chairs at a large sports venue, listening to a presentation designed to help military members deal with the things that… well, the things we typically don’t talk about.

  • 173rd Communications Flight practices domestic operations response skills

    The 173rd Fighter Wing Communications Flight practiced domestic operations skills with their Army National Guard counterparts from Salem, Ore., Sept. 10, 2022. Together they set up an internet satellite and a radio tower while training to stand up the Joint Incident Sight Communication Capability

  • Kingsley Fire Team returns from Rum Creek Fire

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donna Prigmore, the Oregon Air National Guard Commander, welcomes nine 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen home from a state activation to fight the Rum Creek Fire near the shores of the Rogue River, Sept. 9, 2022, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. Nine Airmen are returning

  • Kingsley Airmen called to support wildfire response at growing Rum Creek Fire

    Twenty Oregon Air National Guard Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing left to help fight the Rum Creek Fire burning near the shores of the Rogue River, Aug. 29, 2022. It is part of “OPLAN Smokey”, a program designed to let the state of Oregon call upon the citizen Guardsmen to serve their state and

  • 173rd FW trains with Marine counterparts at Miramar

    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 training base for the U.S. Air Force. For two weeks in August, Team Kingsley took that experience to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to act as

  • Soaring Eagles: F-15 serves for 50-years and counting

    It was July 27, 1972 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when the F-15 Eagle took its first flight. Twenty-eight months later it was delivered to the U.S. Air Force where it has served continuously for the last 50 years.