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  • 173rd FW Vehicle Maintenance braces for heavy snows

    The Klamath Basin sits at more than 4,000 feet of elevation and gets its fair share of snow during the winter months. Thanks to plowing operations the 173rd Fighter Wing continues to train pilots all through the winter months without delay. If a snowstorm deposits more than one-half-inch, plowing

  • Finance Office completes December food drive

    The 173rd Fighter Wing Comptroller Flight, commonly known as the finance office, organized a food drive to support the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank, which garnered a total food donation of 44,840 pounds—more than double what they donated during their food drive last year. This is the fourth year

  • Santa Clause visits the 173rd Fighter Wing

    For as long as recent memory serves, the 173rd Fighter Wing has hosted a Holiday Children’s Carnival on the Sunday of the December drill—primarily for the children of wing Airmen, but also as a chance for their parents to socialize and relax after another year of training America’s Air Superiority

  • 173rd Fighter Wing participates in local parade

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke Galloway, of the 173rd Fighter Wing Medical Group, passes out candy to children watching the 34th Annual Snowflake Parade through downtown Klamath Falls, Oregon, Dec. 6, 2018. Each year the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field participates in the parade with several

  • 173rd Fighter Wing Combat Dining-In fosters Esprit De Corps

    A Storm Trooper, a Revolutionary War hero, a Star Wars TIE Fighter pilot and other eclectically dressed Airmen gathered at Kingsley Field to take part in an Air Force tradition, Saturday, Oct. 13. A combat dining in is an occasion where fun and history collide, providing what some call a fitting

  • 270th ATCS Airmen return home from deployment

    U.S. Air Force Col. Jeff Smith, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, welcomes home a group of 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron Airmen following a six month deployment to Iraq, Oct. 13, 2018. Thirteen Airmen supported the air traffic control mission out of Al Assad Air Base, Iraq which falls under