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  • 173rd Fighter Wing hosts annual Children’s Christmas Festival

    The sound of sleigh bells jingling and reindeer didn’t accompany Santa’s arrival this year as he upgraded his sleigh to an F-15C Eagle for his arrival to Kingsley Field. The 173rd Fighter Wing held its annual Children’s Christmas Festival at Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Dec. 2, 2023.

  • New Tech: Robot "dog" visits 173rd Fighter Wing

    One of the newest innovations in law enforcement wandered around the 173rd Fighter Wing, paying special attention to a group of curious onlookers as well as checking out the security forces compound during a demonstration by the 142nd Fighter Wing’s robot “dog”, March 8, 2022. The 142nd brought the

  • Total Force: Active Duty unit at 173rd FW changes hands

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Baker assumes command of the 550th Fighter Squadron during a change of command ceremony at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. Feb. 25, 2022. The squadron is an active association of the 173rd Fighter Wing and is a tenant unit from the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB.

  • Kingsley Field FSF welcomes self-service machine

    Starting Feb. 15, the Force Support Flight will provide a new option for retirees and dependents wanting to renew their ID cards without waiting for an available appointment. A brand new IDRenew kiosk sits in the west vestibule of building 211 and will be available whenever the building doors are

  • Kingsley Field hosts ANG Director

    On an unusually hot Friday at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., U.S. Air Force Col. Jeff Edwards, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, and Brig. Gen. Donna Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard (ANG) commander, assembled on the ramp to welcome Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, ANG director, as he stopped to visit

  • First time: two brothers learn to fly the F-15C in the same 173rd FW class

    Instructor pilots at the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Oregon, meet any number of students who have interesting stories of how they found their way to F-15C training at the sole schoolhouse for the aircraft in the U.S. Air Force. For the first time in any of their memories, stretching back