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May 9, 2022
Oregon ANG partners with neighboring state, hones wartime skills

For several days in late April, two KC-135 tanker aircraft from the 141st Air Refueling Wing called Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Ore., home, while they practiced warfighting skills—supplying fighter aircraft with gas being a prime example.
May 4, 2022
Local charity named Air National Guard winner for horse therapy outreach to service members

A local charity organization was named the 2022 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Humanitarian Award recipient out of the entire National Guard consisting of 54 states and territories. Established in 1996 by the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, the award is named in honor of Zachary and
April 20, 2022
Team Kingsley dedicated crew chief says goodbye to jet, hopeful for new airframe

The fighter aircraft at Kingsley Field boast long lives, taking to the skies of southern Oregon for max-performance missions despite being more than 30 years old. Each time they return to their dedicated crew chief, their Eagle Keeper, who is there to prepare them for their next mission.
March 22, 2022
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
March 16, 2022
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.
Feb. 15, 2022
Oregon National Guard Soldiers and Airmen help avert hospital overflow crisis

Oregon National Guardsmen are traveling to more than 40 hospitals across the state to assist with heavy patient loads and short staffing threatening future patient care, Feb. 4, 2022. Although the Guardsmen cannot assist with medical practice they are lending a hand in critical, non-direct patient
Dec. 3, 2021
173rd Fighter Wing structural innovation helps keep aircraft aloft

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 tapping away with a small hammer, slowly giving shape to a sheet of aircraft-grade aluminum so it will slide into the tight
July 28, 2021
Team Kingsley welcomes home deployers

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson, 173rd Fighter Wing, is greeted by his family at the Rogue Valley International airport in Medford, Oregon July 22, 2021 for their loved ones return home following deployment. Multiple Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing supported combat operations
June 3, 2021
It Takes More than a Maintainer to Keep the Machines Running

Many Airmen of the U.S. Air Force are familiar with the common question: “Are you a pilot?” It’s a simple query served by many members of the public who simply aren’t familiar with the inner workings of America’s Air Defense.
Nov. 13, 2020
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

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