Previously identified as the 272nd, the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron relocated to Klamath Falls, Ore., and was federally recognized in 1997. The tower was stood up on Nov. 1, 1998, with the radar facility standing up a week later on Nov. 8, 1998. Since then, the 270th ATCS has embraced its mission and taken part in numerous Joint Exercises and Airshows, working the entities across the country.
Many squadron members have won Outstanding Airmen of the Year awards, both in Oregon and for the entire Air Force, and the 270th ATCS has earned the Air National Guard’s Outstanding Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year four times, as well as the Air Force Outstanding Unit award ten times while supporting both state and federal missions.