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Aug. 1, 2023
Airmen compete in first ever Team Kingsley “Amazing Race”

Seven teams competed in the first ever Team Kingsley “Amazing Race” on July 21, 2023. The event was hosted by the Kingsley Field Rising Six, Health Education Awareness Team, and the Oregon Enlisted Association of the National Guard.
July 31, 2023
173rd FW Instructor Pilot selected as newest Thunderbird demo pilot

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the “Thunderbirds”, recently announced the latest addition to their team for the 2024-2025 season, and at the top of the list was Maj. Tyler Clark, a 173rd Fighter Wing Instructor Pilot and Chief of Scheduling.
July 31, 2023
Team Kingsley Airmen lend sister unit a hand, fix deployable equipment

Four Kingsley Field Airmen from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron traveled to Cheyenne, Wyoming to help a sister unit repair equipment needed for deployment readiness over six days this Spring.
June 28, 2023
Team Kingsley moves operations on airfield when taxiway “fails”

“Ultimately, it held our daily flying mission in custody and threatened our student training,” said Col. Adam Gaudinski, 173rd Maintenance Group commander. With that in mind, leadership gathered to brainstorm a solution. Ultimately, aircraft were towed to the Northeast civilian ramp, typically
June 28, 2023
Kingsley Kid’s artwork selected for nose art on F-15

On June 23, 2023, eleven-year-old Kaelynn Hartman stepped into the hangar at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon to see her artwork adorned to the nose of a 173rd Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle.
June 8, 2023
Genesis of the “Airbridge”, 173rd FW clears skies for 5th generation fighter training

In a proof of concept dubbed an “Airbridge”, Team Kingsley personnel arranged to combine the 173rd Fighter Wing’s current training range space in Eastern Oregon with Mountain Home Air Force Base’s range complex to the East.
June 7, 2023
173rd FW creates “Airbridge” for next generation F-35 training

Eight Luke Air Force Base F-35A Lightning II aircraft returned to the Klamath Basin, and the 173rd Fighter Wing welcomed them with an unprecedented 19,512 square-mile range training space, May 10, 2023.
May 31, 2023
Kingsley selected for F-35 FTU

The high, fluctuating trill of a bald eagle pierces the quiet calm of a crisp morning in Klamath Falls. After several notes, its cry is replaced with the roar of another Eagle, the F-15C, ripping through the blue sky at supersonic speed.It is a scene at once familiar and short-lived for residents of
May 31, 2023
173rd Fighter Wing Airman uses singing voice to show appreciation

Most military ceremonies have a very similar structure, it goes something like, arrival of official party, posting of the colors, playing of the National Anthem, remarks by presiding official…
May 30, 2023
Spikes train with Oregon Eagles

The 62nd Fighter Squadron and 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, traveled to Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, Oregon, to participate in off-station interoperability fighter pilot and Airmenship training with the 173rd Fighter

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