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  • Smith takes command of 173rd Fighter Wing

    A change of command took place April 3, 2016, at Kingsley Field.  Colonel Jeff Smith, who has more than 20 years of military experience, took command of the 173rd Fighter Wing in an official ceremony.Smith has a wide range of experience to including 10 years with the active-duty component and joined

  • Blue Zones project making Klamath Basin home

    Blue Zones is a phenomenon coming to a number of different cities around the United States and elsewhere, and focuses mainly on the research of Dan Buettner who studied areas where a higher-than-normal concentration of people reached the 100-year mark.Healthways, a for-profit health provider, is

  • A look back at Kingsley Field's ORANG history

    World War II thrust a number of seminal changes upon the United States. Its economy leapt from the stagnation of the Great Depression to a wartime footing, fighting to produce adequate military hardware to win the war. Its citizenry signed up for the draft in droves, and women flocked to roles in

  • Airman Spotlight--Tech. Sgt. Kyle Tecmire

    Tech. Sgt. Kyle Tecmire, 173rd Communications FlightWhat brought you to Kingsley Field?I came to Kingsley Field for two reasons.  After 9-11, I felt a calling to serve our country.  Second, I enjoyed working on computers, had taken many electronics courses, and the communications flight seemed like

  • B-Course series: Capt. Alexander Frank's journey to the Eagle

    Capt. Alexander Frank, of class 16-ABK, finds his way to Kingsley Field in a much more indirect route than most. Like a river which flows through the lowest points in the terrain, Frank says he traveled the course of least resistance through school which found him with a mediocre grade-point-average

  • 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen of the Year for 2015

    The 2015 Airmen of the Year for the 173rd Fighter Wing have been announced.  Congratulations to all of those selected.173rd Fighter Wing Airman of the YearSenior Airman Jared Boyer, 173rd Maintenance SquadronIn 2015 Boyer's technical skill directly contributed to cost reduction helping save $10.1

  • Icy roads force renewed focus on winter safety

    Fog blanketed the Klamath Basin, Oct. 30. The spouse of a 173rd Medical Group Airman was traveling to work, only one mile away from Kingsley Field.Suddenly, she saw a stop sign emerge from the fog and she realized too late that road was covered in black ice. She was traveling too fast to stop, and

  • Operation Desert Storm - 25 years have passed

    Operation Desert Storm began 25 years ago--I remember it like it was yesterday.  I was ten years old sitting in front of the TV with my parents as the skies above Baghdad lit up like the 4th of July. Until that moment, war was an intangible concept--something that happened in text books and old John

  • F-15 sustainment team visits 173rd, gets ground-level input from maintainers

    The 173rd Fighter Wing hosted a group of F-15 Sustainment professionals for a customer service visit Dec. 5, 2015.  The group consisted of individuals from the Air Logistics Center and System Program Office. Among the group was Maj. Gen. T. Glenn Davis, the mobilization assistant to the commander,

  • Local airport policies adapt to growing drone popularity

    The regulations associated with unmanned aircraft systems, better known as drones, are constantly changing in a struggle to keep up with their increasing popularity, availability and proliferation. Drone operations now include responsibilities related to that of manned flight and stiff penalties for