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  • B-Course Series: student pilots perfect warrior skills

    As 16-ABK crosses the halfway point they leave behind the basic aspects of flying and dogfighting in one-on-one scenarios.The F-15 does these things very well, but these students are moving toward the core of what the Eagle was born to do--control the air.Like its namesake, this aircraft has

  • Bringing to life the ORANG 75th Anniversary F-15 Eagle

    The idea started with Col. Jeff Smith in November, when he was the maintenance group commander; he asked if anyone had ideas for a paint scheme to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Oregon Air National Guard. Master Sgt. Paul Allen submitted a nice, albeit small, design for the vertical tail

  • The sprouting of the 'stache - Mustache March recap

    Mustache March came and went with a blink, but not before Airmen around Kingsley Field sprouted their upper lips and tried to bring a real "man-stache" to life.Senior Master Sgt. Collin Grandy said he watched a lot of Tom Sellek re-runs, but he said what put him over the top was a naturally

  • ORANG 75th Anniversary - Changing Network Security Operations

    When Senior Master Sgt. Tina Wilson, plans superintendent for the 173rd Fighter Wing Communications Flight, joined the Oregon Air National Guard in 1985, network security looked a lot different than it does today.In that short amount of time, technology has changed from one large mainframe computer,

  • 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