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

B-Course series: Students take first flight

After a month of intensive academics and many, many trips to the simulator 1st Lt. Scott McGowen arrived at the pre-flight brief for his maiden flight in the F-15 Eagle.He describes the journey to this point as an uphill climb, one that's lasted nearly three years.It began for him as an enlisted

Airman Spotlight--Maj. (Dr.) Anil Menon

Maj. (Dr.) Anil Menon is a Citizen-Airman with a tremendous breadth of experience. He is residency trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. He lives and works in Houston, Texas as an emergency room doctor and as a Flight Surgeon certified to work in Mission Control

Follow the journey, six students hope to earn Eagle patches

Over the next seven months, we will follow a new class of aspiring F-15C pilots from their arrival at the 173rd Fighter Wing to graduation in what is commonly referred to as the "B-Course" or basic course.Beginning with academics, we will watch these students wrestle with what many say is the most

173rd Fighter Wing says thank you to spouses in unique "ride of a lifetime"

Twenty spouses of 173rd Fighter wing Airmen climbed into the back seat of an F-15 aircraft for a "hot taxi" down the runway on the morning of family day at Kingsley Field, Oct. 4, 2015.The event served as a morale builder, helping family members see firsthand the result of their loved one's

Sentry Eagle 2015

270th ATCS to move under 173rd Operations Group

A memo from the commander of the Oregon Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. Michael Stencel dated June 27, 2015, announced major changes for the two Oregon wings and the Combat Operations Group.After 13 years of service the Combat Operations Group with units in Klamath Falls, Rilea, and Portland, Oregon