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  • 173rd FW fosters innovation across all ranks

    Continuous Process Improvement works to analyze workflow processes and through a data-based approach identify areas to eliminate waste. The 173rd Fighter Wing is spreading this approach throughout the rank structure and across civilian and contracted jobs as well in an effort to conserve resources.

  • LRS Airmen and families potluck

    Airmen from the 173rd Logistics Readiness Squadron gathered together with the families of their deployed members for a potluck and team building project March 5, 2017 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Airmen and their families did craft projects and packed up care packages to send to

  • EOD travels to Kingsley Field

    A team of explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron traveled to Kingsley Field, Oregon and removed a hung flare from an F-15 Eagle Feb. 6. A hung flare occurs when a flare doesn’t fire like it is supposed to. When this occurs, the flare is considered armed and

  • 173rd Fighter Wing showcases careers in science and math for local students

    The 173rd Fighter Wing has partnered with a local high school to show students how science, technology, and math subjects shape careers in the real world.Henley High School has recently adopted a curriculum from Project Lead The Way, which emphasizes a learn-by-doing approach to STEM subjects."This

  • 173rd FW flies first combat injured veteran to summit Mt. Everest

    The 173rd Fighter Wing hosted the first combat injured veteran to summit Mt. Everest, Nov. 14, 2016.Marine Staff Sgt. Charlie Linville, who is medically retired, climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in May, despite having lost his lower right leg to an IED while stationed in

  • Historic operational aircraft transfer from 173rd FW

    Eight F-15s from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, touched down at Tel Nof Israeli air base in Rehovot, Israel in the first ever active ramp-to-ramp transfer of aircraft September 15, 2016.This event was the result of approximately two years of concept development, planning, and

  • WWII Vet brings history to 173rd Fighter Wing

    Mr. Joe Rolison, a World War II veteran, stepped onto the sidewalk surrounding the Lt. David R. Kingsley Memorial, a display that tells the story of Medal of Honor winner Lt. David Kingsley and his sacrifice during World War II, Aug. 31, 2016. The memorial itself is centered on a large metal piece

  • Environmental Management: resource conservation and resource assurance

    Keeping infrastructure from the late forties up and running comes with challenges. It requires continual maintenance and process improvement to keep the Kingsley Field facility running smoothly and safely. The 173rd Fighter Wing Environmental Management Office takes on a large part of this task.The