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  • Kingsley Field Eagle Driver Crosses 2,000 hour mark

    The flight from Klamath Falls to Kuopio, Finland is nearly 5,000 miles as the crow flies, and ferrying five F-15 aircraft took roughly 12 hours. Incidentally, those flying hours meant one pilot crossed the 2,000 mark on his next sortie.Maj. Michael Hiatt began flying the F-15 some 13 years ago and

  • Oregon Airmen train in Finland

    More than 100 Oregon Air National Guard Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, Ore. traveled to Kuopio, Finland for a training opportunity between two partner countries. The exercise is part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, but differs from other deployments to the region called theater

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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