Santa Clause came to town

When Tech. Sgt. Paul Grabke, the Junior Enlisted Council President, learned the annual Children's Christmas Carnival was cancelled this year due to construction on the main hangar he decided to organize an alternative."To me it was the right thing to do, we can't necessarily do something for the

173rd Fighter Wing Commander retires

173rd Fighter Wing Commander Col. Jeremy Baenen retired Nov. 21 during a ceremony at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon.Baenen assumed command Jan. 13, 2013 and guided the wing through a time of tremendous change including the addition of active-duty Airmen to the mission with the Total Force

Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

Drought reveals Kingsley history for the first time

Kingsley Field's location in the high desert of southern Oregon, with its mixture of sunny days and proximity to the west coast, made it home to a frantic effort to train fighter pilots during WWII. In those days, the small base sent as many as 2,000 flights from the base in a single week. Compare

October Energy Action Month Tip, Week 2

Former Kingsley dependent returns, wearing four stars

The commander of the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command made his first official visit to Kingsley Field, a base he is very familiar with, Aug. 27, 2014. Gen. Robin Rand remembers the time he spent here long before his acceptance to the Air Force Service Academy in 1979 and long before

Construction on largest building on base begins

At the 173rd Fighter Wing two things mark the beginning of each day, the sun comes up and a parade of contractors begin making their way to any number of projects across the base.At the moment the operations group is expanding their vault, the flight simulator is enlarging their building, workers

AF to change instructions for oaths

The Air Force has instructed force support offices across the service to allow both enlisted members and officers to omit the words "So help me God" from enlistment and officer appointment oaths if an Airman chooses.In response to concerns raised by Airmen, the Department of the Air Force requested

Air Force revamps AEF

The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

270th ATCS enhances annual training

The 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron took their annual training up a notch this year choosing to make it more realistic. Typically, this training falls in conjunction with a major inspection and that requires all of the exercises and simulations be constrained to Kingsley Field proper. However,