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  • Active duty Airmen joining Team Kingsley

    The 173rd Fighter Wing mission is set to grow by an estimated 84 active duty personnel this fall.  The Total Force Initiative is designed to augment Kingsley's mission with Air Force active duty airmen stationed at the Air National Guard base in order to increase the number of pilots trained in a

  • 173rd Fighter Wing: Air Force Outstanding Unit!

    The Air National Guard named the 173rd Fighter Wing a recipient of the 2013 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptional meritorious service and outstanding achievement October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2013.  "This award is recognition of the exceptional efforts from our Airmen last year;

  • Top ANG Clinical Dentist at 173rd Fighter Wing

    Maj. Paul Anderson, a 173rd Fighter Wing dentist, was named top clinical dentist for the entire Air National Guard for 2013 and was presented his award here April 6, 2014.His accomplishments helped the 173rd garner the top spot in individual medical readiness across the Air National Guard and even

  • 173rd Fighter Wing and KCC partner, educate Airmen

    If an Airman expects to eventually reach the pinnacle ranks of senior or chief master sergeant, they need to plan on earning a Community College of the Air Force degree as a result of a change to promotion requirements beginning Oct. 2015.Master Sgt. Dan Hutchison, 173rd Fighter Wing, was aware of

  • 173rd Security Forces Squadron partners with local police

    Klamath Falls law enforcement agencies and the 173rd Fighter Wing face challenges where missions with growing demands suffer shrinking resources. Wing and community leaders say partnerships are playing a vital role in maintaining those missions. Kingsley Field's shooting range and Security

  • Miles "Batkid" Scott becomes pilot for a day

    The exploits of a local "superhero", Batkid, continued when Miles Scott, call sign,"Batkid", reported for duty at the 173rd Fighter Wing as part of the Pilot for a Day program.  He donned the uniform of an F-15 pilot to include helmet, mask, and at one point even night vision goggles. Instructor

  • 173rd Fighter Wing travels to Tyndall for WSEP

    173rd Fighter Wing Airmen traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base on Feb. 20, 2014, to participate in a live weapons training exercise. The Weapons Evaluation System Program provides pilots, aircrew, maintainers, and weapons load crews the chance to operate under realistic combat conditions.    "WSEP

  • 173rd QA solves fleetwide problem

    Senior Master Sgt. Brian Stroup from the 173rd Fighter Wing Quality Assurance Office was quite a ways from his desk, where his supervisory role usually keeps him. At the senior enlisted rank of E-8 he didn't often have the chance to crawl back underneath a jet. Here he was with the jets at

  • New passive fall restraints speed phase maintenance

    New safety stands help keep Kingsley Field's maintainers safer from falls than in the past. With an investment of fewer than 160-thousand dollars these new stands surround an F-15 aircraft and make it virtually impossible to fall from the airframe to the ground more than 10-feet below.According the

  • Polar Plunge supports Special Olympics

    Rainy, 40-degree weather tested the resolve of Polar Plungers Feb. 8, 2014, including 12 members of the Kingsley Field Fire Department and two guard members from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron.Both teams remained undeterred and leapt into the chilly water helping raise more than $3,000 for