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  • 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

  • Kingsley earns top award for air traffic control complex

    Approximately one year ago the Associated Press reported that Kingsley Field's air traffic control tower was selected for closure under the terms of sequestration, a term describing a budget impasse in the U.S. Congress.This galvanized a strong response, and the FAA ultimately removed Kingsley

  • Kingsley Pilot crosses 2,000 hours in Eagle

    Lt. Col. David "Down" Unruh joined a small cadre of pilots to reach 2,000 hours in an F-15 Eagle, Jan. 17 at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Ore. Unruh, an F-15 instructor pilot at the 173rd Fighter Wing crossed that threshold during a routine training mission."This milestone reminds me of just how

  • 270th Employee rescues motorist

    A 270th Air Traffic Controller potentially saved the life of an injured motorist on Oregon Highway 58, Jan. 19. Retired Senior Master Sgt. John Crowe, now a civilian air traffic controller, was driving home from the Portland Airport when he spotted an illuminated tail light on an obviously wrecked