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  • 173rd Fighter Wing Deploys Aircraft and Personnel to Florida

    Six F-15 aircraft and nearly 100 personnel made their way from Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. across the country to the Florida panhandle in support of F-22 flying operations at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, March 18, 2011."We found out we were going to come down here about 45 days

  • 'Fill'er up': Kingsley's Fuel Troops Pump 7 Million Gallons

    The whine of auxiliary power units and the roar of jet engines fill the air of the Kingsley Field flightline.The noise begins when a small jet engine assembly called the JFS, or jet fuel starter, housed inside the F-15 is primed with fuel and ignited upon a signal from the pilot. An electric spark

  • 173rd Fighter Wing Members Reach Pinnacle of Enlisted Ranks

    Kingsley Field has added two more personnel to the top Air Force enlisted rank. Senior Master Sgts. James Dean and Todd Berndt were promoted to chief master sergeant in a pinning ceremony at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., Feb. 5, 2011.During the ceremony, Oregon Air National Guard Commander

  • New Program Saves Quarter Million This Fiscal Year

    The Air Force Repair Enhancement Program (AFREP) was initially started in the summer of 2010 and became fully implemented at the beginning of this year. Last year, with only a partial program in place, the wing was able to generate about $80,000 in cost benefit for the base. This fiscal year, from

  • 114th Fighter Squadron Command Change

    Lt. Col. Robert "Leif" Erickson passed the reigns of leadership to Lt. Col. Whitney "Crab" Sieben during a change of command ceremony for the 114th Fighter Squadron Feb. 14, 2011, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore.Standing before an assembly of ops and maintenance troops, as well as many

  • UCI Inspection Caps Busy Fiscal Year 2010 for Kingsley

    Members of the 173rd Fighter Wing ushered out Fiscal Year 2010 with a base-wide celebration at Trappers Dining Facility, Oct. 1. The year presented a number of challenges to the wing, most recently the Unit Compliance Inspection conducted Sept. 13-19. After preparing for the inspection the wing

  • Oregon National Guard's Best Warrior Challenge

    Approximately 100 soldiers and airmen arrived at Camp Rilea to compete in the 2010 Oregon National Guard's Best Warrior Challenge, May 21-23. This year's challenge consisted of four different events, the Best Warrior Challenge, The Adjutant General's Match, and Army Combative tournament, and the

  • Another Top Notch Performance

    On April 14 -20, 2010 the Air National Guard Logistics Compliance Assessment Program (LCAP) Team conducted an assessment of the 173rd Fighter Wing. During this assessment, the team evaluated the 173rd Maintenance Group and Logistics Readiness Squadron's compliance with several local, Major Command,