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  • 114th Fighter Squadron Reaches New Milestone

    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Feb. 1, 2010 the 114th Fighter Squadron participated in a routine training mission that is standard at the F-15 schoolhouse. However, as the first F-15 landed on the snow-covered runway following the mission, a significant milestone was reached; since the inception of the

  • Oregon Air Guard pilot surpasses 2,000 flying hours in F-15 fighter

    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - An Oregon Air National Guard F-15 Eagle pilot reached the 2,000 flight-hour milestone, Feb. 12, 2010.Maj. Jeffery Smith, an instructor pilot and the Chief of F-15 training for the 114th Fighter Squadron at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., crossed that threshold during a

  • Kingsley Field Ready to Accept all F-15C Training

    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The Air Force has decided to merge its active-duty F-15C training with the Oregon Air National Guard. The merger comes as Air Education and Training Command adjusts to the drawdown of F-15 fighter aircraft following Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended phasing out 112 of

  • Wing continues mission during Sentry Displacement

    GOWEN FIELD, Idaho - The mission of the 173rd Fighter Wing is to train the best air-to-air combat pilots to fly one of the most sophisticated air defense aircraft in the world. This unit has been accomplishing that mission for many years now at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Ore. However, for the

  • 173rd Fighter Wing Eagles in Australia

    173rd Fighter Wing Eagles in Australia By Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum The 173rd Fighter Wing (FW) from Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Oregon started a flight exercise, "Sentry Downunder", on Monday, August 25 with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 2nd Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) located at

  • Oregon F-15s to fly again

    After more than two months of being grounded, the F-15s from the 173rd Fighter Wing were expected to start flying again Jan. 10. The jets have been grounded since Nov. 2 after a Missouri Air National Guard F-15 from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport broke apart during flight and crashed. Since