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LRS Airmen and families potluck

Airmen from the 173rd Logistics Readiness Squadron gathered together with the families of their deployed members for a potluck and team building project March 5, 2017 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Airmen and their families did craft projects and packed up care packages to send to the deployed Airmen who are stationed all around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Tech. Sgt. Jason Van Mourik)

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LRS Airmen and families potluck

Airmen from the 173rd Logistics Readiness Squadron gathered together with the families of their deployed members for a potluck and team building project March 5, 2017 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Airmen and their families did craft projects and packed up care packages to send to the deployed Airmen who are stationed all around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Tech. Sgt. Jason Van Mourik)

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Oregon Air National Guard F-15s train in Arizona

U.S. Air Force Colonel Jeff Smith, 173rd Fighter Wing Commander, preflights an F-15 Eagle in preperation for a training flight at Tucson, Arizona January 10, 2017. The 173rd Fighter Wing spent two weeks training with the 162nd Wing, Airzona Air National Guard, flying dissimilar air combat training with their F-16s. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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Oregon Air National Guard F-15s train in Arizona

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Schlotthauer, 173rd Fighter Wing F-15 Crew Chiefs, preflights an F-15 Eagle in preperation for a training flight at Tucson, Arizona January 12, 2017. The 173rd Fighter Wing spent two weeks training with the 162nd Wing, Airzona Air National Guard, flying dissimilar air combat training with their F-16s. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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Oregon Air National Guard F-15s train in Arizona

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, taxis to the runway in preperation for a training flight at Tucson, Arizona January 12, 2017. The 173rd Fighter Wing spent two weeks training with the 162nd Wing, Airzona Air National Guard, flying dissimilar air combat training with their F-16s. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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Oregon Air National Guard F-15s train in Arizona

Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing walk out in the -13 degree weather to board a Texas Air National Guard C-130 in preperation for the wing's deployment to Tucson, Arizona January 6, 2017 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The 173rd Fighter Wing spent two weeks training with the Airzona ANG flying dissimilar air combat training with their F-16s. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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173rd Fighter Wing lends southern neighbor a helping hand

The Kingsley Field and Fresno units have a history of working together, in late 2013 the California unit brought jets and personnel to Klamath Falls for more than six months as a way to increase student production when they transitioned from the F-16 to the F-15 Eagle. The relationships developed then continues today as both units collaborate, sharing expertise, lessons learned and even tools to keep the fleet airworthy. (Photo by James Haseltine, used with permission)

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173rd Fighter Wing Security Forces members train in hand-to-hand techniques

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandan Stroh, a combatives training instructor with the 173rd Security Forces Squadron, instructs Staff Sgt. Nathan Gifford, 173rd SFS, on how protect himself and subdue an assailant during a hand-to-hand altercation, Jan. 13, 2017. Staff Sgt. Cody Broussard (bottom) an experienced combatives practitioner plays the role of the aggressor. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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173rd SFS train in combatives

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Broussard, 173rd Security Forces Squadron, works against his assailant Master Sgt. Ross Hawkins, 173rd SFS, in a demonstration of Air Force Security Forces Combatives where an officer works to extract themselves from a choke hold, Jan. 13, 2017 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Combatives training helps security forces members protect themselves in a hand-to-hand situation by using leverage to extract themselves from a bad situation or to quickly subdue an attacker without causing harm. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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173rd FW Showcases Science and Technology careers for local highschoolers

Henley High School engineering students watch F-15 Eagles take off at Kingsley Field, home of the Oregon Air National Guard's 173rd Fighter Wing. (Photo by Samantha Tipler; Klamath County School District)

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1st Combat Amputee to summit Mt. Everest visits 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen

After surviving an IED blast in Afghanistan U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Charlie Linville, who was suffered an amputation, PTSD and a lower spine injury sits aboard the F-15 Eagle at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon waiting to take-off, Nov. 14, 2016. Among his achievements following his recovery, Linville is the first combat injured veteran to summit Mt. Everest in May, the world’s highest peak. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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1st Combat Amputee to summit Mt. Everest visits 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. (ret.) Charlie Linville, who was medically retired after suffering an IED blast in Afghanistan, suffering an amputation, PTSD and a lower spine injury walks to a waiting F-15 with U.S. Air Force Maj. William Sullivan, 56th Operations Group Detachment 2, for a familiarization flight at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon Nov. 14, 2016. After recovering from his physical and mental injuries Linville became the first combat injured veteran to summit Mt. Everest the highest peak in the world in May of 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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1st Combat Amputee to summit Mt. Everest visits 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Charlie Linville, who was medically retired after suffering an IED blast in Afghanistan, addresses 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon Oct. 14, 2016, and explains how he overcame an amputation, PTSD, and depression in order to be the first combat injured veteran to summit Mt. Everest in May. Linville devotes a significant amount of his time to helping veterans and talks to audiences around the Nation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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1st Combat Amputee to summit Mt. Everest visits 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. (ret.) Charlie Linville is fitted with a helmet by U.S. Air Force SSgt Thomas Howard, 173rd Fighter Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment, in preperation for an F-15 familiarization flight with the Nov. 14, 2016 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Linville, suffered an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2011 and subsequently lost his leg below the right knee. Despite his injuries he went on to become the first combat amputee to summit Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain in May. He visited the Wing to speak to Airmen about his experiences both good and bad during his recovery. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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Historic operational aircraft transfer from 173rd FW

Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, pose with for a group photo in front of the just delivered F-15 Eagles at Tel Nof air base in Israel. After two years of planning and final execution, the wing participated in a historic active ramp to ramp transfer of aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Shirar)

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Historic operational aircraft transfer from 173rd FW

Eight F-15 Eagles arrive at Tel Nof air base in Israel from the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., sans their Kingsley Field tail flashes. After two years of planning and final execution the wing participated in a historic active ramp-to-ramp transfer of aircraft, and so this airbase is their new home. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Shirar)

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Historic operational aircraft transfer from 173rd FW

Eight F-15 Eagles arrive at Tel Nof air base in Israel from the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., sans their Kingsley Field tail flashes. After two years of planning and final execution the wing participated in a historic active ramp-to-ramp transfer of aircraft, and so this airbase is their new home. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Shirar)

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Historic operational aircraft transfer from 173rd FW

Eight F-15 Eagles arrive at Tel Nof air base in Israel from the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., sans their Kingsley Field tail flashes. After two years of planning and final execution the wing participated in a historic active ramp-to-ramp transfer of aircraft, and so this airbase is their new home. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Shirar)

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Integrity First

The concept of Truth and Honesty fall directly in line with the Air Force Core Value of Integrity First. (U.S. Air National Guard Illustration by Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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Major Thesing 1,000 hours

U.S. Air Force Major Joel Thesing, 56th Operations Group Detachment 2, is congratulated following a training flight that allowed him to reach the milestone of 1,000 hours in the F-15 Eagle Sept. 22, 2016 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Thesing is an Active Duty F-15 Instructor Pilot responsible for training brand new F-15 pilots for the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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