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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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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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Major Thesing 1,000 hours

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Geoff Jensen, 114th Fighter Squadron Commander, places a 1,000 hour patch on the shoulder of Major Joel Thesing, 56th Operations Group Detachment 2, 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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Major Thesing 1,000 hours

U.S. Air Force Major Joel Thesing, 56th Operations Group Detachment 2, taxis in a F-15 Eagle following a training flight that allowed him to reach the milestone of 1,000 hours in the 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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Major Thesing 1,000 hours

U.S. Air Force Major Joel Thesing, 56th Operations Group Detachment 2, taxis in a F-15 Eagle following a training flight that allowed him to reach the milestone of 1,000 hours in the 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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WWII Veteran brings pieces of Kingsley Field's history to life

Mr. Joe Rolison, World War II veteran and husband to Lt. David R. Kingsley’s late sister Phyllis, visited the 173rd Fighter Wing and stands with from left operations group commander Col. Jeff Edwards, 173rd Fighter Wing commander Col. Jeff Smith, vice commander Col. Donna Prigmore, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Mark McDaniel. Rolison visited the base to share his stories and a number of historic items of Kingsley’s, including his journal kept during WWII. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson/released)

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WWII Veteran brings pieces of Kingsley Field's history to life

173rd Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Mark McDaniel looks at Lt. David R. Kingsley’s handwritten journal from WWII, Aug. 31, 2016. WWII veteran Joe Rollison, who married into the Kingsley family and survives his wife of 56 years, donated the historic item to the base during his visit. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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WWII Veteran brings pieces of Kingsley Field's history to life

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Jensen, 114th Fighter Squadron Commander, looks at a photo of David R. Kingsley, Kingsley Field Air Base's namesake, which Joe Rolison presented during a visit to the wing, Aug. 31, 2016. Kingsley earned the nation’s highest honor for bravery and sacrificing his life for one of his fellow aircrew after taking heavy fire during a bombing run in WWII. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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WWII Veteran brings pieces of Kingsley Field's history to life

WWII Veteran Joe Rolison, moves to embrace 173rd Fighter Wing Vice Commander Col. Donna Prigmore during his visit to Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon Aug. 31, 2016. They first met when Prigmore escorted Rolison and his wife, late Phyllis Kingsley Rolison—sister to the base's namesake David R. Kingsley—on a trip to Bulgaria to honor Kingsley’s heroic sacrifice during the war and her presence here was a surprise to him. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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WWII Vet brings pieces of Kingsley Field's history to life

World War II veteran Mr. Joe Rolison, husband to Lt. David R. Kingsley’s late sister Phyllis, remembers traveling to Suhozem, Bulgaria and finding this piece of wreckage displayed in the memorial at the entrance to Kingsley Field Air Base in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Aug. 31, 2016. Rolison visited the base to share his stories and a number of historic items of Kingsley’s including his journal kept during WWII. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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173rd Fighter Wing Water Survival Training at Lake of the Woods, Ore.

Oregon Air National Guard members gathered at Lake of the Woods to complete water survival training near Klamath Falls, Ore., July 22, 2016. Aircrew Flight Equipment members joined with Klamath County Sheriff's Department agencies and members of the North Bend Coast Guard to provide Kingsley’s F-15 pilots water survival training in the event of an emergency ejection. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy)

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North Bend Coast Guard unit helps 173rd Fighter Wing Water Survival Training

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician 3rd Class Brendan Davis, Coast Guard Sector North Bend, ascends for extraction via helicopter during water survival training at Lake of the Woods near Klamath Falls, Ore., July 22, 2016. Aircrew Flight Equipment members joined with Klamath County Sheriff's Department agencies and members of Coast Guard Sector North Bend to provide Kingsley’s F-15 pilots water survival training in the event of an emergency ejection. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy)

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