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Firefighter Live-Fire Training

U.S. Air Force Col. Jeff Edwards, the 173rd Fighter Wing commander, talks with firefighters prior to donning self-contained breathing apparatus and putting out real flames during a fire training exercise at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., June 9, 2020. The training is part of a recurring requirement for base firefighters who may face an aircraft fire and the opportunity for some first-hand experience was extended to the commander, vice commander, and several others. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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Firefighter Live-Fire Training

Kingsley Field firefighting teams practice advancing into the burning fuselage of a training trailer where they quell the gas-fed flames with a water line, June 9, 2020 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. The training is part of a recurring requirement for base firefighters who may face an aircraft fire and the opportunity for some first-hand experience was extended to the commander and vice commander and several others. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe Young, a 173rd Fighter Wing civil engineer, sprays the gas-fueled fire of a training trailer set up to mimic an aircraft fire, June 9, 2020 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. The training is part of a recurring requirement for base firefighters who may face an aircraft fire and the opportunity for some first-hand experience was extended to the commander and vice commander and several others. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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OCP Uniform Changes

The mandatory wear-date for certain OCP and 2PFDU items was pushed to Sept. 1st, 2020.

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Officer Training School trainees run during an official Air Force Physical Training test, Aug. 8, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The Air Force PT test is comprised of four components: aerobic, body composition, push-ups and sit-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Welty)

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Airman Emily Copeland, 173rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs, spent her time at home starting a garden, something she normally would not have time for. Copeland explains the challenges she faced as a geographically separated traditional guardsman during this time. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emily Copeland)

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Airman Emily Copeland, 173rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs, spent her time at home starting a garden, something she normally would not have time for. Copeland explains the challenges she faced as a geographically separated traditional guardsman during this time. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emily Copeland)

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Every two years the 173rd Fighter Wing hosts one of the largest air-to-air exercises in the Air National Guard featuring an open house where the community is invited to the base to watch large numbers of aircraft take off toward the range as well as enjoy an open house with static displays and demonstration flights. Unfortunately efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 preclude having crowds as well as bringing in aircrews from around the country forcing the wing to cancel the exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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The Sentry Eagle Open House attracts more than 10,000 spectators who come to see visiting fighter aircraft as well as demonstration team performances, unfortunately with the ongoing specter of COVID-19 crowds like this render it unsafe to host the exercise in July 2020. The next exercise is tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2020 at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Ore., following extensive ramp and airfield construction projects are complete. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Penny Snoozy)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cory Kessler and his family, Katie, Hunter and Hudson stand in front of their new trailer, which became symbolic of their debt spending, in May of 2019. Following a concerted effort over a four-year period his family paid off more than $68-thousand off, and became debt-free with the sale of that trailer. (Photo courtesy Katie Kessler)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cory Kessler and his wife Katie pose for a photo before he left for temporary duty in Tucson, Ariz., January 12, 2020. During that trip the local area received the biggest snowfall of the season, but the Kessler family had an emergency fund set aside to pay for any emergency expenses, which helped ease both of their minds during his absence. (Photo courtesy Katie Kessler)

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The 173rd Fighter Wing Resiliency Team will be colocating in building 239, the former Army National Guard building at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon April 29, 2020. Currently Airmen and Family Readiness, the Director’s of Psychological Health, and the Yellow Ribbon coordinator have moved into the building, with a plan for the rest of the team to move in after a renovation this winter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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The 173rd Fighter Wing Resiliency Team will be colocating in building 239, the former Army National Guard building at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon April 29, 2020. Currently Airmen and Family Readiness, the Director’s of Psychological Health, and the Yellow Ribbon coordinator have moved into the building, with a plan for the rest of the team to move in after a renovation this winter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kyle Meserve and his wife Staff Sgt. Loretta Meserve’s children Nora and Owen work on schoolwork at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic, April 24, 2020. For the military-to-military family balancing work at the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., and home-schooling their children is challenging but navigable with the help of online teaching resources found on the 173rd Fighter Wing website. (Photo courtesy Tech. Sgt. Kyle Meserve)

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To help alleviate the academic stress being experienced by DoD-affiliated personnel and their families due to COVID-19 disruptions, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) has temporarily expanded eligibility for the Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families program. The program provides on-demand academic support 24/7 online in more than 100 subjects for grades kindergarten through college students. (Courtesy photo by Master Sgt. Ann Mitchell)

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Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Johnson the Kingsley Field Base Exchange has a “sneeze guard” in order to better help protect store staff and customers from transmitting COVID-19 at the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., April 17, 2020. Johnson is a member of the aircraft structural maintenance shop and used scrap materials to produce the screen within two hours of seeing the need while he shopped at the store. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Richard Schuster)

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Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Johnson the Kingsley Field Base Exchange has a “sneeze guard” in order to better help protect store staff and customers from transmitting COVID-19 at the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., April 17, 2020. Johnson fabricated the screen from strips of aluminum and plexiglas the aircraft structural maintenance shop has on-hand in under two hours. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Richard Schuster)

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Army and Air Force Exchange Service Store Manager Amber Simpson smiles from behind a new “sneeze guard”, made by a member of the 173rd Fighter Wing aircraft structural maintenance shop when he noticed they didn’t have one, April 17, 2020. Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Johnson the Kingsley Field Base Exchange has a “sneeze guard” in order to better help protect store staff and customers from transmitting COVID-19 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Richard Schuster)

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U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kendall Nielsen, 173rd Medical Group non-commissioned officer in charge bioenvironmental, checks a bottle of bleach for an Environmental Protection Agency number signifying its effectiveness against viruses like COVID-19, April 8, 2020. The medical group has seen their operations tempo leap in response to the spread of COVID-19 across the country and around the world as they work to keep the wing’s mission of training F-15C pilots in the air. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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U.S Air Force 1st Lt. Tyler Pinson, a 173rd Medical Group bioenvironmental engineer, sprays an aerosol fluid into a comfort wear mask with a light placed below it to determine if it effectively stops droplets released from coughing or sneezing when worn, April 8, 2020. The medical group has seen their operations tempo leap in response to the spread of COVID-19 across the country and around the world as they work to keep the wing’s mission of training F-15C pilots in the air. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)

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