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  • 173rd Fighter Wing Command changes hands

    A change of command ceremony marked a major transition for the 173rd Fighter Wing when Col. Lee Bouma relinquished command to Col. Adam Gaudinski who stepped into the position on November 2, 2024.

  • 173rd FW hosts Pilot for a Day

    The unique experience of becoming a F-15C Eagle pilot is normally a series of rigorous schools eventually landing you at Kingsley Field, but one individual received the fast pass to be a fighter pilot for a day. The 173rd Fighter Wing had the honor to bring Carsen “Deadshot” Darnell to Kingsley

  • Deputy Director of the ANG Returns to the Eagle

    The 173rd Fighter Wing, home of the premiere F-15C Eagle training school produces new pilots as part of its mission, but it is also home to experienced pilots who require requalification in the Eagle. Pilots from all around the country come to Kingsley to attend school, even the Deputy Director,

  • Sunset Showdown

    Like a scene out of an old western movie, the sun was high in the sky as Weapons Load Crew teams from Oregon, Louisianna, and Florida approached the challenge area September 7, 2024, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. A crowd of more than a 100 people gathered to witness the event that was

  • Team Kingsley Defender champion of Official Military Skate competition

    Working the gate at Kingsley Field or patrolling the streets of the 173rd Fighter Wing you would never know that Staff Sgt. Erick Fregoso, 173rd Security Forces Squadron, lives a dual life. In his uniform he’s every bit of a Security Forces Defender, kitted out for the job, wearing a meticulously

  • Breaking down the sample, Citizen Airmen

    The call to serve one’s country is different for each of us, Airman 1st Class Kellie Marshall chose to serve by joining the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Oregon as a citizen Airman.

  • Fun in the sun at the Fall Festival

    A young girl braves riding the mechanical bull during the Fall Festival, Sept. 15, 2023, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The 173rd Fighter Wing Military and Family Readiness office hosted this event for all of Team Kingsley's members and their families. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by

  • Team Kingsley Airmen deploy in support of dynamic fighter presence at Kadena

    As an Air Education Training Command unit, the 173rd Fighter Wing is not traditionally tasked with large scale deployments; however, when the Air Force needed additional F-15 maintainers and operations support specialist, sixteen Team Kingsley Airmen answered the call to bolster the presence in the