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Sept. 23, 2024
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,
Aug. 27, 2024
173rd Mission Support Group Change of Command

U.S. Air Force Col. William Wilkinson, outgoing 173rd Mission Support Group commander, salutes Col. Lee Bouma, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, after relinquishing the guidon of command during a change of command ceremony Aug. 23, 2024 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. Wilkinson commanded the
Aug. 23, 2024
Weapons live 20mm load

Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing weapons shop load live 20mm bullets into an F-15C Eagle at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 25, 2024. Additional precautions must be taken when loading live ammunition into the aircraft, making this training essential to ensuring that weapons Airmen
Aug. 7, 2024
Team Kingsley Airmen support Oregon wildfire response

Twenty-two Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing departed Kingsley Field on July 31, 2024, to support firefighting operations in Eastern Oregon.
April 16, 2024
ANG Command Chief visits Kingsley Field

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, Air National Guard command chief, and spouse, Mrs. Gwendolyn Williams, visited with Oregon Air National Guard leadership and enlisted members of the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, April 6, 2024.
Nov. 9, 2023
173rd FW prepares for F-35 transition, hosts SATAF

The 173rd Fighter Wing hosted their first Site Activation Task Force to plan for the transition to an F-35 Fighter Training Unit Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2023.
July 31, 2023
173rd FW Instructor Pilot selected as newest Thunderbird demo pilot

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the “Thunderbirds”, recently announced the latest addition to their team for the 2024-2025 season, and at the top of the list was Maj. Tyler Clark, a 173rd Fighter Wing Instructor Pilot and Chief of Scheduling.
July 31, 2023
Team Kingsley Airmen lend sister unit a hand, fix deployable equipment

Four Kingsley Field Airmen from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron traveled to Cheyenne, Wyoming to help a sister unit repair equipment needed for deployment readiness over six days this Spring.
June 28, 2023
Kingsley Kid’s artwork selected for nose art on F-15

On June 23, 2023, eleven-year-old Kaelynn Hartman stepped into the hangar at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon to see her artwork adorned to the nose of a 173rd Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle.
May 16, 2023
UPDATE 173rd FW responds to F-15D mishap

A U.S. Air Force F-15D departed the runway during landing at approximately 3:15 p.m. yesterday at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. The aircraft was returning to base following a routine training mission.Upon landing the aircraft left the paved surface and came to a stop in the Bureau of

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