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  • 173rd FW hosts Pilot for a Day

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- 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”

  • Kingsley Field Fire Department Trains Local Firefighters

    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Kingsley Field Fire Department conducted F-15 familiarization training with local Fire District One emergency personnel at Kingsley Field this month.Kingsley Field Fire Department and Klamath Falls Fire District One have a mutual aid agreement to work together during

  • F-35 fighters put 173rd Fighter Wing’s ample range space to the test

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- A squadron of the one of the Nation’s most advanced fighter aircraft traveled from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., for a two-week stint in late October 2022.The 63rd Fighter Squadron, flying 14 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets,

  • 173rd FW uses off-the-shelf technology to aid student pilots

    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Aspiring F-15 Eagle drivers arrive at the 173rd Fighter Wing to work through what many call the most challenging course in the Air Force — the B course.The sole F-15C schoolhouse for the U.S. Air Force, at Kingsley Field, requires a tremendous investment on the part of students

  • Kingsley Field hosts ANG Director

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- On an unusually hot Friday at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., U.S. Air Force Col. Jeff Edwards, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, and Brig. Gen. Donna Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard (ANG) commander, assembled on the ramp to welcome Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, ANG director,

  • Brothers learn to fly together

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- Instructor pilots at the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Oregon, meet any number of students who have interesting stories of how they found their way to F-15C training at the sole schoolhouse for the aircraft in the U.S. Air Force. For the first time in any of their

  • Kingsley Field firefighters save local homes from catastrophic fire

    In the late evening of Sept. 7, the Kingsley Field Fire Department, part of the 173rd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard, received a dispatch call for assistance for a wildland fire burning near Chiloquin, a neighboring community north of the small town in the southwest corner of Oregon.

  • Oregon ANG hosts second Cascadia Airlift exercise

    Aircrews from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and Yokota Air Base, Japan teamed up with the 173rd Fighter Wing for the second “Cascadia Airlift” exercise, June 3, 2019 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon.