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  • 142nd Wing hosts ANG's Production Assessment Team

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- The 142nd Wing hosted a Production Assessment Team (PAT) from July 26-29, to explore ways to increase the number of aircraft, in this case, F-15 Eagles, available at any given time for training and combat missions.The PAT's goal is to increase the number of aircraft a unit can

  • Soaring Eagles: F-15 serves for 50-years and counting

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- It was July 27, 1972 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when the F-15 Eagle took its first flight over the Mojave Desert under the hand of McDonnel-Douglas test pilot Irving L. Burrows.Twenty-eight months later it was delivered to the U.S. Air Force where it has served

  • Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival

    CULTUS LAKE, Ore. – U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, and the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted water survival skills training July 16.Pilots donned dry suits and prepared for an emergency ejection over water in a

  • 270th ATCS brings new approach to standing up all-weather airfields

    The 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., spends two weeks a year practicing its deployed mission, establishing airfields in remote locations. This year they traveled to Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., in early summer of 2022 to test new capabilities needed for

  • 142nd Wing Guardsmen hone skills in WSEP/Checkered Flag 22-2

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- Roughly 200 142nd Wing Guardsmen and a fleet of 123rd Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles flew from Oregon to Florida in May to participate in a two-week exercise known as WSEP (Weapons System Evaluation Program)/Checkered Flag 22-2.WSEP and Checkered Flag represent two

  • Oregon National Guard Airmen save lives in Idaho

    BOISE, Idaho – Two Idahoans are alive today thanks to the quick and skillful reaction of some of America’s most elite service members. After completing a day of small arms training, Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Oregon Air National Guard, were in a convoy heading to Gowen

  • Oregon ANG partners with neighboring state, hones wartime skills

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- For several days in late April, two KC-135 tanker aircraft from the 141st Air Refueling Wing called Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Ore., home, while they practiced warfighting skills—supplying fighter aircraft with gas being a prime example.In order to effectively train

  • The Last Response

    When one contemplates the military, thoughts of guns, marches, pilots, or other emblematic images come to mind.Other supporting roles like logistics, bringing beans and bullets to the troops, possibly aircrew or administration also make sense. The individuals who fulfill these roles provide a