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KINGSLEY FIELD - 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.
Read MoreKINGSLEY FIELD - In the morning, one of the first orders of business for the Supervisor of Flying is to inspect the ramp, taxiways, and runway ensuring the surface is safe for aircraft to operate on. On June 7, 2023, Col. Jason Nalepa, 173rd Operations Group commander and Supervisor of Flying for that day, completed this task, noting minor wear and damage on Taxiway “F”, which was expected as the taxiway was scheduled for repairs the next year.
Read MoreKINGSLEY FIELD - The 173rd Fighter Wing is working to establish a line of communication to every Airman assigned to the wing. It’s a challenge every wing, and in fact every organization, military or otherwise, works to address.
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic makes inroads in the United States military officials at the highest levels adopted new Centers for Disease Control guidance to require military members to wear masks when required to work inside a six-foot radius of others.
Read MoreHouse Bill 4035 authorizes state tuition assistance for service members in the Oregon National Guard. The bill, passed by the Oregon Legislature on March 3, details the requirements that will qualify Oregon National Guard Soldiers and Airmen to receive state-funded tuition assistance…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ron Wyden today partnered to urge the director of the Air National Guard to rapidly begin wildfire training for National Guard members, after the senators secured both authorization in the 2018 defense bill and funding in the 2018 spending bill to provide states like Oregon the firefighting resources they need to respond to catastrophic wildfires.
Read MoreThys DeHoop, 17, can see his future in the skies over his home town every time he looks up and
sees an F-15 fighter jet soar high above.
“Growing up in Klamath, being able to see the F-15s, how fast they go, how loud they are,”
DeHoop said. “The atmosphere at the base, it’s so fun and family oriented. I want to be a part of that someday. And I think it’d be cool to go Mach 2.5, faster than the speed of sound.”
He and about 60 other Henley High School students recently got a closer look at the jets and Kingsley Field at the home of the 173rd Fighter Wing on a field trip to the Air National Guard base. The field trip was part of the Henley High School Aerospace Engineering program.
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