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  • 173rd Fighter Wing promotes newest Chief

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Brian Brown sits next to Col. Adam Gaudinski, the 173rd Fighter Wing Commander during his promotion ceremony to the highest enlisted grade, December 20, 2024, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Brown is the newest Chief Master Sgt. at Kingsley Field. (U.S.

  • Lt. Col. Tyler Cox promotes to Colonel

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tyler Cox, 173rd Maintenance Group commander stand at attention with Col. Adam Gaudinski, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, during a promotion ceremony December 30, 2024, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Less than two percent of Air Force officers are promoted to the

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Kingsley Field pilot accomplishes 3000th flight hour in F-15 Eagle

    U.S. Air Force Col. Geoffrey Jensen, the 173rd Operations Group commander, lists a significant number of accomplishments over his decades-long career, but getting him to talk about them isn’t easy. In a sit down interview Jensen repeatedly responded to questions about his career by citing a great