KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A change in command took place on May 15th at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls. Colonel Lee Bouma, who has nearly 25-years of military experience, has taken command of the 173rd Fighter Wing. Colonel Bouma has ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. —NBC5 News first told you Thursday, Governor Kate Brown has asked for the National Guard to help at overcrowded hospitals. Up t0 1200 Oregon Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen are being mobilized to 40 hospitals statewide. 55 Airmen from ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Dozens of U.S. Air Force National Guard service members were activated this week to help hospitals in southwest Oregon deal with an influx of patients. The Air Force said 55 service members from the 173rd Fighter ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – More local Air National Guard members were deployed to hospitals in northwest Oregon to help deal with the COVID-19 surge. On September 1, 50 airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing based at Kingsley Field in Klamath ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Dozens of local Air National Guard members were deployed to hospitals in the Springfield-Eugene area to help deal with the COVID-19 surge. 50 airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing based at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. —The men and women at Kingsley Field, are honoring fallen service members this Memorial Day. Multiple F-15 fighter jets, flew over select communities in southern Oregon earlier Monday. Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing, based in Klamath Falls, conducted ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – The future of Kingsley Field is now in sharper focus, and the latest generation of F-15 fighter will help to protect the economy of Klamath Falls. Pilots for the new F-15 EX fighter jet will be ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – The 173rd Fighter Wing announced Monday morning that this year’s ‘Sentry Eagle’ exercise and open house has been cancelled. Sentry Eagle had been scheduled to take place over a 4 day period in mid-July. The Sentry ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Today’s health care salute flyover had special meaning for the flight crews with the Oregon Air National Guard. Lieutenant Colonel Victor Knill was in the cockpit for Friday’s flyovers. “Today is our way of basically saying ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – An airman at Kingsley Field has tested positive for Coronavirus, and the base is now challenging a viral enemy. Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar of the Oregon Air National Guard says the ‘positive’ Coronavirus test at ...