173rd Fighter Wing Welcomes Deployed Airmen Home

173rd Fighter Wing Welcomes Deployed Airmen Home

KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - The 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron welcomed home a team of 15 Airmen from a six-month deployment to Iraq, Jan. 4, 2018 at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

A demobilization ceremony served to officially welcome back the Kingsley Field Airmen, after they provided radar approach and finals control at the busiest airfield in Iraq—Al Asad Air Base.

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Oregon Air National Guard Welcomes New Commander

Oregon Air National Guard Welcomes New Commander

SALEM, Oregon - Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel relinquished command of the Oregon Air National Guard and Brig. Gen. Donna M. Prigmore assumed command in a change of command ceremony, January 5, 2019, at the Anderson Readiness Center in Salem, Oregon. Kriesel is scheduled to deploy in support of joint operations in Africa. Prigmore is now the first woman to command the Oregon National Guard's Air Component.

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