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  • Manager retires, Family Programs welcomes new director

    As an eight year old, Mary Bell and her family moved to the Portland Air Force Base in 1961, when her father was reassigned from Spandau Air Force Base, Germany.  Five years later, he was the last active duty Airman on base to help transition the active Air Force alert mission to the Air National

  • Local Airman to cheer for sister at Miss America pageant

    Moral support from family members is an advantage that military members often rely upon. In an effort to reciprocate the support he's received from family, one Airman flew from Portland, Ore., to Atlantic City, N.J., this week to support his sister in her quest to represent the nation as Miss

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Wing Inspection Team test unit readiness

    The Wing Inspection Team conducted a readiness exercise July 31- Aug 3., that challenged the 142nd Fighter Wing members under a variety of conditions that focused on the overall mission capabilities. This was the first exercise to use the Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members, which is part of the U.

  • Promotion brings new command role for Prigmore

    Col. Donna M. Prigmore became the new 142nd Fighter Wing Mission Support Group (MSG) Commander following her promotion to the rank of Colonel during a dual ceremony here Sunday.Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, Commander of the Oregon Air National Guard, presided over the promotion ceremony that took

  • Deployed Civil Engineer Airmen enable fully operational runway

    Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and the 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Squadron completed flight line repairs to Bagram Airfield's main runway June 9, 2014.The undertaking tasked Airmen to repair four sets of Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene panels. The

  • Chief Master Sgt. of 1st Air Force visits 142nd Fighter Wing

    Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson Jr., Command Chief Master Sgt., 1st Air Force, visited the 142nd Fighter Wing Tuesday to get a personal look at the wing's mission and interface with Airmen directly about their role in the Air National Guard. The United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC)

  • National Guard rehearses response to major accident at PDX

    Air National Guardsmen at the 142nd Fighter Wing honed their skills during a major accident response exercise here May 19. The scenario called for base first responders to react to a simulated F-15 landing mishap at Portland International Airport (PDX) to test base command and control functions and

  • Crosby takes over as COG commander

    Col. Mark A. Crosby took the reins as the Oregon Air National Guard Combat Operations Group Commander (COG) during a ceremony here yesterday.Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, Commander of the Oregon Air National Guard, presided over the change of command ceremony. He praised Crosby's role as the

  • Alaskan exercise tests Oregon Guard's CERFP agility

    Nearly 200 Soldiers and Airmen of the Oregon National Guard's highly trained emergency response team participated with the Hawaii National Guard during Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014, near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 24 - April 3.As members of the Oregon National Guard's Chemical, Biological,