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  • Fighter Wing Assessed by Inspection Team

    The 142nd Fighter Wing hosted the Air Combat Command (ACC) Inspector General team here, August 13-18, 2015, for a Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI) designed to improve mission readiness and educate Airmen amidst a new inspection process.Badged inspectors roamed the base, interviewed Airmen of the

  • National Guard leadership visits Oregon

    The Director of the National Guard Bureau (NGB) along with his Senior Enlisted Advisor, visited the 142nd Fighter Wing during a town hall event, speaking and interacting directly with Guardsmen here on base, Aug. 15, 2015.Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, the 27th NBG Chief, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt.

  • Portland Air National Guard Base activates new alert facility

    Marking 25 years after the construction of the main alert facilities housed here, an additional alert barn was officially opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony July 10, 2015.While highlighting the projects development, 142nd Fighter Wing Commander Col. Paul T. Fitzgerald said the new $ 1.8 million

  • Oregon Airmen deploy in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve

    Nearly 200 members of the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Operations Group, 142nd Maintenance Group, and 142nd Mission Support Group were recognized during a formal mobilization ceremony held here, June 26, 2015, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.The Airmen are deploying to Romania from

  • Civil engineers deploy to renovate Romanian medical clinic

    Framed by the backdrop of the Black Sea shoreline, Oregon Air National Guardsmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron traveled nearly halfway around the globe to renovate a medical facility here as part of the U.S. European Commands' Humanitarian Civic Assistance Program.The

  • Oregon Airmen to Provide Humanitarian Support

    PORTLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ore. - Members of Oregon's 142nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron are preparing to mobilize for a humanitarian mission to Romania as part of U.S. European Command's (EUCOM) Humanitarian Civic Assistance program (HCA).This project will mark the 142nd Civil

  • Oregon Air National Guard conducts expeditionary skills rodeo

    - Nearly 300 Airmen participated in readiness training during the April and May Unit Assembly Training (UTA) periods here, encompassing preparation for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRNE) defense along with self-aid buddy care provisions.The Air Expeditionary Skills Rodeo

  • Oregon Guardsmen celebrate Month of the Military Child

    Start with more than a hundred enthusiastic kids, add a day full of intriguing activities, and then throw in nearly picture perfect weather, all to create a seamless recipe for the first ever "Kids Day at PANG," [Portland Air National Guard Base] here on April 25.Arriving at the base Fire Station

  • 116th Air Control Squadron mobilizes for overseas assignment

    Nearly 90 members of the Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Squadron (ACS) were recognized during a formal mobilization ceremony held April 11, 2015, at the Armed Forces Reserve Center here at Camp Withycombe, as they mobilize to provide surveillance and air space management for air operations