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  • National Guard Vice Chief Visits Oregon

    With a brief two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest, Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, toured the Portland Air National Guard Base and attended a workshop for the Oregon State Partnership Program here in Portland, Ore.Gen. Lengyel took time to meet with the Airmen

  • Embracing Grief

    "In World War II, the beauty was, it took a long time to get home -- it took time, several weeks. The same crew is together, it's not 'got your orders, pack your bags, you're out of here in two hours.' This has been going on since Vietnam. This instant travel we have now, in less than a day you can

  • The 142nd Fighter Wing complete Combined Unit Exercise

    Citizen Airmen the 142nd Fighter Wing completed their second in a series of Combined Unit Exercise' s at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., from Jan. 11-13.The CUE training prepares the members and the air base for the unit's upcoming Combined Unit Inspection scheduled later in

  • Security Forces mobilization

    The Oregon Air National Guard' s 142nd Security Forces Squadron held a mobilization ceremony today at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Ore., as approximately 30 Airmen will deploy to support Operation Enduring Freedom.The 142nd SFS will participate in pre-mobilization training at Elgin Air Force Base,

  • Operation Santa Claus

    More than a dozen members of the 142nd Fighter Wing volunteered their own time on Nov. 30 to help raise money to support local military families in need of extra assistance this holiday season in the Portland area. KPAM radio station, in Portland, Ore., has raised more than $1,000,000 during their

  • 116th Air Control Squadron host joint training exercise

    The Oregon Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Squadron based at Camp Rilea, Ore., conducted a two-week training exercise, Sept., 12-28., hosting the 109th ACS from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The exercise involved the Nimitz Carrier group and other joint tactical components. The fleet synthetic

  • Veterans Day, 1944-style

    As we celebrate Veterans Day, let us remember the original members of the Oregon National Guard's first aviation unit, the 123rd Observation Squadron, who remained in the unit all through its World War II existence, including the wartime overseas deployment to China. Redesignated as the 35th

  • Remembering our POW/MIAs: The Wartime Saga of Lee McDuff

    Wham!Without any warning the nose of 2nd Lt. Lee McDuff's P-47 Thunderbolt exploded, sending hot shrapnel and broken aircraft fragments flying all about--through the firewall, knocking off the canopy of the Razorback Thunderbolt, and knocking out Lt. McDuff. It was September 20, 1944. In the