Portland Air National Guard Base activates new alert facility
Oregon Air National Guard Col. Paul T. Fitzgerald, 142nd Fighter Wing commander, center right, and Oregon Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, Adjutant General, Oregon, center left, along with other dignitaries, take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new alert barn at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., July 10. The new alert barn will play a key role in the Aerospace Control Alert mission that the 142nd Fighter Wing performs to protect the skies over the Pacific Northwest. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Hughel, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs/Released)