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Rising to the Challenge: 142nd Wing Airman takes Second Place in 2026 Oregon Best Warrior Competition

Oregon Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Steven Higdon, assigned to the 142nd Wing, descends a rope ladder during the Obstacle Course event on March 20 as part of the 2026 Oregon National Guard Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center near Warrenton, Oregon, from March 19-21, 2026. The full range of events tested 22 warriors' physical fitness, land navigation skills, marksmanship, and their ability to handle various battlefield scenarios. These included a physical fitness test, review boards, rifle qualification, a 3-gun competition, an obstacle course, and a 12-mile ruck march. (Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel)
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Rising to the Challenge: 142nd Wing Airman takes Second Place in 2026 Oregon Best Warrior Competition

Contestants in the 2026 Oregon National Guard Best Warrior Competition leave the Obstacle Course Event as they Ruck March between stations at the Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center near Warrenton, Oregon, on March 20. A total of 22 contenders began the three-day event, held from March 19-21, 2026, competing across the full range of events. The warriors' physical fitness, land navigation skills, marksmanship, and their ability to handle other battlefield scenarios were tested. These included a physical fitness test, review boards, rifle qualification, a 3-gun competition, an obstacle course, and a 12-mile ruck march. (Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel)
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Rising to the Challenge: 142nd Wing Airman takes Second Place in 2026 Oregon Best Warrior Competition

Oregon Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Steven Higdon, assigned to the 173rd Fighter Wing, fires his weapon downrange and is graded by Range Cadre, as part of the 240B/320 Weapons firing range event during the Oregon National Guard’s 2026 Best Warrior Competition, held at the Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center near Warrenton, Oregon, on March 20. A total of 22 competitors began the three-day event, which took place from March 19-21, 2026, and included various challenges. The competitors' physical fitness, land navigation skills, marksmanship, and ability to handle other battlefield scenarios were tested. These challenges included a physical fitness test, review boards, rifle qualification, a 3-gun competition, an obstacle course, and a 12-mile ruck march. (Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel)
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The Lieutenant and the Bear

Lt. Chester Bear, teddy bear mascot of 403d wing, is examined after parachute drop, his 40th, by 1st Lt. Lorna Thomas, air force flight nurse, and T/Sgt. R. L. Rowe, 403d tactical hospital.
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

The 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the “Wild Boars,” operations building in “Gunfighter Village” at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam is pictured here in 1971. Scott Powell’s first combat tour in Southeast Asia was flying F-4 Phantom fighter jets with the Wild Boars. Note the four aerial victories of the Vietnam War displayed by the yellow stars outlined in red. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

Col. Scott Powell, USAF (Retired) is pictured here in the fall of 2025, signing the nose wheel well of F-4C 64-0776 as one who flew it in his time with and as commander of the 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, the “Redhawks,” at Portland ANG Base, Oregon in the 1980s. 776 was a triple MiG killer assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, the Gunfighters, at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, in the late 1960s. It is now on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. (Courtesy Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

. After 301 combat missions, with 650 combat hours, Capt. Scott Powell completed his back-to-back combat tours in Southeast Asia in September, 1972. He is seen here after his “fini” flight, after being hosed down on the flightline and now at a typical unit “Sawadee” (farewell, or hello in Thai language) party with “rabbit ears” at the 34th TFS squadron, there at Korat RTAFB, Thailand. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

A view of the Hanoi area looking northeast across the city from the cockpit of Capt. Scott Powell’s F-4E during Linebacker operations in the summer of 1972. Note the air base at Gia Lam, resembling a “T” across the Red River from the Hanoi metro area in the foreground. Gia Lam Air Base was a focal point for the 1973 repatriation of American former prisoners of war held by Vietnam, and the first evacuation flight by C-141 Starlifter jet transport of 116 former POWs took place from there on February 12, 1973. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

388th TFW aircrew, including Scott Powell, 34th TFS, sitting at viewer left with head turned, have completed their pre-mission briefings and preparations and await the step-vans to take them from the 388th TFW operations center (aka Fort Apache) to their aircraft for a combat mission. Sixteen aircrew are in view, enough to man two flights, a total of eight F-4 Phantom jets with two men per crew. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

Initially still a Lt. at Korat, Scott Powell’s veteran status earned him rights to have a jet with his name on the canopy rail. This picture of him on the ladder of the 34th TFS jet with his name was an uncommon experience, as aircrew flew whatever jet was maintenance ready and assigned to them on a given mission. Sometimes it was the jet with their name on it. The picture was taken during a quick turn at an air base in South Vietnam in 1972, given the presence of a “Wonderarch” aircraft shelter to the left beyond the yellow fuel truck and the mountains in the distance, not features of the area at his homebase at Korat RTAFB, Thailand.
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

Capt. Scott Powell, assigned to the 34th TFS of the 388th TFW, strikes a hero pose in front of an F-4E at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand in 1972. Note the F-4 is loaded with cluster bombs on the centerline and Mk-82 500-lb bombs on the right inboard pylon, and sits in an open-topped revetment, in contrast to Da Nang. An electronic countermeasures pod occupies the left forward missile recess/well, and maybe another ECM pod is fitted in the right front missile well. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

A view looking north along the USAF fighter flightline and revetment row at Da Nang Air Base, 1971. By this point in the war, “Wonderarch” shelters made of concrete and steel protected individual fighter plane revetments against enemy rocket attacks on the base. One of Da Nang’s nicknames was “Rocket City.” The USAF built 98 of these shelters between 1968 and 1970; US Marine Corps engineers built additional ones at Da Nang for their aircraft. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

Lt. Ron Bond, MIA since September, 1971. First Lieutenant Scott Powell, 390th TFS was roommates with 390th TFS Weapon System Officer 1st Lt. Ronald Leslie Bond at Da Nang Air Base in 1971. Pictured here, possibly for a picture to be used in combat search and rescue authentication, Lt. Bond was lost during a combat mission he flew on September 30, 1971, as a Fast FAC over southern Laos. He and his pilot, Capt. Michael Leo Donovan, remain missing and unaccounted for to this day. (Courtesy Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA))
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

Bombs away on a LORAN-controlled drop! A 390th TFS Wild Boar F-4D flies on the wing of a Long-Range Navigation (LORAN)-equipped (“towel rack” device on top of aircraft) pathfinder Ubon RTAFB-based F-4D of the 25th TFS (tail code FA) of the 8th TFW as it reaches the target and drops it bombs – the Wild Boar aircrew would drop their bombs at this point too. LORAN attacks were undertaken when weather conditions precluded visual acquisition of a target. Weather, especially during the monsoon seasons, proved challenging to work in, with and around in SE Asia. Airborne LORAN and the Combat Skyspot ground-directed bombing system offered options to keep the pressure on the enemy during times of adverse weather conditions. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

A 390th TFS F-4D Phantom II returns to Da Nang Air Base after an air interdiction mission over Laos wearing the Wild Boar insignia on the engine intake forward. Note the empty Multiple Ejector Racks (MER) beneath the wings, lack of air-to-air armament (no AIM-7 Sparrow / AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles), but the presence of an electronic countermeasures pod. The air-to-ground mission was flown in proximity to threats from North Vietnamese air defense forces which were equipped with radar-guided surface-to-air missiles (e.g. the SA-2 Guideline) and/or radar-controlled larger caliber anti-aircraft artillery (e.g S-60 57mm guns). (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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Twenty Months In and Out-Country – Col. Scott Powell in Southeast Asia, 1971-1972

A Nikon camera hero picture of 1st Lt. Scott Powell, USAF, assigned to the 390th TFS of the 366th TFW, by an F-4E Phantom II in a hardened aircraft shelter at the air defense alert area at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, circa September 1971. Note the AIM-9 Sidewinder under the right wing at viewer left, and the barrels of the M-61 Vulcan 20mm cannon in the chin of the aircraft. The serial number 341 was allocated to three different F-4Es, a Block 33, 35, and 37, funded in Fiscal Years 1966, 1967 and 1968, respectively; it’s unclear which aircraft this one was. (Courtesy of Col. Scott Powell)
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A Second First Day: An Airman's Fight to Serve

Senior Airman Alisha Sargent poses for a photo in the weapons hangar at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., March 8, 2026. Sargent returned to service after a medical discharge that nearly ended her dream of serving. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Eduardo Figueroa Varela)
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Happy 85th Birthday, Portland Air National Guard Base!

The PABLOID, first newspaper of newly established Portland Army Air Base, Oregon was published on Wednesday, September 17, 1941. The front page of this first newspaper is a time capsule reflecting the news and events of the day in the months just before the December 7/8, 1941 attacks by Imperial Japan on Hawaii and in the Far East which started the Pacific War. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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142nd Operations Support Squadron Welcomes New Commander

142nd Operations Group Commander Lt. Col. Josh Hovanas (left) receives the 142nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS) guidon from outgoing OSS Commander Lt. Col. Jeffery Thomason (right) during a change of command ceremony in Portland, Ore. on February 1, 2026. Thomason relinquished command of the OSS to Lt. Col. Aaron Lamont during the ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Mr. Steven Conklin)
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142nd Operations Support Squadron Welcomes New Commander

142nd Operations Group Commander Lt. Col. Josh Hovanas (left) hands the 142nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS) guidon to incoming OSS Commander Lt. Col. Aaron Lamont (right) during a change of command ceremony in Portland, Ore. on February 1, 2026. Lamont took command of the squadron after previous commander Lt. Col. Jeffery Thomason relinquished command during the ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Mr. Steven Conklin)
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