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About that Shark mouth on the 151 Jet…

A fierce shark mouth is now worn by a 123rd Fighter Squadron F-15C serial number 86-0151 and seen here ready to fly on 13 July 2021 in honor of its former crew chief, MSgt Marty Nance, who served in the Oregon Air National Guard for over 30 years. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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Even Better with Age: The 142nd Wing turns 78

Millville Army Air Field, New Jersey in 1943. In January 1943, Millville Army Air Field opened as a gunnery school for fighter pilots. Gunnery training began with Curtiss P-40F Warhawk aircraft, but after a few weeks, the P-40s were gone, and the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ruled the skies over Cumberland County. During its three year existence, thousands of soldiers and civilians served here, with about 1,500 pilots receiving advanced fighter training in the Thunderbolt. (Courtesy baileytown-nj.com)
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Even Better with Age: The 142nd Wing turns 78

Camp Springs, Maryland. Capt. Andrew W. Salter, Jr., the first commanding officer of what would become Joint Base Andrews, welcomes the first flying trainees at the Camp Springs Maryland airfield in May, 1943. The base achieved full operating capability on May 2, 1943 and became a super-base controlling much of the Eastern seaboard's military activities less than two months later. (Army Air Force file photo, via Joint Base Andrews PA)
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Even Better with Age: The 142nd Wing turns 78

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the primary aircraft assigned to the 371st Fighter Group throughout its World War II service. (USAF Photo)
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Even Better with Age: The 142nd Wing turns 78

Colonel Bingham T. “Bing” Kleine commanded the 371st Fighter Group from July, 1943 to after the war ended in 1945. (The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO)
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The Pioneer Mustang Group’s Portland Sojourn

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Howard, seen here in a 354th Fighter Group P-51B Mustang fighter depicting his aerial victories, was a prewar US Navy fighter pilot who flew with the Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group in 1941-42. He then joined the USAAF as a pilot in, and later commander of, the 356th Fighter Squadron. He was the only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations to be awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly defending B-17s of the 401st Bomb Group, northwest of Halberstadt, Germany on 11 January 1944. He became the Group’s second commander on February 12, 1944, following the loss of Col. Martin in combat over Germany. He served in the Air Force until retirement in 1966, and achieved the rank of brigadier general. (Courtesy US National Archives, via Mr. Daniel Carrizales)
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The Pioneer Mustang Group’s Portland Sojourn

Corporal William W. Louie, poses on a 356th Fighter Squadron’s Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra, serial number 42-9362. Note the distinctive squadron insignia on the aircraft door, as well as the olive drab over neutral gray colors and other unit markings. In June, 1943 the 356th moved to Salem, Oregon, where they spent four months honing their flying skills before overseas deployment. Louie was discharged after the war as a sergeant and went on to school to become a prominent architect in Utah. (Courtesy Mr. William W. Louie via Mr. Daniel Carrizales)
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The Pioneer Mustang Group’s Portland Sojourn

Some 355th Fighter Squadron mechanics work on the engine of a Bell P-39N Airacobra while pilots look on. The 355th FS was one of two 354th Fighter Group squadrons based at Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, for final operational training before deploying for combat overseas. (Courtesy US National Archives via Mr. Daniel Carrizales)
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The Pioneer Mustang Group’s Portland Sojourn

Col. Kenneth R. Martin was the first commanding officer of the 354th Fighter Group and led the unit through Stateside training and into combat in the European Theater of Operations. While escorting heavy bombers over enemy territory, he was downed over Germany on February 11, 1944 in a mid-air collision between his P-51 Mustang and a German Luftwaffe Me-410 Hornisse heavy fighter after encountering eight of the type and shooting down another Me-410. He survived the collision, became a Prisoner of War (POW) and was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for this combat action. Late in the war in Europe he and another officer escaped captivity; he was briefly reunited with his group at its first base in Germany. Col. Martin served in the postwar Air Force until he retired in 1950. (Courtesy US National Archives via Mr. Daniel Carrizales)
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Moving into the Jet Age in the 1950s

The 1950s was a time of tremendous development in aviation, with many new aircraft capabilities as the transition from propeller to jet combat aircraft was completed. For the Oregon Air National Guard, this decade was marked by multiple changes in airframe. (U.S. Air National Guard graphic by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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Portland Air Base's First Flag Day, 1941

This aerial view looking west, of the southwest corner of Portland Air Force Base circa 1964, shows the base headquarters in the upper center with dark roof, multiple building wings, and a white flagpole in the grassy area beyond it, a small tree to the left. This was the base headquarters building and flagpole in the 1941 base dedication ceremony and first flag-raising at Portland Army Air Base. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Memorial Day 2021 - Remembering a Rough Transition

Carl L. Brose’s gravestone as see in the Woodlawn Section of Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Oregon. (Find-A-Grave.com)
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Memorial Day 2021 - Remembering a Rough Transition

Richard D. Price’s military picture as carried in a local newspaper shortly after his loss. (Oregon Daily Journal, April 6, 1951)
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Memorial Day 2021 - Remembering a Rough Transition

Richard D. Price’s gravestone as seen in in Willamette National Cemetery near Portland, Oregon. (Find-A-Grave.com)
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Memorial Day 2021 - Remembering a Rough Transition

Paul S. Taggart’s gravestone as seen in the Greenwich addition to the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia (Find-A-Grave.com)
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116th ACS marks 50 years in ORANG

Seen here is the 1950’s vintage AN/MPS-11 radar atop a radar tower at Portland Air Base in the early 1970s. The radar was mobile and could be taken from the tower and deployed to the field by the 116th Tactical Control Squadron which operated it. (Courtesy CMSgt Michael Brown)
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116th ACS marks 50 years in ORANG

This photo shows the 116th Tactical Control Squadron’s operations room with the radar scopes displaying air contact information. (Courtesy CMSgt Michael Brown)
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When Three Became One: The Foundation of the Modern 142nd Wing, May 24, 1946

On May 24, 1946, three different entities with three different histories came together for the first time to create what we know as the 142nd Wing based at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Air National Guard graphic by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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Oregon’s Military and Naval Aviation Pioneers, Frank W. Wright and Louis T. Barin, Jr.

Frank W. Wright’s fighter plane in RAF 209 Squadron during World War I was the famous Sopwith Camel. The British Sopwith F.1 Camel shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied World War I fighter. Best characterized by its unmatched maneuverability, the Camel was difficult to defeat in a dogfight. Tricky handling characteristics, however, made the Camel a dangerous aircraft to fly. The example pictured here on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force was built by USAF personnel in 1974 from original factory drawings. (USAF photo)
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Oregon’s Military and Naval Aviation Pioneers, Frank W. Wright and Louis T. Barin, Jr.

Oregonian Frank W. Wright served in the Oregon National Guard before World War I and became its first military pilot. Sent overseas in the war, he flew with RAF 209 Squadron in 1918, and continued on active duty service in the U.S. Army after the war, eventually becoming the first base commander of McChord Field, Washington, and later the first commander of Pendleton Field, Oregon. Lt Col Wright is shown here standing at the left looking on as the Chairman of the Board of Pierce County Commissioners John Schlarb hands the deed for Tacoma Field to County Auditor S. Clifford Davis. This ceremony on 5 May 1938 ended Pierce County’s ownership of the 900-acre airfield and transferred it to the War Department. (Image courtesy of the McChord Air Museum)
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