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Fifty Years On: Remembering the 1973 Paris Peace Accords

Drawing in the May, 1973 issue of the Oregon Air National Guard’s Air Scoop Newsletter, depicting someone wearing a POW/MIA bracelet for USAF Major (later Lt Col) Edward D. Silver. Lt Col Silver’s remains were found, recovered and identified in May, 2011. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Fifty Years On: Remembering the 1973 Paris Peace Accords

The banner headline of the January 25, 1973 edition of Stars and Stripes carried news of the cease-fire agreed to in the Paris Peace Accords. The headline at lower left is somewhat ironic and poignant, reflecting news of the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who committed major US forces to the war in 1965, at the time that US role was ending. (University of Virginia (UVA) VA Miller Center)
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New CLEP testing facility broadens horizons for 142nd Wing Airmen

An Airman studies at Portland Air National Guard Base (PANG), Portland, Ore., January 26, 2023. CLEP testing is now offered at PANG every month on the Friday before drill weekend. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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New CLEP testing facility broadens horizons for 142nd Wing Airmen

Training booths line the wall in the new CLEP testing center at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., January 26, 2023. CLEP testing is now offered at the base every month on the Friday before drill. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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Oregon Guardsman Meets First Lady Jill Biden at White House Event Honoring National Guard

Members of the National Guard representing more than 30-states pose for a group photo with First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, at the "Joining Forces Initiative" event on November 28th, 2022 at the White house, in Washington D.C. The event was meant to highlight national guardsmen from across the United States, and offered service members a chance to meet and share their military experiences with the First Lady, and senior national guard leadership. (Courtesy Photo)
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Oregon Guardsman Meets First Lady Jill Biden at White House Event Honoring National Guard

Master Sgt. Christina Mayangitan, along with her daughter Makayla, and Oregon Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Michael Stencel, along with his wife Sue, pose for a photo with First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden during the "Joining Forces Initiative" on November 28th, at The White House, Washington D.C. The event was meant to highlight national guardsmen from over 30 states, and offered service members a chance to meet and share their military experiences with the First Lady, and senior national guard leadership. (Courtesy Photo)
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Guardian Angel: Religious Affairs Airman saves Life during Morning Commute

Staff Sgt. Kyle Mergeler, 142nd Wing religious affairs Airman, poses for a photo in the base chapel on December 15th, 2022, at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore. Mergeler was recognized for providing life-saving care to an individual in crisis during his commute to drill on November 7th, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank)
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Guardian Angel: Religious Affairs Airman saves Life during Morning Commute

Staff Sgt. Kyle Mergeler, 142nd Wing religious affairs Airman, is coined by Brig. Gen. Donna Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard Commander, during a private meeting at the 142nd Wing's Resiliency Center, on November 30th, 2022, at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore. Mergeler was recognized by Gen. Prigmore for providing life-saving care to an individual in crisis during his commute to drill on November 7th, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

The Order for Christian Burial for the funeral service of Captain David L. Seitz, Oregon Air National Guard, held on Friday, December 22nd, 1972 in Portland, Oregon two days after his death on duty. He was subsequently buried in Salem, Oregon. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

View of a Portland-based 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (Air Force Reserve) Sikorsky HH-34J Choctaw helicopter serial (bureau) number 143885 taken on November 10, 1973 of the type used in the search and recovery of Capt David L. Seitz in December, 1972. The 304th operated the HH-34J from 1971 to 1974. (Courtesy Mr. Ron Olsen)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

View of Capt David L. Seitz, 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, in flight suit and jacket taken out on the ramp at Portland ANG Base in the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger era.
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

Vintage unit fact sheet describing the McDonnell F-101B Voodoo fighter-interceptor’s basic characteristics. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

Five of the Oregon Air National Guard’s McDonnell F-101B Voodoo fighter-interceptors are seen in this picture taken early in the type’s service in Oregon from 1971 to 1981. Serial number 58-0334 is the fourth aircraft from the left at the lower center of the picture, and was the F-101B flown by Capt David L. Seitz on his fateful flight early on December 20, 1972. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

View of the 123rd Fighter-Interceptors Squadron’s main briefing room during a 1972 mission briefing. It’s likely Capt Seitz briefed in this room for his final missions. From left to right in the rowed crew seats are the following aircrew: William McDonald, George Cathay, Mike Fisher, Roger Duby and Brian Freeman. In center foreground at the table is Capt Harold Hoffman and seated at right is Lt Col Marty Bergan, Commander, 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. Maj McDonald and Capt Hoffman were two of the pallbearers at Capt Seitz’ funeral. (Hat tip to CMSgt Patrick Tracy for aircrew ID, photo 142nd Wing History Archive)
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Remembering Captain David L. Seitz

Photograph of Capt David L. Seitz, 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, in service dress uniform taken sometime after he earned his pilot wings in 1968. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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The Oregon Air National Guard’s First Outstanding Unit Award

The Commander, Air Defense Command, Lt Gen Robert M. Lee, USAF (left) speaks as he presents Col Leon W. Gray (right), Portland Air Defense Sector (POADS) Commander, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in a formal outdoor ceremony at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon in 1962. Lt Col Robert L. Stacklie, 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Commander, looks on as seen in between the two general officers, his face facing the camera. POADS achieved a first as an air defense sector in being awarded the Air Force’s Outstanding Unit Award for the period June 8, 1960 to April 30, 1962. The sector headquarters at Adair AFS and its nine operational fighter-interceptor and radar squadrons (including the 123rd FIS) received the AFOUA for this period. The POADS Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Direction Center (DC-13) blockhouse looms behind the official party of the award ceremony. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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The Oregon Air National Guard’s First Outstanding Unit Award

The 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron operated the Northrop F-89J Scorpion fighter-interceptor during the June 8, 1960 to April 30, 1962 award period for the squadron’s first Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Here, Brad Newell, 123rd FIS pilot, dons his helmet in the front seat of an F-89J and George Smith is on the ladder, possibly serial number 53-2534, for a sortie. In the early years of the 123rd’s air defense alert operations, the squadron had no dedicated alert facility nor covered shelter for its aircraft sitting alert although this began to change in the later years of the F-89J era, 1960 to 1966. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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The Oregon Air National Guard’s First Outstanding Unit Award

The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award to the 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron for its exceptionally meritorious achievement between June 8, 1960 and April 30, 1962 was approved on October 12, 1962. Signed by Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert and Portland Air Defense Sector Commander Leon W. Gray, it was presented to the squadron during its Unit Training Assembly of December, 1962. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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The Oregon Air National Guard’s First Outstanding Unit Award

Col Leon W. Gray (left), Portland Air Defense Sector (POADS) Commander, presented the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award to Lt Col Robert L. Stacklie (right), 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Commander, during the squadron’s December, 1962 Unit Training Assembly. Both men were distinguished combat veterans from the European theater during World War II. In addition, Stacklie flew combat during the Korean War. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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A Cause for Concern: How terrible November Mustaches raise awareness for Men's Health

142nd Wing Vice Commander, Col. Christopher Lantagne, proudly sports a mustache on the final day of the observance of "Movember," November 30, 2022, Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. Since 2003, Service members across the globe have participated in No-Shave-November, a movement with the goal of raising awareness around men's health and male specific cancer. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer)
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