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Remembering Air Warrior “Rocky” Gray on Memorial Day, 2024

Maj. Rockford V. Gray is seen here ready to fly a P-47D “Razorback” variant of the Thunderbolt fighter bearing the insignia of the 369th Fighter Squadron, of which he was the first commander. After the group deployed to Europe in late 1943, he moved up to a position on the 359th Fighter Group staff. (Courtesy Ms. Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Association)
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Remembering Air Warrior “Rocky” Gray on Memorial Day, 2024

During a break in the field maneuvers at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, NY in July and August, 1943, Capt. Rockford Gray teaches Black Jack. (Courtesy Ms. Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Association)
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Remembering Air Warrior “Rocky” Gray on Memorial Day, 2024

Capt. Rockford V. Gray, Commander, 369th Fighter Squadron, gives a briefing to his men during a field maneuver held at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, NY during July and August, 1943. He laid out the plan, gas masks, guns, helmets and all. (Courtesy Ms. Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Association)
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142nd Wing Airmen support Weapons Instructor Course at Nellis AFB

Airmen from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing pose for a group photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 19, 2024. These Portland, Ore.-based guardsmen supported the U.S. Air Force's Weapons Instructor Course for two weeks in April. (courtesy photo)
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Strength beyond service: Oregon Guardsman wins Washington State bodybuilding competition

Senior Airman Michaela Thompson poses with her father, Senior Master Sgt. Jay Thompson, during the Washington State Olympic Natural 2023 body building competition in Seattle, Wash., where she took 1st place in the bikini class on September 2, 2023. Both Thompson and her father serve in the Oregon Air National Guard. (courtesy photo)
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Strength beyond service: Oregon Guardsman wins Washington State bodybuilding competition

Senior Airman Michaela Thompson, a firefighter in the 142nd Civil Engineer Squadron, poses in front of an F-15 static display on Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., Apr. 17, 2024. Thompson recently competed in the Washington State Olympic Naturals bodybuilding competition in Seattle, Wash., where she took took first place in the bikini class. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Aircraft Commander Lars Granath stands confidently by a shark-mouthed 388th TFW/469th TFS F-4E Phantom II, the type he flew from Korat RTAFB on 178 combat missions and 235 combat hours with the Fighting Bulls from September, 1971 to August, 1972, flying for 235 combat hours. (Antelope County News, via Col Lars Granath, 2019)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

On Veterans Day, 2010, Vietnam combat veteran Col Lars Granath spoke about his postwar experience with the F-15 Eagle in a ceremony which dedicated F-15A Eagle serial number 73-089 at the Evergreen Air & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. F-4C Phantom II 63-7647 nearby at the right shows two red stars for aerial victories aircrew obtained in it during the Vietnam War. Col Granath is seen here before the ceremony, at the lower left in the white pants and dark sportcoat standing near the two jets which signify the 142nd Wing’s transformation which added an air superiority capability to the unit. Col Granath played an important role in that change. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Greg Neuleib)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Jerry Ford (left) was stationed in South Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He is seen here with his friend from high school (in T-shirt). He joined the Oregon ANG after the war and served as a crew chief for the unit’s fighter aircraft. (Courtesy Jerry Ford)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Then Capt Michael G. Roehr flew combat for some 30 months in Southeast Asia. He is shown here in his postwar tour at George AFB, California, where he flew the F-105G Wild Weasel version of the renowned Thunderchief fighter-bomber before joining the Oregon ANG in 1979. (TAC Attack safety magazine, September, 1976)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Official portrait photo of Vietnam veteran Lt Col Gerald O. Clark in Oregon Air National Guard service in the 1970s. He flew the RF-4C Phantom II in photo reconnaissance missions from Thailand in 1967. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Then RF-4C Phantom II recon pilot Captain Gerald O. Clark is welcomed home by his family, wife Mary, daughter Karen (then 4) Daughter Lori (8) and son Dale (6) in this picture taken at Ramstein AB in 1966. He served a tour in Southeast Asia flying the RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft after service in the same type aircraft in Europe. (USAF Airman Magazine, December, 1966)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Lt Col John L. “Cactus Jack” Fisher flew the F-4 Phantom on two combat tours in Southeast Asia. He is seen here beside an F-4 Phantom II loaded with an AGM-12C Bullpup air-to-surface guided missile, his flight suit “sanitized” and personal equipment ready for a combat mission. (Courtesy Mrs. Judith Fisher)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Lt Col John L. “Cactus Jack” Fisher flew the F-4 Phantom on two combat tours in Southeast Asia. Then 1st Lt. Fisher flew the F-4E in the 388th TFW/469th TFS at Korat in 1968-69. He returned to Southeast Asia for a second tour in the F-4D with the 49th TFW at Takhli in 1972. (Courtesy Mrs. Judith Fisher)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Edward J. Fenner (right) served at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam from March, 1967 to March, 1968. Here he is seen with 557th TFS F-4C pilot and aircraft commander Capt Peter T. Kempf (later Lt Gen Kempf) by aircraft 691 in January, 1968. (Courtesy CMSgt Edward Fenner)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Congressman Denny Smith flew the F-4C Phantom II at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam in 1965-1966. He is shown here on November 26, 1985, then Congressman Smith of Oregon, as he prepares for a flight in an F-16D fighter at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Note the Oregon Redhawk emblem on his helmet. (USAF photo by Sgt Michael A. Price)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Four Triple Nickel aircrewmen pose for a photo at Udorn RTAFB during Lt Col James R. Alley’s combat tour, 1968-1969. Alley is the last man at the right in the photo. (Courtesy Lt Col James R. Alley)
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Reflections of Southeast Asia: Oregon ANG Veterans of the Vietnam War

Lt Col James R. Alley was stationed at Udorn Royal Thai AFB from 1968 to 1969. He was assigned to the 555th TFS of the 432 TRW, as indicated by the tail code OY on the jets next to his. (Courtesy Lt Col James R. Alley)
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The Women of Portland Army Air Base in World War II: Part I, 1941 to 1943

Approximately 50 women of the WAC Detachment march past the base theater at PAAB, perhaps in an afternoon base retreat parade circa November-December 1943. (PAAB History, 142nd Wing History Archive)
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The Women of Portland Army Air Base in World War II: Part I, 1941 to 1943

Mary F. Witt became the first commander of the WACs at PAAB in July of 1943, seeing the unit through several redesignations as the Army sought to optimize WAC unit designations and align them with similar units. In late-March, 1943, she became the Commanding Officer of Squadron “W” of the 432nd Army Air Force Base Unit at Portland. (PAAB History, 142nd Wing History Archive)
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