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  • The skies have no preference – Black American fighter pilots in the USAF

    We can look proudly at the example these Black American fighter pilots set as air warriors who have upheld the Air Force’s core values of integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do.  Black, White, Yellow, Red, Brown or any shade in-between, the skies have no preference nor

  • On Priesthood and Plumbing: Father Peter Julia’s Journey to Service

    It’s Christmas morning 2022. Father Peter Julia, having removed his shoes and socks, and rolled up his pant legs, wades barefoot through the pool of water that has accumulated on the floor of the chapel at Portland Air National Guard Base. A recent cold snap has caused a pipe to burst in the old

  • Getting Patton to the Rhine

    Eighty years ago this week, between March 15 – 21, 1945, the 371st Fighter Group (today’s 142nd Wing), distinguished itself in battle as it provided close support to General George S. Patton Jr.’s Third Army as it broke through the Siegfried Line and raced to the Rhine River.   In recognition for

  • Mother and Daughter Share Spirit of Service While Deployed

    Maj. Beth Conn is a director of psychological health in the Oregon National Guard while her daughter, Caitlin Conn is a Staff Sgt. serving in the Oregon Air National Guard as a missions systems operator with the 116th Air Control Squadron. In addition to their bond as mother and daughter, the two

  • Weather takes Flight for ORANG Airman

    Opaque clouds filtered the sky. Senior Airman Gillian Moore’s hair collected rain droplets as her fingers moved steadily against the metal equipment of the Tactical Meteorological Observing System (TMQ-53). Even in adverse conditions Moore’s defining characteristic, her zest for life (in every sense

  • Ash Like Snow: ORANG Airman Aids in Aftermath of Palisade Fire

    From afar, the scene resembled a winter wonderland, with snow blanketing the hilltops. However, a closer look revealed that the white coating was not snow, but ash. This was the haunting landscape that Master Sgt. Steven Boyd, Deputy Fire Chief of the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. saw when

  • Oregon Air National Guardsman Completes Commander Tour in Antarctica

    Oregon Air National Guard Director of Staff, Col. Christopher Lantagne has finished a six week tour as the commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 13th AEG supports the National Science Foundation, which is the lead agency at Mcmurdo.“I’ve done a lot of cool