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  • Remembering on National POW/MIA Day 2019

    On this day we remember our nation’s prisoners of war (POW) and those yet missing in action (MIA).  According to an 8 June 2005 report by the Congressional Research Service on POWs and MIAs, in conflicts from World War I until now nearly 140,000 Americans have been held as POWs:In World War I 4,120

  • Memorial held honoring WWII era member of the 123rd

    The 123rd Fighter Squadron said their final goodbyes to their last remaining founding member, Fred Parish, September 8, 2019, at a memorial servicelast weekend. Fred Parish of La Grande, Oregon, passed away on July 7, 2019 at the age of 98. Fred was one of 117 Oregonians that chartered the 123rd

  • 142nd Fighter Wing Guardsmen participate in Suicide Awareness 5K

    Members of the 142nd Fighter Wing and their families participated in a Suicide Awareness 5K on Saturday of the September 2019 drill weekend. The run offered an opportunity for Guardsmen and their families to come together in observance of Suicide Awareness Month.

  • PANG and ESGR host Employer Appreciation Day 2019

    The 142nd Fighter Wing, along with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), hosted an annual open house known as Employer Appreciation Day (EAD) at Portland Air National Guard (PANG) Base, Oregon, on August 22, 2019.The event, open to civilian employers of traditional PANG Base

  • Oregon’s 142nd Fighter Wing conducts training with Navy counterparts

    The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing hosted the VFA-41 Squadron, assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, along with their F-18F Super Hornets during two-weeks of dissimilar aircraft combat training (DACT) at the Portland Air National Guard Base from Aug. 11-23, 2019.As part

  • Pathfinder Exercise integrates military, civilian responders

    Members of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing Medical Group, along with civilian medical first responders from Oregon Disaster Medical Team (OMDT) and other military and government agencies, took part in the annual Pathfinder Exercise held at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center

  • The 142nd Fighter Wing celebrates 30 years of flying F-15 Eagles

    PORTLAND, Oregon – Durability, Reliability and Solidity: for over 30 years the F-15 Eagle has been flown by the 142nd Fighter Wing, defending the Pacific Northwest homeland from the Canadian border to Northern California. This no-fail mission encompasses not only the reliability of the F-15 fighter

  • Client systems techs in high demand for ORANG

    Client systems is a career field that is in high demand in the Oregon Air National Guard (ORANG). As part of the Communications Flight, this career field serves base personal by providing communications network expertise regarding software, user account management, and access to drives among other