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  • 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

  • 125th Special Tactics Squadron Welcomes New Commander

    Lt. Col. Paul A. Fry (center) accepts the 125th Special Tactics Squadron guidon from 142nd Operations Group Commander, Col. Jeffrey B. Yeates, signifying his action of stepping into the role of commander for the squadron during a change of command ceremony held at Portland Air National Guard Base,

  • 142nd Maintenance Group Welcomes New Commander

    The 142nd Maintenance Group (MXG) assuming officer, Col. Daniel McAllister addresses the men and women at the 142nd MXG change of command ceremony at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., on Dec. 5, 2024. The commander for the 142nd MXG oversees the responsibility of maintaining the F-15C Eagle

  • Remembering Catherine "Kate" Black Elk

    Catherine “Kate” Black Elk, born on January 24, 1922 was one of 70 enlisted Women’s Army Corps (WAC) soldiers who served at Portland Army Air Base during World War II. She was a descendant of the Oglala Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk. Her niece, Ms. Betty O’Rourke, remembers her Aunt Kate as

  • 142nd Operations Support Squadron Changes Command

    142nd Operations Group Commander, Col. Jeffrey Yeates, left, returns a salute to new 142nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Thomason, right, as Thomason assumes command of the 142nd OSS at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. on November 3rd, 2024. Lt. Col. Brad Young

  • An Armistice Day Overseas, 1944

    Eighty years ago, on November 11, 1944, Armistice Day, known as Veterans Day since 1954, was observed overseas by the World War II elements of the 142nd Wing. 

  • 142nd Communications Squadron Welcomes New Commander

    Lt. Col. Jeremy A. Barskey addresses the men and women of the 142nd Communications Squadron as their commander for the first time during a change of command ceremony held on November 2, 2024 at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer)