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OUR OWN HOMETOWN HERO
Senior Master Sergeant Timothy Lear, 142nd Security Forces Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard was awarded a Bronze Star Medal on Aug. 3, 2012. Lear received the medal for "extraordinary leadership"...
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Employer support highlights ESGR day
Almost any vantage point of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon can be spectacular, but from a boom operator's window aboard a KC-135 Stratotaker at 30,000 feet, the view can be especially magnificent....
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Yellow Ribbon program fosters support for deployed members
Sometimes the biggest joys in life are the simple things: house work, a Sunday afternoon football game on TV, and time spent a home with family members. After multiple deployments in the past several...
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Oregon Air Guard Top Gun Shooter at 'William Tell' retires
Maybe is was the smell of jet fuel, or the noise of the flight line, or perhaps it was just something about seeing other airmen in their military uniforms hurrying about their duty. Whatever it was, it...
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Ceremony honors six Oregon Airmen
PORTLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Portland Ore.- In a rare break with normal ceremonial protocol, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command invited family members onto the stage for photos...
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The Brothers Bigelow
A unique aspect of the National Guard is that members of the same family often serve in the military at the same time together or perchance even in the same unit. The odds are, at almost any given time...
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Springtime Tears: Remembering the Oregon Air National Guard's first postwar...
It was two weeks before Memorial Day, 1948, when the searchers found them. More than a month had passed in the spring of 1948 since three Oregon Air National Guard Airmen had gone missing in one of the...
View ArticleThe 371st Fighter Group on D-Day, June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944, will always be remembered for the successful landings by Allied forces on the beaches in Normandy, France. We should also remember the contributions of the Airmen who helped make that...
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Keeping an attitude for fitness
It's a hot July afternoon at the Portland Air National Guard Base, in Portland, Ore., as the 142nd Fighter Wing Vice Commander Col. Matthew Schuster and Executive Officer Maj. Frank Page take off for...
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History of Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (T-Bird) in Oregon Air National Guard...
The Lockheed T-33A T-Bird is important to Oregon's aviation history in support of the air defense mission. It was instrumental in the 142nd Fighter Group's recognition for several achievements and...
View ArticleOregon Air National Guard Recruiting: 1973 through 1977
The Vietnam conflict was winding down in 1973, so the "all volunteer force" became a new challenge for the armed forces, including the Air National Guard. Up until then, the Oregon Air National Guard...
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Those were the days: An Oregon Airman remembers the Oregon Maneuver of 1943
Aug. 1 marks 70 years since the start of the largest military maneuver ever held in the Pacific Northwest - the Oregon Maneuver of 1943. This is my recollection of the events of that maneuver, which...
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The French Farm Girl of the Flying Field: Yvette Hamel and the 371st Fighter...
It was the summer of 1944 in Normandy, France. In June, Allied forces had successfully landed on the European continent and began the great campaign across northwestern Europe to defeat Nazi Germany....
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The Oregon Air National Guard and the Korean War: Remembering the Call to...
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the armistice that halted hostilities in Korea, we remember the Oregon Air Guardsmen who served the nation during that conflict. When the Oregon Air National...
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The 142d Fighter Wing Remembers its Missing In Action (MIAs)
National POW/MIA Recognition Day gives us solemn occasion to remember those who served and sacrificed to defend our freedom and liberty. The 142d Fighter Wing's history reflects POWs and MIAs from both...
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Artist and Aircraft mechanic Airman 1st Class Robert Thomas
The artist is "A1C Robert Thomas," an Oregon Air Guardsman from 1968 to 1974, who served in aircraft maintenance with the 142d Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (142nd CAMS). He presently...
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They Served in Korea: Korean War Veterans who joined the OreANG after the War
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Armistice in Korea, which went into effect in July of 1953. Although major hostilities were ended, deadly incidents frequently occurred and tensions on the...
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Enlisted Aircrew of the Oregon Air Guard: Strangers to the ground
When it was established in 1947, the U.S. Air Force established the enlisted aircrew badge (wings) and at the same time the Oregon Air National Guard (OreANG) assigned their first group of enlisted...
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Redhawks over Iraq: The ORANG and the Iraqi No-Fly Zone Experience – Part 1
When most Americans think of our military involvement in the Middle East, they tend to think of the post 9/11 period. But America's Airmen have been flying over and fighting in the region for a much...
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Yellow Ribbon program fosters support for deployed members
Sometimes the biggest joys in life are the simple things: house work, a Sunday afternoon football game on TV, and time spent a home with family members. After multiple deployments in the past several...
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