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  • The Wing’s First Purple Heart

    On August 7, 1782, General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, established the original Purple Heart, then called the Badge of Military Merit. August 7 is now known as Purple Heart Day.  It was 75 years ago this year that a member of the 142nd Fighter Wing, which was

  • 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

  • The 371st Fighter Group in Operation Overlord: Remembering Normandy at 75

    This year marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, France, commencing the western land effort to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Over 150,000 Allied soldiers, including over 13,000 airborne troops, landed from aircraft and ships on or

  • 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

  • Pacific Rescue, Pacific Loss

    On this Memorial Day, 2019, we remember all those who gave their all in service to our country.  Not all losses occur in wartime, though a number occur as military personnel train to fight.  They are also remembered on this day.It was a training mission off the Oregon coast for the Redhawk squadron

  • CES career fields among the most impactful to the mission

    The 142nd Fighter Wing is responsible for maintaining mission-ready units capable of continuously providing 24/7 ACA (Aerospace Control Alert) for the greater Pacific Northwest spanning from Northern California to Canadian British Columbia.  PANG employs approximately 1,500 people, many of whom work

  • 142nd FW Guardsmen particpate in WSEP 2019

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - April 8th marked the kick off of the Weapon System Evaluation Program (WSEP) 2019, a two-week long exercise designed to test and assess weapon systems and pilots in air-to-air combat scenarios in an operation is known as “Combat Archer.” 156 aircraft maintainers,

  • Oregon’s 116th ACS fine-tune deployment skills during Sentry Savannah 2019-2

    Resiliency and constant preparation is nothing new for residents of the oldest city in Georgia. Since 1733, Savannah has survived the British occupation of the city during the American Revolution and endured General William Tecumseh Sherman’s ‘March to the Sea,’ as the American Civil War drew to a