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  • Oregon Airmen Receive Bronze Star Medals

    Two Oregon Air Guardsmen were awarded Bronze Star medals during a ceremony here, for leading engineers during a recent deployment to Afghanistan, despite persistent rocket attacks and indirect fire.Lt. Col. Jason Lay and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Gilbert served alongside one another during a recent

  • Portland Air National Guard Base welcomes new commander

    Oregon Air National Guardsmen assembled for the 142nd Fighter Wing change of command ceremony here Feb. 7, 2015.Col. Paul T. Fitzgerald took command during a traditional ceremony as the colors were passed from Col. Richard W. Wedan, who retired after more than 27 years of service to the Air National

  • Oregon National Guard showcase critical roles to top enlisted leader

    Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell O. Brush, Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard Bureau, visited the 142nd Fighter Wing and other hosts units, gaining a close-up perspective of various mission's sets here, while interfacing with Airmen about their work.Brush is the senior enlisted leader for both

  • Citizen-Airmen recognized during demobilization ceremony

    Airmen from the 142nd Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), along with members of the 142nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS), who recently returned in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), were formally recognized during a demobilization ceremony held Dec. 7 on base.Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Military, Trail Blazers team up to support Oregon Food Bank

    Twenty-six military members from across Oregon and Washington teamed up with the Portland Trail Blazers to pack food boxes in support of the Oregon Food Bank today at the Food Bank's west-side location in Beaverton, Oregon."We're committed to making our community a better place, and we're proud to

  • Junior Enlisted Council gaining altitude

    Airmen from across the base came together November 8, 2014 for a meeting of the Junior Enlisted Council, a group focused on professional development, morale and welfare for the junior enlisted ranks.Recent attendance for the meeting has been up after some outreach efforts, according to

  • WWII vet reminisces on recent 'Honor Flight,' price of freedom

    Army Air Corps Tech. Sgt. Fred Parish, a La Grande, Oregon, resident and Oregon National Guard veteran, received a trip to the nation's capital last month as part of the Honor Flight project's objective to take all WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the WWII Memorial."Almost 90 percent of

  • Redhawks sign up with Klamath Community College

    Every autumn, college students across the nation participate in a rite of passage, as they return to campuses large and small to pursue their dreams of earning a diploma. Airmen at the 142nd Fighter Wing now have the same opportunity here to complete their associate's degrees on base.With the

  • Manager retires, Family Programs welcomes new director

    As an eight year old, Mary Bell and her family moved to the Portland Air Force Base in 1961, when her father was reassigned from Spandau Air Force Base, Germany.  Five years later, he was the last active duty Airman on base to help transition the active Air Force alert mission to the Air National