The folks in Oregon’s Klamath County have decided to aid the Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing at Klamath’s Kingsley Field by providing $30,000 to aid recruiting efforts. The wing needs to add up to 136 positions for its expanded role as the Air Force’s only remaining training unit for F-15 pilots, Col Thomas Schiess, 173rd FW commander, told the The News-Review. The other F-15 training unit, at Tyndall AFB, Fla., will switch solely to the new F-22A.
New B-52 Radar Makes First Flight
Dec. 12, 2025
The Air Force’s radar modernization effort for the B-52 Stratofortress entered flight testing recently, a “milestone” for the once over-budget system that senior leaders call the start of a new era for the Cold War bomber.
