Menu
  • Home
  • Breaking News
  • Feature
    • Arts
    • Astrology
    • Business
    • Community
    • Employment
    • Event Stories
    • From the Pioneer
    • Government
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Non Profit News
    • Obituary
    • Public Safety
  • Weather
  • Guest Column
    • Perspectives
    • Don Backman Photos
    • Ardent Gourmet
    • Kitchen Maven
    • I’ve been thinking
    • Jim Heffernan
    • The Littoral Life
    • Neal Lemery
    • View From Here
    • Virginia Carrell Prowell
    • Words of Wisdom
  • Calendar
  • Things to do
    • Tillamook County Parks
    • Tillamook County Hikes
    • Whale Watching
    • Tillamook County Library
  • About
    • Contribute
    • Advertising
    • Subscribe
  • Search...
Menu

173RD FIGHTER WING TO CONDUCT NIGHT FLYING OPERATIONS STARTING MONDAY, DEC. 14 THROUGH FRIDAY, DEC. 18

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Editor

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore . – The 173rd Fighter Wing will conduct night flying operations starting Monday, Dec. 14 through Friday, Dec. 18. Operations will take place between approximately 4:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m.
Night flying is one part of the course curriculum for F-15C Eagle student pilots at Kingsley Field, the premiere F-15C schoolhouse for the United States Air Force.

The majority of the training will occur in the military operating airspace to the east of Lakeview where the pilots can fly without lights. However, the local community will most likely hear the jets during take-offs and approaches to and from Kingsley Field. Take-offs will occur after sundown and the jets will return approximately an hour-and-a-half later.
“Whether defending the homeland or deployed in contingency operations, F-15 pilots must be proficient at night flying,” said Col. Jeff Edwards, 173rd Fighter Wing Commander. “Night flying training includes the full spectrum of skills needed to be a combat-ready F-15 pilot.”

Community members may contact the wing’s public affairs office at 541-885-6677 to express any concerns they have during this time.

Featured Video

Tillamook Weather

Tides

Archives

Share on facebook
Facebook
Share on pinterest
Pinterest
Share on twitter
Twitter
Share on linkedin
Linkedin

Recent Posts

  • TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: First Comes Awareness, Then Comes Understanding, Next Comes Acceptance, and Finally there is Equitability

    April 1, 2023
  • NEHALEM BAY GARDEN CLUB GIVES NEHALEM POST OFFICE A NEW LOOK and PURPOSE: Bring Back The Pollinators – Plant Natives!

    April 1, 2023
  • TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERT: Winter Storm Warning for Coast Range Extended to Monday 4/3/23 at 05:00AM

    April 1, 2023
editor (@) tillamookcountypioneer.net
MAILING ADDRESS:
Tillamook County Pioneer
PO Box 1086,
Tillamook, OR 97141
EULA
©2023 | Theme by SuperbThemes