Storming Heaven

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As a full-time Guard unit, and with one of the largest flying squadrons in the U.S. military, the men and women of the 114th Fighter Squadron (Oregon Air National Guard), Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Oregon, are in a class by themselves, and I relied on them for much of the information on air defense fighter procedures and for a vital orientation in the F-16A Fighting Falcon ADF (Air Defense Fighter), which was a real thrill for this ex-bomber crew dog. Thanks to Colonel Donald “Scott” Powell, commander; Captain Sandra Kaufman, Chief of Public Affairs; Captain Ken Muller; and to all the other instructors and pilots I met with, for your generous support and assistance.

Interestingly, my old friends of the 119th Fighter Group, 178th Fighter Squadron “Happy Hooligans,” North Dakota Air National Guard (whom I wrote about in many other stories as the fighter unit that gets jumped by one of my high-tech bomber “battleships”), pull alert at Kingsley Field, and I had many opportunities to speak with them and learn firsthand about fighter intercept procedures. Thanks to Lieutenant Colonel Tom Tolman, commander of Det One, and his pilots and crews for a tour of their facility and their help in understanding the air interceptor game.

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