Kingsley Field
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Kingsley Field is an Air National Guard base located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Kingsley Field is the home of the Oregon Air National Guard 173rd Fighter Wing. It is used as an advanced air to air combat training center for F-15 pilots. Kingsley is also home to a USAF flight surgeon training school. The 173rd Fighter Wing is currently under the command of Colonel Thomas R Schiess.
It was named after David Kingsley, who gave his parachute to another comrade as his aiplane crashed in Bulgaria during World War II.[citation needed]
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