Photo By Tech. Sgt. Greg Neuleib | Members of the 142nd Fighter Wing's Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit pose with Miss...... read more read more
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Airmen at the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore., hosted the newly-crowned Miss Oregon on Aug. 4.
Barber, 22, of Scappoose, Ore., who was crowned Miss Oregon on July 18, at the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant in Seaside, toured units at the 142nd Fighter Wing.
She toured the Fighter Wing Flight Operations, Life Support and maintenance shops, base security forces, the new firehouse, the explosive ordnance disposal shop, and the 125th Special Tactics Squadron. Barber was also able to sit inside the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle.
"Before today, I had no idea what went on here at [the base], but now I have a whole new understanding of the Air Force here and what you guys do to protect us 24 hours a day," Barber said.
Barber graduated from Scappoose High School as a varsity athlete with an honors diploma in 2005. She is in her final semester at Samuel Merritt University as a nursing student, and hopes to continue on to receive a Bachelor Degree in nursing with a concentration in neonatology.
The 142nd Fighter Wing is located at the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore. Approximately 1,000 airmen at the wing are tasked with the Air Sovereignty Alert Mission and the airspace security over the Pacific Northwest region.
| Date Taken: | 08.05.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 08.05.2009 19:12 |
| Story ID: | 37188 |
| Location: | US |
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