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Flyover Information & Schedule

Oregon-based U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagles make a thundering pass, 1,000 feet above ground at 400 mph, over select community ceremonies.

The U.S. military’s newest fighter aircraft, seen above, are here in Oregon!

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing has transitioned to the Air Force’s all new, highly advanced F-15EX Eagle II. You can see these jets flying proudly over our state’s northern skies for the first time on Memorial Day 2026! Take an inside look at the Director of the Air National Guard flying this plane May 21st 2026, and why he calls it “amazing.” Meanwhile, Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing, based in Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, is taking a pause from flying (see below) while it transitions to fifth generation F-35A Lightning II jets which will not be online there until 2027.

F15 Eagle Flyover

Pictured above is the Oregon Air Nat’l Guard aircraft we have been use to see flying on major American holidays: either the F-15C (one-seat) or the F-15D (two seat, training) Eagle fighter jet. These air-to-air combat planes are distinguished from the multi-role F-15E Strike Eagles later developed and used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which are a darker gray camouflaged color.

Memorial Day 2026
Flyover Schedule!

** Updated 18:15 PST 05-22-2026

NORTHWEST OREGON 1

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Community

Details / Directions

10:31 a.m. PST

[Vancouver, WA]

10:36 a.m. PST

[Ridgefield, WA]

10:41 a.m. PST

Vernonia

Vernonia Memorial Cemetery

10:45 a.m. PST

North Plains

Veterans Memorial Park

10:46 a.m. PST

Forest Grove

Forest View Cemetery

10:49 a.m. PST

Beaverton

Veterans Memorial Park

10:51 a.m. PST

Portland

Willamette National Cemetery

10:52 a.m. PST

Oregon City

Mountain View Cemetery

10:55 a.m. PST

Woodburn

Belle Passi Pioneer Cemetery

10:58 a.m. PST

Salem

World War II Memorial (first)
Restlawn Memory Gardens (next)

11:00 a.m. PST

Dallas

Dallas Cemetery

11:07 a.m. PST

Depoe Bay

Depoe Bay

11:18 a.m. PST

Reedsport

Reedsport Masonic Cemetery

11:25 a.m. PST

Springfield

Veterans Memorial Plaza

11:26 a.m. PST

Eugene

Eugene Pioneer Cemetery

11:35 a.m. PST

Mt. Angel

Cavalry Cemetery

11:36 a.m. PST

Mollala

Adams Cemetery

11:50 a.m. PST

Wasco

Wasco
SOUTHWEST OREGON 3

Unfortunately, there will be no Memorial Day flights over our Southwest Oregon communities in 2026. The reason is that the 173rd Fighter Wing based in Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls that makes those flights is transitioning aircraft. It’s going from a formal training unit for the F-15C and F-15D Eagles that have flown for decades to a training unit for the F-35A Lightning II. The 173rd retired its last F-15 Eagles in December 2025. It won’t get the new F-35s until 2027. Meanwhile significant infrastructure upgrades are underway at the base. This is a major conversion involving the most sophisticated fighter jet ever designed. The 173rd Fighter Wing has had no choice but to pause all flyover requests until late 2027. 

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  1. 142nd Fighter Wing (“Redhawks”), Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Oregon. ↩︎
  2. Flights could be cancelled or flyover times changed due to weather conditions or operational contingencies. ↩︎
  3. 173rd Fighter Wing (“Land of No Slack”), Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. ↩︎
  4. Flights could be cancelled or flyover times changed due to weather conditions or operational contingencies. ↩︎

Memorial Day In Brief:

MEMORIAL DAY

Annual Date:

Last Monday of May

Commemorates:

The more than one million men and women of the United States military–including nearly 6,000 Oregonians—who gave their lives in service of their country from the Civil War to the present.

Former Name & Annual Date:

Decoration Day, May 30th

First Celebrated Nationally and Annually:
May 30, 1868 (Arlington National Cemetery, VA)

Codified into State Law:
1871 (Michigan); 1873 (New York); by 1890 (all 25 Union states)

Codified into Federal Law:
1889 (designation of May 30 as federal holiday of Decoration Day, memorializing all Civil War soldiers who died); 1938 (designation of Decoration Day as federal holiday memorializing all U.S. military fatalities in war); 1950 (requirement of annual Presidential Proclamation); 1967 (name change to “Memorial Day”); 1968 (change from May 30 to last Monday in May, effective 1971); 2000 (National Moment of Silence)

Key Civic Events Marking Today’s Observance:

  • Volunteers, relatives and friends place U.S. flags and flowers on graves of American military veterans.

  • U.S. flags fly at half staff from dawn until noon per Presidential proclamation as required by federal law (36 U.S. Code 116).

  • Citizens attend parades and/or gather for short programs held at local cemeteries or memorials.

  • Per presidential proclamation people and media outlets of the United States “observe Memorial Day” as day of “prayer for a permanent peace.” During a “period of time” during the day required by federal law (usually the hour of 11:00am per Presidential proclamation) people of the United States “may unite in prayer” and reflection.

  • Moment of silence occurs at 3:00pm per federal law (36 U.S. Code 116).

Flag at half staff in North Plains Oregon on Memorial Day

Attend a Memorial Day ceremony.
Take a friend or family member.
You’ll be glad you did.

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