Kentucky’s Adjutant General, Army Brig. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton and Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeff Wilkinson, Deputy Adjutant General-Air look on as Airman Shelby Malburg, 123rd Air Wing and Spc. McKayla Bennet cut the cake during the 229th birthday ceremony commemorating its founding at Boone National Guard Center June 24, 2021. Per military tradition the two senior members of the Air Guard and Army Guard helped cut the cake with the two lowest ranking members in attendance of each branch. (US. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jesse Elbouab)