Lt. Col. Josh Ketterer took command of the 123rd Operations Group during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Dec. 14, replacing Col. Randall Hood, who was named deputy commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing.

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing are transporting medical patients and healthcare workers to and from clinics and hospitals after Winter Storm Fern dumped around 10 inches of snow and ice in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 24 and 25, leaving many secondary roads and parking lots impassable with two-wheel-drive vehicles.

The Kentucky National Guard hosted a medical-focused recruiting open house at Boone National Guard Center, welcoming nearly 200 students in the Nursing, Biomedical and Sports Medicine program from the Arvin Education Center and offering them an inside look at medical career opportunities and pathways available through service in the Guard.

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard and Ecuadorian Air Force conducted an aircrew subject matter expert exchange recently at Cotopaxi Air Base, Ecuador, as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

Lt. Col. Josh Ketterer took command of the 123rd Operations Group during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Dec. 14, replacing Col. Randall Hood, who was named deputy commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing.

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing are transporting medical patients and healthcare workers to and from clinics and hospitals after Winter Storm Fern dumped around 10 inches of snow and ice in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 24 and 25, leaving many secondary roads and parking lots impassable with two-wheel-drive vehicles.

The Kentucky National Guard hosted a medical-focused recruiting open house at Boone National Guard Center, welcoming nearly 200 students in the Nursing, Biomedical and Sports Medicine program from the Arvin Education Center and offering them an inside look at medical career opportunities and pathways available through service in the Guard.

A military cargo aircraft named for a famous thoroughbred racehorse has returned to its old Kentucky home for retirement.

Members of the Kentucky National Guard joined the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to honor Veterans during a wreath laying ceremony at Kentucky’s Old State Capitol in Frankfort, Dec. 11, 2025.

Four Kentucky Guardsmen traveled to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to qualify 15 Florida Guardsmen as HIMARS crewmembers, Oct. 31 – Nov. 16, 2025. The 13M MOS instructors bolstered the Florida unit’s combat readiness by qualifying Soldiers for a critical artillery role and supported the U.S. Army's broader expansion of its artillery forces.

Four members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group have been recognized for excellence in the 2024 Air National Guard Medical Service Awards.