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Air Guard Base hosts ROTC cadets

Dec. 26, 2013 | By kentuckyguard
Photos by Maj. Dale Greer, 123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576"]U of L Air Force ROTC cadets tour Kentucky Air Guard Cadets from Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 295 tour the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2013. More than 30 cadets visited aircraft maintenance operations at the 123rd Airlift Wing and viewed a C-130 Hercules static display. AFROTC Detachment 295 is based at the University of Louisville. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Cadets from Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 295 toured the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2013. More than 30 cadets visited aircraft maintenance operations at the 123rd Airlift Wing and viewed a C-130 Hercules static display. AFROTC Detachment 295 is based at the University of Louisville.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576"]U of L Air Force ROTC cadets tour Kentucky Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Chuck Rodgers, an engine mechanic from the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, demonstrates the operation of a C-130 turboprop valve housing to a group of U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of Louisville during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2013. Valve housings vary the pitch of aircraft propeller blades based on throttle input, controlling whether an aircraft moves forward or backward. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer) [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576"]U of L Air Force ROTC cadets tour Kentucky Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Chuck Rodgers, an engine mechanic from the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, discusses C-130 propulsion systems with U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet 3rd Class Trevor Johnson during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2013. Johnson is assigned to Detachment 295, which is based at the University of Louisville. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer) [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576"]U of L Air Force ROTC cadets tour Kentucky Air Guard Capt. Josh Ketterer, a C-130 Hercules pilot from 165th Airlift Squadron, talks about principles of flight with U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2013. The cadets are assigned to Detachment 295, which is based at the University of Louisville. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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