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Kentucky Air Guard security forces conduct information exchange with Ecuadorian partners
December 31, 2024
Lt. Col. Joshua Elwell, right, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron, greets his counterpart from the Ecuadorian Air Force Special Operations Command during an information exchange event at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., May 17, 2024.
Bosslift offers new perspective to civilian employers of Guard Airmen
December 30, 2024
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mike Richey, center, state chairperson for the Kentucky Committee of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, talks to a group of civilian employers prior to an orientation flight aboard a 123rd Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 19, 2024.
Kentucky Air Guardsman helps recover pilots lost in combat during Vietnam War
December 20, 2024
Master Sgt. Dustin Turner, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, examines soil for osseous material in a rice paddy in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, in June 2023.
Kentucky Air Guard helps alleviate arctic housing shortage with airlift mission to North Slope
December 19, 2024
Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing upload cargo to a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of Operation Arctic Haven at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 2, 2024.
Hood takes command of 123rd Operations Group
December 18, 2024
Col. Randall Hood, right, accepts the 123rd Operations Group guidon from Col. Bruce Bancroft, outgoing commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 11, 2024.
Kentucky Guard Airmen selected as best in Contingency Response field
December 18, 2024
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Yuri Motamedi, a security forces craftsman with the 123rd Contingency Response Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, signals airmen during an Air Base Ground Defense training at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2023.
Myers concludes 30-year career of service to Air Guard, Air Force
December 17, 2024
Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Myers, right, 123rd Security Forces Squadron manager, receives his certificate of retirement from Lt. Col. Jason Ray, former 123rd SFS operations officer, during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 13, 2024.
123rd CRG demonstrates mission mastery in joint validation exercise with Army
November 30, 2024
Security forces Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group respond to a simulated attack at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., Aug. 24, 2024, as a part of a U.S. Transportation Command exercise to revalidate the 123rd CRG’s capability to lead a Joint Task Force-Port Opening.
Kentucky Air Guard joins dozens of groups to honor veterans at city parade
November 11, 2024
The Kentucky Air National Guard’s Mini C-130 taxies along Jefferson Street in downtown Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9, 2024, as part of the city’s annual Veterans Day Parade. The non-flying scale replica of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was fabricated by Airmen from the unit’s 123rd Maintenance Group.
Kentucky National Guard hosts Ecuadorians for interagency operations exchange
August 23, 2024
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Carolyn Peabody, a member of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team, discusses the unit’s personal protective equipment with a group of Ecuadorian military and civilian emergency management officials during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 6, 2024. The Ecuadorians were visiting as part of the State Partnership Program to learn more about the Kentucky Guard’s emergency response capabilities and interagency cooperation across the state. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
New headquarters building promises enhanced capability for Kentucky Guard
August 16, 2024
Officials cut the ceremonial ribbon to dedicate a new Kentucky National Guard Joint Force Headquarters building at Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 13, 2024. The 63,000 square-foot, $15.9 million facility marks a new era of increased operational efficiency, with the top command elements of both the Kentucky Army and Air National Guard being located at the same site for the first time. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
223rd Intelligence Flight deactivated, ending two decades of decorated service
June 25, 2024
Kentucky Alpha competes in 53rd Winston P. Wilson Small Arms Championship
May 10, 2024
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Brown receives the Chief's 50 badge for marksmanship excellence during the Winston P. Wilson Championship hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center in Camp Robinson, Arkansas, from April 27-May 3, 2024. The WPW competition showcases the adaptiveness, resilience, and lethality of our forces, affirming the readiness of National Guard citizen-Soldiers to meet the nation’s challenges. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Destini Keene)
Kentucky Guard honors late pilot held prisoner during World War II
December 22, 2023
A ceremony to present a posthumous Prisoner of War Medal to the family of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jack Henry Owen was held at this historic home in Cynthiana, Ky., Nov. 13, 2023. The structure, erected in 1858 and now operated as a bed and breakfast, was Owen’s home until his death in 2013. Owen, who served in the Kentucky Air National Guard for more than 24 years, rising to become assistant adjutant general for Air, was piloting a B-17 Flying Fortress over Hamburg, Germany, on July 25, 1943, when the aircraft was shot down, and he remained a POW for the duration of World War II. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
Kentucky National Guard selected as top command
October 31, 2023
A C-130-J Super Hercules aircraft awaits the next sortie on the flight line of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14, 2023. The Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing was just awarded its 20th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award — a record among C-130 airlift units. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
Kentucky University opens doors for Guardsmen
September 27, 2023
Kentucky’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Hal Lamberton, was joined by Northern Kentucky University's Interim President Bonita Brown, in signing the Memorandum of Understanding at the University Center building on NKU's campus Sept. 27, 2023.
Profile: Keeper of the shop Alice: 26 years of service with AAFES
September 21, 2023
Wilson managed the store for almost 8 years and will be retiring from AAFES with the closing of the store.
END OF AN ERA: Boone Center shoppette set to close after 24 years
September 15, 2023
The store had opened in 1999 and will be closing its doors for good Sept. 15, 2023.
More than 100 attend Kentucky National Guard Youth Camp
September 12, 2023
Campers raise the U.S. flag during the 2023 Kentucky National Guard Youth Camp.
Aviation Brigade Demonstrates Combat Readiness and Integration During Warfighter 23-05 Exercise
July 3, 2023
The Watering Hole was open for lunch daily during the warfighter and was a moral boostSpc. Connor Ridings builds links on the ADSI (Air Defense Systems Integrator) to provide Command and Control data and track friendly and enemy forces activity within the airspace of the unit’s area of operations during the warfighter exercise May 27-June 13 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

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