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Kentucky Army & Air Guard COVID-19 2020 Response
January 6, 2021 — COVID-19 and the onset of a global pandemic have forced us to retreat in our daily lives. For many, this has been a year of loss, struggle, uncertainty, and agitation. However, through a time of mandatory social distancing, the call to respond to the community has never been higher for the men and women that serve the Commonwealth. Commentary from Sgt. Jesse Elbouab... MORE

KYANG Public Affairs sweeps Media Contest
December 31, 2020 — Public Affairs Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard swept the 2019 National Guard Bureau Media Contest, taking home nine top awards before moving on to earn a first-place trophy at the U.S. Air Force level... MORE

Master Sgt. Rudy Parsons, a pararescueman with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, and Callie, his search and rescue dog, participate in Patriot North, an annual domestic operations exercise designed to provide natural disaster-response training at Volk Field, Wis., July 17, 2019. Callie is currently the only search and rescue dog in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)

Chris Howell is the first Physician Assistant in the Kentucky Army National Guard to achieve the rank of Colonel
November 23, 2020 — When Col. Chris Howell was promoted to the rank of colonel, his career took a historical turn. He became the first-ever Physician Assistant (PA) to achieve the standing within the Kentucky Army National Guard... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen balance civilian employment with COVID-19 activation
May 12, 2020 — The Kentucky National Guard has been called upon to lend hands to numerous agencies in response to this coronavirus pandemic and over 800 Soldiers and Airmen have responded to help... MORE

Maj. John Rock conducts planning operations at Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky.

Kentucky Air Guardsman provide medical support at nursing home in Northern Kentucky
May 11, 2020 — A small team of Kentucky Air Guard medical professionals are augmenting a civilian nursing home in Covington... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen support Thunder Over Louisville
April 21, 2019 — The mission of the Kentucky National Guard was nothing new, supplement Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) to provide additional security and traffic control and man the cannons on the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, but perhaps the circumstances were different with such a large attendance expected... MORE

The annual event, which featured more than two dozen military aircraft, has grown to become one of the largest single-day air shows in North America.

Kentucky Air Guardsmen integrate into 138th Field Artillery Brigade to support NATO training exercise in Germany
March 22, 2018 — Groves recently found himself serving in a position he’d never served in before. He was attached to the 138th Field Artillery Brigade as an Air Liaison Officer during Dynamic Front 18, a multinational field artillery training exercise held in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Groves was the lone Airmen among a formation of more than 100 Kentucky Army National Guard Artillerymen... MORE

138th Completes Dynamic Front 18 NATO Training Exercise
March 19, 2018 — Those were the words of Lt. Col. Mike Woodson, training officer for the 138th Field Artillery Brigade, as he reflected on Dynamic Front 18. Soldiers of the 138th participated in the training exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany. On Thursday, Brig. Gen. Scott Campbell visited the 138th to recognize the performance of the Soldiers who, when faced with a challenge, hit it head on and figured out the solution... MORE

Kentucky Air Guardsmen deploying for Hurricane Harvey rescue operations
August 28, 2017 — Eighteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron departed Sunday night for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. ... MORE

Kentucky Air National Guard Family Readiness Program recognized as best in the Air National Guard
March 4, 2017 — The award, which is distributed annually to each of the seven reserve components, includes a commemorative plaque and a framed certificate that acknowledge the family programs who are performing their functions the best... MORE

Master Sgt. Brittany Ingram, an Airman from the 123rd Airlift Wing Louisville, Kentucky, shows the plaque given to her by the group of U.S. Army Reserve Officer Corps cadets that she accompanied to Djibouti, Africa over the summer as a cadre member for the U.S. Army Command’s Cultural Language and Proficiency program.

Kentucky Air National Guard Airman assists Army ROTC in Djibouti
March 4, 2017 — In the role of chaperone, Air Force Master Sgt. Brittany Ingram from the 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Kentucky, was able to accompany a group of these college-age cadets to the Republic of Djibouti in the horn of Africa over the summer... MORE

Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing support the 58th Presidential Inauguration
March 4, 2017 — The task force’s mission was to assist with security, communication, medical evacuation and provide other logistical support including traffic control during the days leading up to the event as well as inauguration day. Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing Services Flight, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Civil Engineer Squadron and Special Tactics Squadron all performed various duties within their capacities to support the prestigious event. ... MORE

More than 7, 000 Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the country, including about 1,000 from the Commonwealth of Pa., assembled to provide crowd management, traffic control, emergency services, and communication and ceremonial duties for the event

Kentucky Airmen return from West Africa mission
November 19, 2014 — Approximately 40 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard returned home in the early morning hours of Nov. 19 from a deployment to West Africa. The Guardsmen were based in Senegal where the 123rd Contingency Response Group established a cargo processing hub in support of Operation United Assistance, the international effort to battle Ebola... MORE

The Airmen had just returned from a deployment to West Africa.

Kentucky airman serves in Afghanistan for new friends and old
October 8, 2012 — Stribling, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Aerial Port Squadron came because of a friend from his previous deployment to Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base in 2011. That friend is fellow airman and Louisville resident Staff Sgt. Austin McDonald. ... MORE

Stribling, a member of the Louisville, Ky. based 123rd Aerial Port Squadron, is currently serving on his second deployment.

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