U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Mounkes, right, Kentucky’s outgoing assistant adjutant general for Air, receives the Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, adjutant general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., March 14, 2025. Mounkes is stepping down from the post to retire from military service, ending a 34-year career in the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)