Col. Matthew Quenichet (right), commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, accepts the wing’s sixth Curtis N. “Rusty” Metcalf Trophy from Brig. Gen. Bruce Bancroft, Kentucky’s assistant adjutant general for Air, during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14, 2025. The Metcalf trophy honors the best airlift or air refueling wing in the Air National Guard each year. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua Horton)