Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mike Richie, state chairperson of the Kentucky Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, talks to a group of civilian employers at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 10, 2026. The event gave employers an opportunity to tour the base, fly on a Kentucky Air Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, providing them with a better understanding of the Air National Guard mission and the role their employees play in it as part-time Airmen in the Kentucky Guard and reservists of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck)