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Kentucky Windage tests Mission Support Group for Agile Combat Employment
September 28, 2025
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Mission Support Group support Exercise Kentucky Windage 2025 aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 22, 2025.
Tellis retires after more than 38 years of service in Air Force, Air Guard
September 27, 2025
Chief Master Sgt. Chris Tellis, right, outgoing senior enlisted leader for the 123rd Contingency Response Group, receives his certificate of retirement from Brig. Gen. Bruce Bancroft, Kentucky’s adjutant general for Air, during Tellis’ retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville Ky., June 7, 2025.
Kentucky Air Guard special tactics flexes maritime skill in Caribbean for Emerald Warrior
September 4, 2025
U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct exfil operations from the Caribbean Sea into a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk off the coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 28, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialists from Kentucky Air Guard recognized for excellence
August 18, 2025
Staff Sgt. Austin Duck, a team lead in the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, leads his team during a training exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Indiana, July 26, 2025.
Kentucky Air Guard civil engineers strengthen operational readiness in the Azores
August 17, 2025
Fire protection specialists from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish flames from a simulated engine burn during an exercise at Lajes Field, Azores, June 23, 2025.
Kentucky and Djibouti celebrate decade-long partnership
July 29, 2025
Colonel Amina Mohamed Moussa of the Djiboutian Armed Forces presents a gift to Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, adjutant general of Kentucky, during a key leader engagement in Frankfort, Kentucky, July 23, 2025.
Kentucky Airmen sharpen war-fighting at Combat Readiness Center field exercise
July 21, 2025
An Airman from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group lays prone to fortify a defensive position at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, May 24, 2025.
Bosslift gives employers an inside perspective on Kentucky Air Guard mission
July 14, 2025
Staff Sgt. Tyler Phillips, a loadmaster from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron, explains his duties to a civilian employer during an orientation flight over Kentucky aboard a C-130J Super Hercules as part of a "Bosslift" held May 14, 2025.
123rd CRSS, Chapman earn top national awards in Contingency Response field
July 7, 2025
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Chapman, a command-and-control specialist in the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Squadron, was named the Junior Expeditionary Operations Performer of the Year for 2024 in the National Guard Bureau's Global Air Mobility Support System Awards.
Bearny appointed command chief for 123rd Airlift Wing
June 30, 2025
Chief Master Sgt. Blair Baerny, the newly appointed command chief for the 123rd Airlift Wing, speaks during a change-of-responsibility ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville Ky, April 13, 2025. Baerny replaces Chief Master Sgt. Steven Best , who was named state command chief for the Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua Horton)
Best named top enlisted leader of Kentucky Air National Guard
June 29, 2025
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steven Best, right, accepts the guidon for Joint Force Headquarters—Kentucky/Air from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, adjutant general of the Kentucky National Guard, signifying Best’s assumption of the role of state command chief during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2025. Best replaces U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Tongate, who is retiring. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua Horton)
State command chief Tongate retires after 28 years of service to Kentucky Guard
June 29, 2025
Chief Master Sgt. James Tongate, right, Kentucky Air National Guard state command chief, is presented with the Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, Kentucky’s adjutant general, during Tongate’s retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2025. Tongate served the U.S. military for 33 years. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua Horton)
123rd Airmen honored by Kentucky, North Carolina for 2024 hurricane response
June 4, 2025
Senior Airman Carolyn Peabody, left, is one of 11 members of the 123rd Airlift Wing Fatality Search and Recovery Team who was recognized with two decorations during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2025, for disaster-recovery work following Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
Kentucky Air National Guard recognizes 2024 retirees
May 27, 2025
Current and former members of the 123rd Airlift Wing gather at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 12, 2025, for a ceremony unveiling a new marble tablet honoring retirees.
Exercise Grindstone tests Kentucky Air Guard’s response to a major earthquake
May 24, 2025
An airman from the 123rd Contingency Response Group marshals a C-130J Super Hercules from the Kentucky Air National Guard down a taxiway at Murray-Calloway County Airport in Murray, Ky., May 14, 2025, as part of Exercise Grindstone, a major earthquake-response simulation.
Canine Callie, DOD’s only search-and-rescue dog, retires from service
May 10, 2025
Callie, the only certified search-and-rescue dog in the Department of Defense, is retired from service during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24, 2025.
Historic flooding cancels Thunder Over Louisville air show and fireworks
April 5, 2025
River Road and the boat dock at 4th Street in Louisville, Ky., are under about four feet of water April 5, 2025.
Bancroft takes command of Kentucky Air National Guard
April 4, 2025
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bruce Bancroft, right, Kentucky’s new assistant adjutant general for Air, salutes U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, adjutant general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., March 14, 2025.
Billings, Trojanowski, Woodard named top Kentucky Guard Airmen
March 14, 2025
Tech. Sgt. Philip Trojanowski, a combat control craftsman assigned to the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, is the Kentucky Air National Guard’s Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for 2024.
Johnson named Kentucky Air Guard’s First Sergeant of the Year
March 14, 2025
Master Sgt. Jamarrel Johnson, first sergeant for the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, is the Kentucky Air National Guard’s First Sergeant of the Year for 2024.

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