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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.
City kicks off countdown to Thunder Over Louisville featuring Kentucky Air Guard
March 3, 2025
A C-130J Super Hercules from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing deploys flares as part of an aerial demonstration during the Thunder Over Louisville air show and fireworks display in Louisville, Ky., April 20, 2024.
Kentucky Guard evacuates 296 people stranded by floods in Martin County
February 17, 2025
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron evacuate 296 stranded residents from two housing complexes surrounded by floodwaters in Martin County, Kentucky, Feb. 17, 2025.
Otto concludes military career spanning 27 years and three continents
February 10, 2025
Airmen from the 123rd Medical Group present Col. Hans Otto, right, outgoing group commander, with a framed unit flag during his retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15, 2024.
Adams takes command of 123rd Medical Group
January 15, 2025
Col. Patricia Adams addresses the audience after assuming command of the 123rd Medical Group during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15, 2024.
Kentucky Air Guard security forces conduct information exchange with Ecuadorian partners
December 31, 2024
Lt. Col. Joshua Elwell, right, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron, greets his counterpart from the Ecuadorian Air Force Special Operations Command during an information exchange event at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., May 17, 2024.
Bosslift offers new perspective to civilian employers of Guard Airmen
December 30, 2024
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mike Richey, center, state chairperson for the Kentucky Committee of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, talks to a group of civilian employers prior to an orientation flight aboard a 123rd Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 19, 2024.
Kentucky Air Guardsman helps recover pilots lost in combat during Vietnam War
December 20, 2024
Master Sgt. Dustin Turner, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, examines soil for osseous material in a rice paddy in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, in June 2023.
Kentucky Air Guard helps alleviate arctic housing shortage with airlift mission to North Slope
December 19, 2024
Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing upload cargo to a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of Operation Arctic Haven at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 2, 2024.
Hood takes command of 123rd Operations Group
December 18, 2024
Col. Randall Hood, right, accepts the 123rd Operations Group guidon from Col. Bruce Bancroft, outgoing commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 11, 2024.

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