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Kentucky Air Guard to play key role in return of Thunder Over Louisville
February 24, 2026
— Historic flooding canceled Thunder Over Louisville in 2025, but officials promise an exciting air show and fireworks display for its return this spring, thanks to help from the Kentucky Air National Guard...
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, officially retired from military service during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 24, 2025...
Kentucky Guard evacuates 296 people stranded by floods in Martin County
February 17, 2025
— Airmen and Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard evacuated 296 residents from two housing complexes surrounded by floodwaters in Martin County, Kentucky, Feb. 17, 2025...
Kentucky Air Guard’s Special Tactics plays key role for Resolute Sentinel in Peru
November 15, 2023
— Four members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron played a key role in Resolute Sentinel 23, a multi-national exercise held in Peru to enhance readiness, cooperation and interoperability between partner nations...
Air Force Special Warfare operators compete for title as top pararescuemen
September 7, 2023
— Special Warfare operators across the U.S. Air Force are in Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 3-9 to vie for the title of top pararescuemen during the 2023 PJ Rodeo...
123rd Special Tactics facilitates aircraft operations on Wyoming highways
May 9, 2023
— Nineteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron made history near Riverton, Wyoming, April 30 and May 2, 2023, when they facilitated the landing of aircraft on two Wyoming highways for the first time as part of Exercise Agile Chariot...
Grugel oversaw STS growth, retires after 31 years
March 24, 2023
— Chief Master Sgt. Karl Grugel, senior enlisted leader of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, concluded 31 years of distinguished military service during a retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here Dec. 10, 2022...
Kentucky Air Guard Special Tactics rescue 19 after devastating floods
August 1, 2022
— Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron rescued 19 stranded residents and two dogs in the aftermath of historic flooding that claimed at least 28 lives in Eastern Kentucky in July 2022...
Churchill Downs honors fallen Kentucky Guard Special Tactics Airman
July 4, 2022
— Churchill Downs honored a fallen Kentucky Air National Guardsman in Louisville, Ky., June 12, 2022, staging a thoroughbred horse race in his name as part of military appreciation day...
Thunder air show draws large crowds for 75th Air Force celebration
April 25, 2022
— Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the banks of the Ohio River on April 23 for the annual Thunder Over Louisville air show, which marked its return with more than 30 aircraft to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Air Force...
Aircraft arrive at Kentucky Air Guard Base for Thunder air show
April 21, 2022
— Military aircraft began arriving at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, April 21, 2022 for this weekend’s Thunder Over Louisville air show, including the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Team...
Kentucky Air Guardsmen rescue drowning infant
April 7, 2022
— Three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron saved the life of a drowning infant at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center in Louisville, Kentucky, March 15, 2022...
Kentucky Air Guard special tactics Airmen train for arctic warfare in Sweden
March 29, 2022
— Fifteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard recently completed an arctic warfare training course during two weeks of field exercises at the Swedish Subarctic Warfare Center...
Kentucky Air Guard logs many firsts in Sentry Storm
December 31, 2021
— More than 20 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group participated in a unique training exercise here involving members from across the Department of Defense in July...
Kentucky Air Guard kicks off 2021 Thunder air show
April 19, 2021
— The Kentucky Air National Guard kicked off the Thunder Over Louisville air show April 17 with a nine-person parachute jump from one of the unit’s aircraft by members of its special tactics squadron...
Kentucky Air Guard to open Thunder Over Louisville air show with special tactics jump
April 16, 2021
— The Kentucky Air National Guard is slated to open the April 17 Thunder Over Louisville air show with a nine-person parachute jump from one of the unit’s aircraft by members of its special tactics squadron...
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