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  • Ceremony to stand up new Force Support Squadron today

    When it comes to people programs, community support and quality of life, there is now one organization on base to handle it all -- the 123rd Force Support Squadron.The new unit, which will be formally activated today during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony in the Base Annex, is the result of an ongoing Air

  • Wing completes back-to-back deployments

    The 123rd Airlift Wing completed two back-to-back overseas deployments this month that delivered more than 145 tons of cargo and over 500 troops to locations across Europe, the Caribbean and Central and South America.The first deployment saw 72 Kentucky Air Guardsmen and two of the wing's C-130

  • Kentucky Air National Guard unit deploys to support Haitian relief effort

    The Kentucky Air National Guard deployed three C-130 aircraft and approximately 45 members of its 123rd Contingency Readiness Group today in support of Operation Unified Response, the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti.Described as an "airbase in a box," the 123rd CRG has all the personnel,

  • 123rd Airlift Wing supports U.S. Southern Command airlift mission

    The Kentucky Air National Guard began its third major deployment of the year this morning when more than 50 Airmen departed here aboard two Kentucky Air Guard C-130s for San Juan, Puerto Rico.The troops will provide theater airlift for U.S. military operations in the Caribbean and Central and South

  • Kentucky Air Guard deploys overseas for airlift mission

    Seventy-two Kentucky Air Guardsmen deployed overseas this morning aboard two Kentucky Air Guard C-130s to fly airlift missions in support of U.S. military operations around the world.The Airmen, all assigned to the 123rd Airlift Wing here, will operate from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, but will fly

  • Rapid response

    Members of Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group airlifted a mobile command post here June 18 as part of Operation Ardent Sentry, a multi-state homeland defense exercise designed to test the military's ability to respond to enemy attacks or natural disasters.The 123rd CRG transported

  • Wright wins AMC safety award

    Senior Master Sgt. Barry Wright, the 123rd Airlift Wing's safety and occupational health manager, has been named one of the top safety professionals in the U.S. Air Force.Air Mobility Command leaders recently selected Sergeant Wright for its 2008 AMC Distinguished Individual Safety Award. The honor

  • Special tactics assists with flood relief

    Seven members of the wing's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron deployed across Louisville Aug. 4 to assist emergency-management officials with swift-water rescue operations after storms dumped a record six inches of rain on the city in less than two hours.The Airmen were dispatched to multiple

  • 123rd's Woods named top ANG troop

    The Air National Guard named a member of the 123rd Airlift Wing as one of its six Outstanding Airmen of the Year, beginning a weeklong celebration June 6 as the honorees arrived here to receive their awards.Tech. Sgt. Robert Woods, an explosive ordnance disposal technician in the wing's 123rd Civil