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The names of 51 Airmen have been added to a monument at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., recognizing service members who retired from the organization in 2022. The names, inscribed on a black granite plaque in front of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway Headquarters Building, were announced during a ceremony at the base April 22, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Dale Greer)

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Army Maj. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, adjutant general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, addresses a crowd of Airmen, friends and family during a ceremony honoring retirees from the 123rd Airlift Wing at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 22, 2023. During the ceremony, a black granite plaque was unveiled that listed the names of more than 50 Airmen who retired in 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Madison Beichler)

Kentucky Air Guard recognizes 2022 retirees

Published May 19, 2023
By Senior Airman Madison Beichler
123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fifty-one retirees of the Kentucky Air National Guard were honored here April 22 when a plaque bearing their names was unveiled during a ceremony at the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway Headquarters Building.

The black granite plaque is the newest addition to a monument that recognizes over 1,580 Airmen who have completed 20 or more years of service and retired from the Kentucky Air National Guard since the unit was founded in 1947. The latest update reflects members who retired in 2022.

“Across all the metrics and compared to all 54 states and territories, I believe we do more things better,” Army Maj. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, adjutant general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, told the retirees during the ceremony. “You all have set up the baseline for us to build upon. I am extremely appreciative for what you have done with your time in service, and I give you a round of applause.”

The monument was made possible through donations to the non-profit Kentucky Air National Guard Retiree Group Inc.