17 Sep 2018

Kentucky Air Guard deploys 11-person Fatality Search and Recovery Team in wake of Florence

At the request of North Carolina public health officials and to augment the North Carolina Medical Examiner, the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Fatality Search and Recovery Team is deployed 11 members to North Carolina Sept. 17 in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

15 Sep 2018

Kentucky Air Guard deploys 10 Special Tactics troops in response to flooding from Tropical Storm Florence

The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron deployed 10 special operators to the East Coast this morning in response to Tropical Storm Florence, which is bashing the Carolinas with extreme flooding.

17 Aug 2018

Exercise enhances 123rd CRG interoperability with Army counterparts

More than 130 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group joined the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element to participate in Operation Huron Thunder, a U.S. Transportation Command exercise held at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan in July.

14 Aug 2018

Burgin retires from Kentucky Air Guard after 26-year career

Chief Master Sgt. Chris Burgin retired from military service during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base July 14, closing out a military career that spanned more than 26 years of service.

7 Aug 2018

Air Mobility Commander visits Kentucky Air National Guard

The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, speaks with Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 3, 2018. The wing is home to 1,200 Airmen and eight C-130H Hercules aircraft.

2 Aug 2018

Selby retires after 39-year career in the Kentucky Air National Guard

Chief Master Sgt. David Selby retired from military service during a ceremony held May 19 at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base, concluding a career that spanned 39 years of service in the Kentucky Air National Guard.

27 Jul 2018

Training prepares Kentucky Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard set up a training site in Grayson County, Kentucky, July 16 to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members.

5 Jul 2018

Kentucky Air National Guard members return from deployment on July 4th

More than sixty members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing received an Independence Day welcome when they returned home yesterday after completing a four-month deployment to the Persian Gulf.The Airmen, who arrived aboard Kentucky Air Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft, were greeted by a crowd of more than a hundred family and

26 Jun 2018

Operation Bobcat provides 13,000 hours of training for troops, $1 million in health care to residents of Eastern Kentucky

Marita Moore came bearing gifts.The Beattyville resident arrived here at Lee County High School on Wednesday with trays full of homemade cookies, brownies and fudge. It was her way of saying “thank you” to the Air National Guardsmen and U.S. Navy reservists who set up health-care clinics in four Eastern Kentucky communities this month to train

15 Jun 2018

No-cost health-care clinics stand up in Eastern Kentucky; Patients will be accepted starting today

Members of the Air National Guard and U.S. Navy Reserve stood up four health-care clinics in Breathitt, Estill, Lee and Owsley Counties Thursday to offer no-cost medical, dental and optometry care to residents of Eastern Kentucky.The clinics will open to the general public at 8 a.m. today, June 15, according to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Amy Mundell,