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  • A Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules transport approaches the show box during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in downtown Louisville, Ky., in 2016. The aircraft will serve as a jump platform for members of the Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron during the 2018 air show, scheduled for April 21. The special operators will parachute into the Ohio River as part of a demonstration on insertion techniques.

    Kentucky Air Guard Special Tactics, C-130 to be featured during Thunder Over Louisville air show

    A Kentucky Air Guard C-130 and a parachute demonstration by Kentucky’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron are among the scheduled highlights for this year’s Thunder Over Louisville air show on Saturday, April 21.
  • Family members of Joyce Gordon, state judge advocate for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, pin colonel’s rank insignia to her uniform during a promotion ceremony April 14, 2018, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky

    Gordon promoted to Colonel

    Lt. Col. Joyce Gordon, state judge advocate for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, April 14.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Wade Zinsmeister retired from the U.S. Air Force and Kentucky Air National Guard during a ceremony at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., March 4, 2018. Zinsmeister, the component maintenance flight chief in the wing’s 123rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, served for more than 30 years.

    Zinsmeister concludes career spanning three decades

    Chief Master Sgt. Wade Zinsmeister retired from military service during a ceremony held here March 4, concluding a career that spanned more than 30 years of exemplary service. He served in both the active-duty Air Force and the Kentucky Air National Guard.
  • Master Sgt. Charles Woods (left), on behalf of award recipient Sgt. Raul Rodriguez; Staff Sgt. Daniel Keller (center); and Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Seifert (right) are honored as the Kentucky Air Guard’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year during a banquet at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Ky., on March 3, 2018.

    123rd Airlift Wing Honors Airmen of the Year

    Master Sgt. Charles Woods (left), on behalf of award recipient Sgt. Raul Rodriguez; Staff Sgt. Daniel Keller (center); and Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Seifert (right) are honored as the Kentucky Air Guard’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year during a banquet at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Ky., on March 3, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo
  • Staff Sgt. Raul Rodriguez of the 123rd Contingency Response Group has been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 2018 Airman of the Year.

    123rd Airlift Wing to recognize top troops tonight

    Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Seifert, Staff Sgt. Dan Keller and Staff Sgt. Raul Rodriguez will be honored at a banquet here tonight as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2018.
  • Senior Master Sgt. Michael Hager of the 123rd Medical Group has been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 2018 First Sergeant of the Year.

    Hagar named Kentucky Air Guard First Sergeant of the Year

    Senior Master Sgt. Michael Shawn Hagar of the 123rd Medical Group has been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 2018 First Sergeant of the Year.
  • Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23, 2018, prior to deploying to the Persian Gulf region. The Airmen will spend four months flying troops and cargo across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, which Includes Iraq, Afghanistan and northern Africa.

    Kentucky Air National Guardsmen deploy to Persian Gulf

    More than 30 members of the 123rd Airlift Wing deployed to the Persian Gulf today in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
  • Master Sgt. David Clark, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Operations Support Squadron in Louisville, Ky., performs routine inspection and maintenance of pilot headgear to ensure its integrity June 9, 2017. Every helmet and attachments are carefully cleaned, repaired, and tested by members of the aircrew flight equipment shop.

    Aircrew flight equipment team provides essential safety for flyers

    From the bottom of the pack to the top of the canopy, line by line, inch by inch, touching every seem, stitch and grommet, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Brawner, painstakingly examines a parachute for anything that might make the life-saving equipment not function properly. Brawner, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Operations Support Squadron here, knows what is at stake if the parachute doesn’t work — the life of a pilot.
  • Staff Sgt. Kaleb Wentworth, an aerial port specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, chains a Kentucky Army National Guard helicopter to the floor of an aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on January 27, 2017. Wentworth was selected from among more than 1700 aerial porters as the top transportation journeyman in the Air National Guard for 2016.

    Kentucky Airman named top aerial porter in the Air National Guard

    Staff Sgt. Kaleb Wentworth, an aerial porter with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, has been recognizing as the top Air Transportation Journeyman in the Air National Guard.

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen sweep state marksmanship match

    Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing took home five awards from the Adjutant General’s annual Kentucky National Guard State Combat Training Event this year.
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