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June 25, 2024
223rd Intelligence Flight deactivated, ending two decades of decorated service

The 223rd Intelligence Flight was formally deactivated during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base on April 19, 2024.
June 24, 2024
Peake retires after 36 years of service

Chief Master Sgt. Alan M. Peake, maintenance production superintendent for the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, retired from military service during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base on April 21, 2024, ending a career spanning 36 years.
June 24, 2024
Kentucky National Guard celebrates 232nd birthday

June 24, 2024, marks the 232nd birthday of the Kentucky National Guard, which was formed by Gov. Isaac Shelby as one his first official acts in 1792. On Thursday, dozens of Soldiers and Airmen gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the occasion and look back over the past two centuries.
June 4, 2024
Ky. Air Guard to fly D-Day observance in France with unique aircraft

A crew of Kentucky Air National Guardsmen departed for France in May aboard an aircraft emblazoned with distinctive World War II “Invasion Stripes” to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The aircraft, a Kentucky Air Guard C-130J Super Hercules, will fly over France June 6 as part of scheduled D-Day
May 21, 2024
123rd Communications Flight re-designated as squadron

The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Communications Flight was re-designated a squadron during a ceremony in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 11, following it’s official re-classification in October.
May 15, 2024
Kentucky Air Guard airlifts building materials for housing in the Arctic Circle

More than 20 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard deployed to Alaska in April, 2024, to airlift 15 tons of home-building materials for housing in the Arctic Circle.
May 6, 2024
Ecuador-Kentucky Guard partnership welcomes C-130 to Ecuadorian Air Force

The Ecuadorian Air Force welcomed a C-130H Hercules into its inventory March 25, 2024, during a ceremony attended by leadership from the Kentucky Air National Guard, who were on hand to congratulate their State Partnership Program colleagues on the new capability.
April 22, 2024
Kentucky Air Guard helps stage Thunder Over Louisville

Spectators lined the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky, and Southern Indiana on April 20, 2024, for the annual Thunder Over Louisville air show, made possible with support from the Kentucky Air National Guard.
April 18, 2024
Aircraft arrive at Kentucky Air National Guard for Thunder air show

Military aircraft began arriving at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, April 18, 2024, in preparation for the Thunder Over Louisville air show.
April 4, 2024
Kentucky Air Guard supports European allies with Silver Arrow

Fifty-three members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing supported their European allies Oct. 25 to Nov. 17 as part of the Silver Arrow program, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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