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  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen return from Iraq

    Twenty-three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard returned home from Iraq early this morning, concluding a two-month deployment during which they managed an airfield crucial to coalition military operations.Kentucky’s 123rd Contingency Response Group deployed a total of 66 Airmen to Iraq on

  • 2017 Soldier and Airman of the Year

    The Kentucky National Guard’s top service members were honored in the annual Kentucky Outstanding Soldier and Airman of the Year banquet at the Kentucky Far and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky. on March 4, 2017. The winners were selected for their leadership and performance in their primary

  • Kentucky Air National Guard Airman assists Army ROTC in Djibouti

    Travelling across the globe to more than 42 countries were 1,300 Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets taking part in the U.S. Army Cadet Command's Cultural Understanding & Language Proficiency program.In the role of chaperone, Air Force Master Sgt. Brittany Ingram from the 123rd Airlift Wing,

  • Keller, Baker, Sanderson named top troops in KYANG

    Newly promoted Staff Sgt. Daniel Keller, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Baker, and Master Sgt. Jason Sanderson will be honored at a banquet in Louisville March 4 as the Kentucky Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2016.The three Airmen were selected because of their leadership and

  • Kentucky and Missouri Air Guardsmen train together for future deployments

    Multiple aircrews and maintainers from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing recently joined with Airmen from the Missouri Air Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing to perform annual training in Savannah, Georgia, in preparation for future deployments.This isn’t the first time the two wings have

  • Kentucky Air Guardsman to receive Air Force Cross for heroism in Afghanistan

    A retired Airman from the Kentucky Air National Guard will receive the Air Force's highest honor for his extraordinary heroism during combat operations in Afghanistan, the Air Force announced Jan. 19.Master Sgt. Keary Miller, a former pararescueman in the Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Special Tactics

  • Bancroft takes command of Contingency Response Group

    With family and colleagues looking on, Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft assumed command of the 123rd Contingency Response Group during a ceremony here Nov. 5.Presiding over the event was Col. David Mounkes, commander of the123rd Airlift Wing, who formally passed the group guidon to Bancroft, signifying his

  • Unique program keeps Special Operators healthy at Kentucky Air Guard

    Pararecuemen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron spend their deployments evacuating troops wounded in combat, but what happens when one of them gets injured?Master Sgt. Jeff Gantt, a pararescueman with the 123rd STS, thought his career as a special operations Airman