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  • Kentucky Airman named top aerial porter

    Senior Airman Cory Corbin was presented with the Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Downs Award for Excellence in Aerial Port Operations during a ceremony at the 123rd Airlift Wing here Sept. 13, recognizing him as the top Air Transportation Journeyman in the Air National Guard for 2015.Senior Master Sgt.

  • Kentucky Guard tests multiple agencies’ communication abilities

    Kentucky Emergency Management, the Kentucky National Guard and multiple federal, state and local agencies participated in a week-long communications exercise recently to test their ability to communicate with each other during emergencies.For the first time ever, emergency management introduced four

  • Nelson concludes 40-year career of military service

    The men and women of the Kentucky Air National Guard gathered here Nov. 8 to culminate Brig. Gen. Gregory L. Nelson's 40 years of faithful service to the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the U.S. Air Force.Speaking to a crowd of nearly 200 guests who gathered in the Base

  • Local businesses donate minivan to Kentucky Air Guardsman

    Christmas came early for a Kentucky Air Guardsman and his family when two local businesses teamed up to give them a refurbished minivan here Nov. 20.Staff Sgt. Neil Goodlin and his wife, Amanda, accepted the keys to a 2012 Dodge Caravan following a surprise unveiling at Oxmoor Collision Center. The

  • 123rd Airlift Wing named top unit by Airlift/Tanker Association

    The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing has been named the top airlift or tanker unit in the Air National Guard by the Airlift/Tanker Association, a group of aviation professionals dedicated to the support of military airlift.Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke III, director of the Air National

  • Family Day draws hundreds to Kentucky Air Guard Base

    Classic cars shining in the sun, braying farm animals in a pen and bounce houses filled with laughing children all lined the end of the runway next to a C-130 during annual Family Day activities here Sept. 13.In partnership with the Airman and Family Readiness Office and the Key Volunteer Group,

  • Kentucky civil engineers hone skills with training at March Air Reserve Base

    More than 50 Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron concluded a week-long training exercise here June 13 that was designed to enhance their job skills and command-and-control capabilities.According to Lt. Col Rodney O. Boyd, deployment commander for the unit, the