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  • Joint disaster-response unit successfully completes readiness evaluation

    A Kentucky National Guard disaster-response unit successfully completed four days of evaluations at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center here Jan. 15, demonstrating to inspectors that the cadre of Army and Air Guardsmen is fully mission-capable.The unit -- called the Chemical, Biological,

  • Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal approved for wear

    The secretary of the Air Force approved the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal on May 27 to recognize direct support to nuclear deterrence operations. The medal is authorized for Airmen who directly impacted the Nuclear Enterprise and may be awarded retroactively to Dec. 27, 1991 to fully

  • Kentucky Air Guard security forces train with Louisville Metro Police

    Airmen from the 123rd Security Forces Squadron conducted bilateral training with the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team here Jan. 14, focusing on tactics, techniques and procedures used to defeat attacks by armed assailants.More than 50 Louisville SWAT

  • Quimby named Airman and Family Readiness Program manager

    Amy K. Quimby was appointed the 123rd Airlift Wing's new Airman and Family Readiness Program manager Aug. 24.She has been involved with Air National Guard family programs for 21 years as both a volunteer and as the Airman and Family Readiness Program manager for the Illinois Air National Guard in

  • 123rd chaplain assistant moves into pastoral role at local church

    Senior Master Sgt. Billy Lain has been providing support to the chaplains of the 123rd Airlift Wing here for the past 13 years, serving in the role of chaplain assistant. Now, he will have the opportunity to lead a chapel of his own.Lain is the new pastor for the Tell City Church of Christ in Tell

  • American Legion, Kentucky Air Guard bring Christmas joy to families in need

    Operation Military Cheer will make Christmas a little brighter for 11 Kentucky Air National Guard families this year.The annual campaign, coordinated in partnership with Cindy Culver and Linda Jones of the Kentucky National Guard Youth Program, collected dozens of toys, games and bicycles for 12

  • Walker named top medical recruiter in Air Guard for second straight year

    Tech. Sgt. Anthony Walker has been named the top recruiter of medical professionals in the Air National Guard for the second straight year.Walker, who heads officer recruitment efforts for the Kentucky Air National Guard, received his second consecutive Medicine Man Award from the National Guard

  • Lieutenant governor welcomes returning Kentucky Air Guardsmen

     Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen visited with more than 70 members of the 123rd Contingency Response Group here Dec. 6 to welcome them home from a deployment to Africa, where they supported Operation United Assistance, the international effort to fight Ebola."I am here to personally thank you on behalf of

  • Nelson pinned one-star general

    Col. Greg Nelson, a former commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing was promoted tot he rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at the National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Nov. 19, 2014. Nelson led the 123rd from 2008 - 2012. He now serves as the vice-director