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  • Best named First Sergeant of the Year for Kentucky Air Guard

    Master Sgt. Steven D. Best of the 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron has been selected as the 2014 First Sergeant of the Year for the Kentucky Air National Guard."Sergeant Best has been one of the more visible and involved First Sergeants," said his supervisor, Chief Master Sgt. Wade Zinsmeister.

  • Rosado selected as Kentucky’s top Honor Guard member for 2014

    Senior Airman Jaime Rosado has been selected as the 2014 Honor Guard Member of the Year for the Kentucky Air National Guard."Airman Rosado is a dedicated member who's always willing to support any detail no matter when and where the assignment," said his supervisor, Master Sgt. Bao Huynh. "He has

  • Special tactics Airman receives Bronze Star for actions in Afghanistan

    A combat controller from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron was awarded the Bronze Star Medal here Feb. 7 for meritorious service while deployed to Afghanistan, where he engaged enemy forces and deterred their advances.Staff Sgt. Nicholas P. Jewell served as a Joint

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen deploy to Persian Gulf for airlift mission

    The first 37 of more than 110 Kentucky Air National Guardsmen departed here today for deployment to an undisclosed air base in the Persian Gulf region.The Airmen left aboard a Kentucky Air Guard C-130 Hercules for a four-month mission supporting coalition military operations in the United States

  • Thunderbirds arrive in Louisville for air show planning

    Two members of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds arrived at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base today in preparation for the Thunder Over Louisville air show, flying their trademark red-white-and-blue F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft.The Airmen are in town to coordinate logistics, maintenance and air

  • Bullard promoted to rank of brigadier general

    Steven P. Bullard, chief of staff for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here Feb. 7.Bullard's new rank insignia were pinned on by his wife and sons before an audience more than 200

  • 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