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  • 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

  • Kentucky Airmen return from West Africa mission

    Approximately 40 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard returned home in the early morning hours of Nov. 19 from a deployment to West Africa. The Guardsmen were based in Senegal where the 123rd Contingency Response Group established a cargo processing hub in support of Operation United

  • 123rd named top airlift wing in Air National Guard

    The 123rd Airlift Wing had been named the top airlift unit in the Air National Guard, Kentucky's adjutant general announced during a Veterans Day celebration held in downtown Louisville Nov. 11.The unit earned the Curtis N. "Rusty" Metcalf Award from the National Guard Bureau for sustained

  • Kentucky Air Guard completes Ebola-response mission in Senegal

    Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group transferred control of a humanitarian cargo hub to replacement forces here today, successfully completing their support of an Ebola-response mission that has processed more than 750 tons of relief supplies for airlift