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  • Kentucky Air Guard promotes two leaders to the rank of colonel

    The Kentucky Air National Guard promoted two officers to the rank of colonel during a ceremony here March 22.Col. Charles Walker is staff judge advocate for Joint Forces Headquarters Air Component, Kentucky National Guard. The other leader who was promoted, Col. Jeffrey Wilkinson, serves as vice

  • Beach, Quijada, LaGrone to be honored as top Airmen of the Year

    The results are in, and three Airmen have been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard's 2014 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.Senior Airman Katherine Beach, Tech. Sgt. Elmer Quijada and Senior Master Sgt. Shane LaGrone will each be recognized for excellence at a banquet held Saturday night at the

  • Amburgey retires after 38 years of military achievement

    With 38 years of outstanding service to the 123rd Airlift Wing, Chief Master Sgt. Jim Amburgey was honorably retired from the U.S. Air Force during a ceremony held here Jan. 12.More than a hundred friends, family and fellow Guardsmen, both active and retired, attended the ceremony, which was

  • F-22 Raptor Demo Team to perform at Thunder Over Louisville

    The United States Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team will perform at this year's Thunder Over Louisville Air Show, officials from the Kentucky Derby Festival announced Feb. 25.The team will perform a single-ship demonstration of precision maneuvers to showcase the unique capabilities of the

  • Daughters help Kentucky Air Guardsman showcase unit pride

    The daughters of a Kentucky Air National Guardsman have put their artistic talents to use by helping showcase unit pride.Master Sgt. Joey Youdell and his daughters, Olivia and Juliet, painted a ceiling tile depicting the heraldry of his unit, the Louisville-based 123rd Special Tactics Squadron.The

  • Kentucky Air Guardsman always a defender, on duty and off

    Staff Sgt. Kenneth Soto, a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who is deployed here as a security response force leader for the 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for heroism Jan. 21. Soto was presented with the medal at an undisclosed air base for