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  • Kentucky Air Guard special tactics chief retires with honors

    With 30 years of exemplary service in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. Patrick M. Malone was honorably retired from the Armed Forces Oct. 20 during a ceremony held in his honor at the 123rd Airlift Wing.Surrounded by hundreds of friends, family and co-workers of all

  • 123rd Airlift Wing completes deployment to Persian Gulf

    Hundreds of friends and family members gathered at the Kentucky Air National Guard base over the weekend to welcome home 72 Airmen from a four-month deployment to the Persian Gulf, where the troops have been working since July to support military operations across Northern Africa and Western

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen conduct life-saving training at Taylorsville Lake

    More than 120 aircrew members and intelligence specialists from the Kentucky Air National Guard conducted life-saving land and water-survival training at Taylorsville Lake here June 9 and 10.The training, which covered topics like land navigation and emergency egress from a downed aircraft, is

  • Louisville students flying high after C-130 orientation flight

    Dana Brookings has always loved flying, but she never thought about becoming a pilot until a recent experience aboard a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130.Brookings, a cadet in the Navy Junior ROTC program at Louisville's Valley High School, participated in an orientation flight on the venerable

  • Kentucky Air Guard makes motorcycle safety a priority

    Motorcycle accidents continue to be one of the leading causes of death among members of the Air Force, with seven Airmen having lost their lives in bike crashes since Memorial Day alone, according to data from the Air Force Safety Center.But safety officials across the Kentucky National Guard are

  • Wing exercises Initial Response Hub

    More than 30 Kentucky Air Guardsmen and two C-130 aircraft from the 123rd Airlift Wing deployed May 14 to Fort Campbell, Ky, during a no-notice response to a notional 7.6-magnitude earthquake outside St. Louis.Within three hours of a telephone recall initiated by Col. Warren Hurst, commander of the

  • Kentucky Air Guard supports Cope South in Bangladesh

    A loadmaster from the Kentucky Air National Guard shared his knowledge of heavy-equipment airdrop procedures with a group of more than 20 Bangladesh Air Force Airmen here April 22.Tech. Sgt. Joshua Shelby was one of more than 65 U.S. troops who participated in Cope South 2012, a bilateral tactical

  • Kentucky Airman earns top flight-safety award

    The National Guard Bureau has selected a Kentucky Air Guardsman for a prestigious flight-safety award.Lt. Col. Todd Lally, chief of the 123rd Airlift Wing Safety Office, is the 2011 recipient of the Air National Guard Outstanding Individual for Flight Safety Award.The award is given annually to the