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  • Kentucky Air Guard supports Patriot missile movement to Turkey

    Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing played a key role in the movement of three Patriot missile batteries and more than two million pounds of support equipment to Turkey earlier this month.Twenty Airmen from the wing's 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by members

  • Kentucky Air Guard supports presidential inauguration

    Nine members of the Kentucky Air National Guard deployed to the nation's capital over the past week to provide lodging and food services for hundreds of Guardsmen operating in direct support of President Barack Obama's inauguration.The Kentucky Airmen, all assigned to the Louisville-based 123rd

  • Special tactics unit returns from Afghanistan

    Scores of family, friends and coworkers packed the flight line here May 5 to show their appreciation for a dozen members of Kentucky's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, all of whom were returning home from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The Kentucky

  • Dornbush concludes four decades of service

    The Kentucky Air National Guard will mark the end of an era Jan. 12 when Michael Dornbush formally retires from duty, concluding a four-decade career that saw him rise from the rank of airman basic to brigadier general.During those 40 years, the 123rd Airlift Wing has grown along with Dornbush,

  • Kentucky Air Guard units test fortitude in 4th-annual fitness challenge

    The 123rd Special Tactics Squadron held on to its title of most physically fit team in the Kentucky Air National Guard after competing against 14 other squads during the fourth-annual 123rd Airlift Wing Fitness Challenge here Oct. 21.Sixty Airmen competed in the challenge, which tested four-person

  • Holiday celebration draws children to the Air Guard

    Christmas came a little early this year for the children of Kentucky Air National Guard members when Santa stopped by the 123rd Airlift Wing for the unit's family holiday celebration Dec. 2.More than 85 boys and girls turned out for the annual party, which provided each youngster with the