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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

  • Adjutant General: Ardery a 'Renaissance man'

    Kentucky's adjutant general remembered Maj. Gen. Philip Pendleton Ardery as an exceptional man whose sense of service, integrity, honor and excellence laid the foundation for the modern-day Kentucky Air National Guard.Ardery, the Kentucky Air Guard's first wing commander when the unit was formed in

  • 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

  • Family First: Hundreds turn out for Wing Family Day during October drill

    Bounce houses, games, a popcorn stand and a fire truck lined Thoroughbred Express Blvd. as Airmen, family members, guests and volunteers converged onto the Kentucky Air Guard Base Oct. 21 for the 123rd Airlift Wing's 2012 Family Day.Col. Warren Hurst, wing commander, greeted more than 500 spouses

  • Ky Guard deploys 5th agribusiness team to Afghanistan

    Approximately 39 members of the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 5 departed here Oct. 23 for a deployment to Afghanistan.Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, adjutant general for Kentucky, and the Kentucky National Guard command staff joined friends and families of the team members for

  • 123rd's Fatality Search and Recovery Team delivers expertise at Patriot 12

    Members of the Kentucky Air Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team brought their expertise to Volk Field, Wis., this summer to train other disaster-response officials during a key national exercise.More than 1,100 military and civilian emergency responders participated in the event, known as

  • Heiniger assumes command of 123rd Contingency Response Group

    Lt. Col. Mark Heiniger assumed command of the 123rd Contingency Response Group during a ceremony held Sept. 15 at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base.Heiniger, a C-130 pilot who most recently served as deputy commander of the 123rd Maintenance Group, was selected for the job because of his

  • Hurst takes command of 123rd Airlift Wing

    Col. Warren H. Hurst officially took charge of the 123rd Airlift Wing today during a change-of-command ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., promising that readiness would be the cornerstone of his command."For the past 20 years, there has been a Kentucky (aircraft) or