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  • Wing Honors Airmen of the Year

    Master Sgt. Brad Simms, Master Sgt. John Wardrip, Tech. Sgt. Edward McKenna and Senior Airman Aaron Lind have been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guards's 2010 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.According to the Kentucky Air National Guard state command chief master sergeant, Chief Master Sgt.

  • 123rd makes history with 'excellent' rating in first homeland-defense ORI

    The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing scored another entry in the history books May 16-23 when it successfully completed the Air Force's first-ever homeland-defense Operational Readiness Inspection."For the very first time, the U.S. Air Force has validated a wing's wartime

  • Kentucky Air Guard welcomes two new command chiefs

    The Kentucky Air National Guard welcomed its newest command chief master sergeants during dual change-of-responsibility ceremonies held April 17 at Louisville Male High School.The new state command chief is Chief Master Sgt. James Smith, a 32-year veteran of the Kentucky Air Guard who began his

  • Kentucky Air National Guard salutes Hometown Heroes

    Deployments are seldom easy. They exert substantial amounts of stress not only on the troops deploying, but also on the families and friends they leave behind. On April 17, the Kentucky Air National Guard delivered a heart-felt "thank you" to the more than 900 men and women of the 123rd Airlift Wing

  • Wing wins extraordinarily rare 14th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing has been awarded its 14th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award -- an extraordinary achievement that confirms the wing's standing as one of the most decorated organizations in the United States military, said Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini, Kentucky's

  • CLEP: College-level exams offered free on base for members

    The 123rd Airlift Wing Education and Training Office is now offering College Level Examination Program, or CLEP, exams free of charge to service members interested in advancing their military and civilian educations.The exams allow members to save time and money by earning credit for knowledge

  • 123rd completes Operational Readiness Exercise

    The 123rd Airlift Wing and two other Air Force units completed their final training exercise here March 20-26 in preparation for a historic Operational Readiness Inspection that will, for the first time ever, test a deployed wing's effectiveness in a homeland-security/homeland-defense

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen return from Haiti relief mission

    Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard who have been in the Caribbean for the past five weeks as part of Haitian earthquake relief efforts began returning home today after orchestrating the delivery of more than 640 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti.A C-130 Hercules aircraft