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  • Governor signs law giving tax break to military members

    Many Kentucky National Guardsmen will take home more money next year thanks to a new state law that exempts military pay from Kentucky income tax. The measure, signed into law by Gov. Steve Beshear on June 26, applies to any military member -- active duty, Guard or Reserve -- whose home of record is

  • Agriculture team begins Afghanistan mission

    The global war on terror took on a new dimension July 6 with the departure of the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team for Afghanistan. Comprised of 64 Soldiers and Airmen with a variety of skills and background in agricultural matters, the team's mission is to teach the citizens

  • Kentucky Air Guard supports statewide pandemic exercise

    National Guard officials stood up a joint task force command center here Aug. 3 in support of the largest disaster-response exercise in state history. Staffed by about 40 Airmen and Soldiers from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and a variety of Army National Guard units across Kentucky, the

  • Peters named as installation inspector general

    Lt. Col. Jeff Peters has been selected as the new base Inspector General and will take charge of the wing's Complaints Resolution Program (CRP) this month.Colonel Peters began his Air Force career as an active-duty weather officer in 1985. He remained on active duty for 9 1/2 years before moving to

  • FEMA selects 123rd Medical Group for training on new biohazard system

    Members of the wing's 123rd Medical Group are enhancing their homeland-defense skills by training on a new chemical and biological decontamination system.The Kentucky Air Guard unit was hand selected by officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to receive the Reeves Decontamination

  • Tablets honor wing retirees

    Seventy-seven former members of the Kentucky Air National Guard were honored April 18 when two marble tablets bearing their names were unveiled during a ceremony in front of the Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway Headquarters Building here.The tablets are the latest addition to a monument that memorializes

  • Memorial to honor fallen Kentucky Guard members

    A group of Kentucky National Guard veterans and advocates is working to establish a memorial honoring all those who have served as citizen-Soldiers or citizen-Airmen -- and especially to honor those who perished in the line of duty. The proposed memorial will be built at the entrance to Boone

  • Wing aids National Strategic Stockpile

    Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing played a central role in Kentucky's response to Swine Flu recently when they helped distribute medical supplies around the state.Truckloads of surgical gloves, gowns, face masks and antiviral medications began arriving on base April 30 from multiple federal

  • Burba, Woods, Nethery named top troops

    Master Sgt. Larry D. Burba, Tech. Sgt. Robert L. Woods and Staff Sgt. Patrick E. Nethery have been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard's 2008 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. The winners were chosen from 26 nominees, competing in three categories, for exceptional performance in leadership and