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  • Wing honors best in Airmen of the Year

    Staff Sgt. Matthew Meuser, Tech. Sgt. John Hoagland and Master Sgt. James Tenney have been selected as the Kentucky National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2007, besting a field of 39 other troops who were nominated by their supervisors for exceptional performance."We always have a

  • Wing begins multiple deployments to Germany

    Two Kentucky Air Guard C-130s and 51 Guarsdmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Nov. 26 in support of Operation Joint Enterprise.The airmen will fly airlift missions across Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia, including sorties into Iraq and Afghanistan, said Lt.

  • Tonini selected as new adjutant general

    Retired Brig. Gen. Edward Tonini, who served as a career public affairs officer in the Kentucky Air Guard before rising to become its chief of staff, will be the state's next adjutant general, Gov.-elect Steve Beshear announced at a news conference Nov. 28.When he is sworn into office and promoted

  • Civil engineering squadron completes 2nd Jump Start deployment

    Thirty members of the 123rd Civil Engineering Squadron returned to the Arizona desert this summer as part of Operation Jump Start, the National Guard-led mission to improve security along the U.S.-Mexican border.The troops, who deployed to Naco, Ariz., from July 21 to Aug. 4, graded access roads and

  • Personnel flight wins award

    The National Guard Bureau has selected the Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Mission Support Flight as the top personnel unit in the nation, honoring it with the 2006 Gerrit D. Foster Jr. Outstanding MPF Achievement Award.The award is a reflection of extraordinary unit accomplishments at a time when the

  • Wing claims top honors for excellence

    Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing gathered in the base Fuel Cell Hangar Sept. 16 to celebrate two prestigious new honors -- the wing's 12th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and its third Curtis N. "Rusty" Metcalf Trophy.The Metcalf award, bestowed annually by the National Guard Bureau, recognizes

  • Wing concludes mission in Afghanistan

    Kentucky Air Guardsmen delivered thousands of tons of equipment and supplies to forward-deployed troops across Afghanistan during a nine-week deployment to Bagram Airfield that concluded earlier this month, said Col. Mark Kraus, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing.More than 210 Kentucky Airmen

  • Kentucky Airmen deploy to Afghanistan

    The first 34 of more than 210 Kentucky Air National Guardsmen deployed to Baghram Air Base, Afghanistan, on July 5 to provide airlift services in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The Airmen, assigned to the unit's 123rd Airlift Wing, included pilots, navigators, loadmasters, maintenance

  • 123rd celebrates 60th anniversary

    The Kentucky Air Guard celebrated its 60th anniversary last month with two ceremonies that paid tribute to the unit's storied past.During the first event, held Feb. 3 in the base Maintenance Hangar, 123rd Airlift Wing Commander Col. Mark Kraus reminded hundreds of drilling Airmen about the wing's

  • Engineers test skills at Silver Flag exercise

    More than 60 members of the 123rd Civil Engineering Squadron deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., in October for Silver Flag, a recurring training event designed to educate CE troops about the newest equipment and latest lessons learned in the Global War on Terror.The unit last attended a