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U of L honors Kentucky National Guardsmen

Kentucky’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini (right), walks onto the field at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 7, 2013, as part of Military Appreciation Day events held in conjunction with the University of Louisville-Eastern Kentucky University football game. Tonini executed the coin toss to begin the game. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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U of L honors Kentucky National Guardsmen

A detail from the University of Louisville’s Air Force ROTC detachment prepares to present the colors during the University of Louisville-Eastern Kentucky University football game at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 7, 2013. U of L billed the game as Military Appreciation Day. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Pfeifer promoted to rank of colonel

Col. Kathryn Pfeifer, director of staff for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony held Aug. 17, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Pfeifer is the first female line office to attain the rank of colonel in the Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Vicky Spesard)

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Pfeifer promoted to rank of colonel

Col. Kathryn Pfeifer, director of staff for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony held Aug. 17, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Vicky Spesard)

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Pfeifer promoted to rank of colonel

Col. Kathryn Pfeifer, director of staff for Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony held Aug. 17, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Pfeifer is the first female line office to attain the rank of colonel in the Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Vicky Spesard)

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Kraus promoted to rank of major general

Brig. Gen. Mark Kraus (right), a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, is awarded The Legion of Merit, first oak leaf cluster, by Kentucky’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini, during a ceremony held Aug. 18, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Kraus also was promoted to the rank of major general during the ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)

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Kraus promoted to rank of major general

Brig. Gen. Mark Kraus (right), a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, is awarded The Legion of Merit, first oak leaf cluster, by Kentucky’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini, during a ceremony held Aug. 18, 2013, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Kraus also was promoted to the rank of major general during the ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)

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Kraus promoted to rank of major general

Kentucky’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini (left), administers the oath of office to Brig. Gen. Mark Kraus, a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, during a ceremony promoting Kraus to the rank of major general at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 18, 2013. Kraus, a former commander of the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing, served as the Commonwealth’s assistant adjutant general for Air from October 2008 to May 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)

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Kraus promoted to rank of major general

Maj. Gen. Mark Kraus’ wife (right) and Kentucky's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini, pin the rank insignia of major general to Kraus’ uniform during a promotion ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 18, 2013. Kraus is a Kentucky Air Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)

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Kraus promoted to rank of major general

Maj. Gen. Mark Kraus, a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, thanks his mentors for their support during a ceremony held at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 18, 2013. Kraus had just been promoted to the rank of two-star general officer. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Joshua Horton)

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Wilkinson to serve as vice commander of 123rd Airlift Wing

Lt. Col. Jeffrey L. Wilkinson has been selected to serve as vice commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, effective Oct.19. A Bronze Star-decorated combat veteran, Wilkinson is a combat control officer and combat rescue officer who has served as a combat control team leader, pararescue flight commander and director of operations for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Philip Speck)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload equipment from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard 123rd Contingency Response Group coordinate with higher headquarters to control the airflow of simulated disaster-relief supplies into MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The coordination is conducted from a portable structure called a HELAMS, which is short for Hard-sided Expandable Lightweight Air Mobile Shelter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Maj. Ryan Adams, airflow operations officer for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, coordinates with higher headquarters to control the airflow of simulated disaster-relief supplies into MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. Adams was working in a portable structure called a HELAMS, which is short for Hard-sided Expandable Lightweight Air Mobile Shelter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, greets Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, on the flight line of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, during Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is teaming up with the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., through Aug. 9 to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. The JTF-PO combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit to ensure the smooth flow of relief supplies into disaster areas by airlift and coordinate final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, discusses Exercise Gateway Relief with Col. Mark Heiniger (right), commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, and Army Capt. Charles Green (left), commander of the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., on the flight line of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The 123rd and 689th have teamed up through Aug. 9 to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, visits the Joint Operations Center tent during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group and the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., have teamed up for the U.S. Transportation Command-directed exercise through Aug. 9, executing the reception and distribution of earthquake-relief supplies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, talks with Capt. Joshua Elwell, intelligence officer for the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group, during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The 123rd is teaming up with the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., through Aug. 9, to execute the earthquake-response scenario, providing for the reception and distribution of disaster-relief supplies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Army Capt. Charles Greene, commander of the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, discusses cargo movement operations with Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The exercise is designed to test the ability of the 689th and the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group ability to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which receives relief supplies by airlift and stages them for movement over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army Rapid Port Opening Element for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Army Capt. Charles Greene, commander of the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, discusses cargo movement operations with Brig. Gen. Sarah Zabel, director of command, control, communications and Ccyber systems at U.S. Transportation Command, during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The exercise is designed to test the ability of the 689th and the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group ability to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which receives relief supplies by airlift and stages them for movement over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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