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  • Kentucky Air Guardsman continues grandfather's WWII legacy

    WUNSTORF AIR BASE, Germany -- Standing on the Wunstorf Air Base flight line, Maj. Matthew Skeens, a 123rd Airlift Wing logistics readiness officer, scans the horizon to soak in the moment.Nearly 75 years ago his grandfather, U.S. Air Force pilot Kenneth Skeens, flew above that same flight line

  • Kentucky Air Guard plays key role in Afghan evacuation

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 40 Kentucky Air National Guard members have played a key role in the reception of evacuees arriving from Afghanistan since Aug. 22.The Airmen, all from the Louisville-based 123rd Contingency Response Group, deployed to Wisconsin Aug. 21 and began supporting airfield

  • Airlift Wing dedicates new $8.9 million facility for response forces

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The 123rd Airlift Wing dedicated an $8.9 million building here Friday to house units that respond to contingencies and disasters around the world.The two-story, 28,000-square-foot Response Forces Facility, located on the grounds of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base, will serve

  • 123rd CRG completes TRANSCOM training mission with Army

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. – More than 100 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and 50 Army Soldiers with the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element participated in Operation Lone Oak, a Transportation Command Turbo Distribution exercise June 7-12.The exercise tested the