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  • Aircraft arrive at Kentucky Air Guard Base for Thunder air show

    LOUISVILLE, KY -- Military aircraft began arriving at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here today for this weekend’s Thunder Over Louisville air show, including the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Team.The two-ship team will be among the highlights of this year’s air show, to be held on the

  • Kentucky, New Jersey Guard aid Ecuador demining operation

    SANGOLQUí, Ecuador – Ecuadorian civil engineers recently welcomed a team of Air National Guard, active-duty Air Force and civilian personnel from U.S. Southern Command to observe, train and equip a battalion of demining soldiers.The visiting group, led by Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Wilt, transferred

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen rescue drowning infant

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron saved the life of a drowning infant at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center March 15.According to Master Sgt. Devin Butcher, a combat controller with the 123rd STS, the team had just finished unrelated

  • Kentucky Air Guard trains in Sweden for arctic warfare

    GRUBBNäSUDDEN, Sweden – Fifteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed an arctic warfare training course during two weeks of field exercises at the Swedish Subarctic Warfare Center.The combat controllers, pararescuemen, special reconnaissance personnel, search, evasion, resistance and

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen featured in national ad campaign

    LOUISVILLE, KY -- Three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard are being highlighted in a new national ad campaign funded by the National Guard Bureau.The campaign, titled “Serve Your Way,” was created by GSD&M, a marketing and advertising company, and features video commercials, radio spots

  • Kentucky Air Guard completes tornado response mission

    MAYFIELD, Ky. – Seventeen Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen completed a 10-day mission to control traffic and provide security as residents struggled to recover from a Category 5 tornado that carved a 220-mile path of destruction across five states Dec. 10-11, leveling much of this small town and

  • C-130J aircraft prepped for debut at Kentucky Air Guard

    PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Maintainers are putting the finishing touches on two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will join the Kentucky Air National Guard fleet in Louisville this weekend.Artwork being applied to the aircraft includes the Air National Guard emblem, the U.S. flag, a decal denoting