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

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Military aircraft began arriving at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here today in preparation for this weekend’s Thunder Over Louisville air show.The show, slated to begin Saturday at 3 p.m. over the Ohio river, will feature more than a dozen rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft,

  • Kentucky Guard, Ecuadorian Partners Share Disaster Response Techniques

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Seven members of the Ecuadorian armed services visited the state recently to learn more about how the Kentucky National Guard responds to emergencies and to share their own techniques for disaster operations.The Ecuadorians attended capabilities briefings with the Guard’s 41st

  • Kentucky Air Guard firefighters honored for civilian plane-crash response

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eight firefighters from the Kentucky Air National Guard were honored here recently for their role in subduing a massive fire after a United Parcel Service cargo jet crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport last year.The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft went down

  • Kentucky Air Guard, Ecuador share C-130 expertise

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard and Ecuadorian Air Force conducted an aircrew subject matter expert exchange recently at Cotopaxi Air Base, Ecuador, as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.The event teamed Airmen from Kentucky’s 123rd Airlift

  • Kentucky Guard Airmen score top Medical Service Awards

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Four members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group here were recognized for excellence in the 2024 Air National Guard Medical Service Awards.The honors are presented annually by the National Guard Bureau in recognition of efforts that improve health care delivery

  • Kentucky National Guard Responds to Fatal Civilian Plane Crash

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Firefighters from the Kentucky Air National Guard were among hundreds of emergency workers who responded to a fatal civilian plane crash just south of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport here Tuesday night.Eight Guard firefighters and four fire trucks were deployed to the

  • Kentucky Windage tests Mission Support Group for Agile Combat Employment

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123d Mission Support Group recently completed a field exercise designed to prepare them for operating the new Deployable Combat Wing model in a contested environment.Under the new Air Force concept, a wing will deploy to combatant

  • Kentucky Air Guard Flexes Maritime Skill in Caribbean for Emerald Warrior

    CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands - A squadron of special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed a grueling five-day exercise Aug. 30, testing their ability to perform a broad spectrum of operations in a maritime environment while responding to an enemy threat.The Airmen,