123rd Airlift Wing

A P-51 Mustang aircraft, serial number of 44-74202, sits on the flight line of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., circa 1953-1956. The same aircraft, now restored, came home to fly in the More

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cecil Dickerson, a loadmaster from the Alaska Air National Guard's 249th Airlift Squadron, directs an Army Humvee onto a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 aircraft at the Kentucky Air Nat More

Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, Kentucky's adjutant general, presents a posthumous Prisoner of War Medal to the sons and daughter of a late Kentucky Air National Guard Pilot, Capt. Merlin R. "Bob" Kehrer, during a More

Members from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing render a salute during the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron change-of-command ceremony Jan. 21, 2011 at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan.

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard greet Vice President Joe Biden as he descends the stairs of Air Force Two at the Kentucky Air Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on Feb 11, 2011. Pictured from left to rig More

Col. Greg Nelson, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, meets with members of the Ecuadorian air force during a tour of the Kentucky Air Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., March 1. The Ecuadorians were visiting as p More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing prepare to deploy from their base in Louisville, Ky., to Muñiz Air National Guard Base in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 2, 2011. Approximately More

A U.S. Army Blackhawk hovers nearby as a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor taxies to its parking spot on the flight line of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 14, 2011. The Raptor, piloted More

Tech. Sgt. Phil Seif with the 123rd Contingency Response Element installs a speaker system on top of the Hard sided Expandable Light Air Mobile Shelter in Springfield, Mo., May 16, 2011, during the National Lev More

Tech. Sgt. Charles Woods, crew chief with the 123rd Contingency Response Element, awaits the arrival of an inbound C-130 flying in from Louisville, Ky., May 17, during the National Level Exercise in Springfield More

Kelli Morris, a contractor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, applies moulage makeup to Lee Hyman to simulate a head laceration in preparation for earthquake-response exercises held May 18, 2011, at More

Airmen from Scott Air Force Base, Travis AFB, Pope AFB, and MacDill AFB along with EMTs from CoxHealth, Springfield, Mo., simulate carrying evacuees in need of medical assistance with mannequins in Springfield, More

The daughter, son and nephews of Master Sgt. Shaun Cecil, an electrician in the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, wait excitedly at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Ky. More

Heather French Henry, a former Miss America whose father is a disabled veteran, served as the mistress of ceremonies Sept. 11, 2011, during the closing ceremonies for the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall at Restha More

The last of three Kentucky Air National Guard C-130s flies over Main Street in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 11, 2011, to kick off the city's Veterans Day Parade and Massing of the Colors, a ceremony that showcased doz More

Kentucky's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, introduces Sen. Mitch McConnell at a town hall meeting with hundreds of Air National Guardsmen at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. More

Airman 1st Class Reymart Relos, a food service specialist with the 123rd Force Support Squadron, plays pool during the reopening of the Kentucky Air National Guard's Morale, Welfare and Recreation facility in L More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathon Stribling (second from left) of Louisville, Ky. poses for a group photo with the airmen of the Kentucky National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team 4 in southern Afghanistan on More

Maj. Mike Wood, a navigator with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron, prepares to deploy to Bangladesh during outprocessing, April 14, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. Wood and 25 other airmen from More

News reporters interview Maj. Henry Schantz, commander of the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2012. Schantz, who is based at More

Cpl. Douglas Gray, an avionics technician from the 203rd Vertical Marine Attack Squadron in Cherry Point, N.C., carries a blivet, an external cargo pod from a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II on the flight li More

Maj. Pirom Srinual, Joint Collective Training Branch, National Guard Bureau, Maj. Paul A. Best, J39-Combatting Weapons Of Mass Destruction, National Guard Bureau and Mark Honeycutt, National Guard Bureau, obser More

Kentucky Air National Guard members stand at parade rest during a ceremony recognizing fellow airmen, June 2, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. KYANG members received awards for meritorious service and academic excellence.

Adarius Hite, son of Kentucky Air National Guard member 2nd Lt. Angela Hite, paints pictures during Family Day at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21, 2012. One of the reasons the Airman and Fami More

Kentucky's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, presents Tech. Sgt. Nathan Steele with the Bronze Star Medal during an award ceremony held Jan. 12, 2014, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Loui More

U.S. Navy Lt. Ryan Chamberlain, a Blue Angels F/A-18 pilot and air show narrator, talks with Capt. Josh Ketterer, air show coordinator for the Kentucky Air National Guard, during a press conference Jan. 23, 201 More

A U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing carrying airmen and cargo from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing prepares to take off from Atlanti More

Maj. Bryan Keating, a weapon systems officer for the Kentucky Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron, uses multiple scopes and systems aboard Kentucky Air Guard C-130 Hercules in the skies of Alaska during More

An aircrew from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron flies a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules over the mountains of Alaska during a training scenario as part of Red Flag-Alaska May More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrives at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 28, 2014, to deliver relief supplies during the Ebola cr More

Airmen with the 123rd Contingency Response Group file through in-processing at the Kentucky National Guard Air Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 2014. The Airmen had just landed from a deployment to West Africa More

Tech. Sgt. Paul Jones, a loadmaster for the 123rd Airlift Wing, conducts a pre-flight check at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 24, 2015, prior to departing for a deployment to the More

Hundreds of family members and guests of Kentucky Air Guardsmen gathered at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 13, 2015, for the unit’s annual Family Day. The day consisted of variou More

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Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing arrive in Edmonton, Canada, May 28, 2016 for Exercise Maple Flag. More than 30 Kentucky Air Guardsmen are participating in the aerial combat training exercise, which includes More

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Joey Wurzelbacher from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron in Louisville, Kentucky, removes old brick and tile work from the kitchen wall of Special More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jim Sneed, NCOIC of financial services for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing, teaches a class on the Defense Travel System at the Air National Guard’s Air Dominance More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Kenny Richards, U.S. Air Force Maj. Amy Mundell, U.S. Navy Cdr. Ryan Starkey, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matt McCoy and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Adkisson welcome mil More

Senior Airman Raymond Martinez, radio transmission technician from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Airlift Wing, translates Spanish for a U.S. Navy dental hygienist at Paducah Tilghman High School in More

Lt. Col. Carolyn Congleton (left), chief of public health from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group, holds a kitten from the Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter at Graves County High School i More

Staff Sgt. Kaleb Wentworth, an aerial port specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, chains a Kentucky Army National Guard helicopter to the floor of an aircraft at t More

The Kentucky National Guard’s top service members were honored in the annual Kentucky Oustanding Soldier and Airman of the Year banquet at the Kentucky Far and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky. on March 4, 201 More

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (right) talks with Col. David Mounkes, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, while they wait for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville More

Maj. Brandi Faudree (second from left), a physician assistant with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group in Louisville, Ky., reads electrocardiograms with cardiologists and emergency department More

President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., March 20, 2017. Trump was in Louisville to attend a rally at the Kentucky Exposition Center. (U.S. Air Nati More

Maj. Will Andreotta, an F-35 Lighnining II pilot from the 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., talks with news media at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 20, 2017. A More

Chief Master Sgt. Ray Dawson (right) accepts the guidon of Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard, from Brig. Gen. Warren Hurst, Kentucky’s assistant adjutant general for Air, to become the Commonwealth’s ne More

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft line the tarmac at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 22, 2017, prior to their performance in the Thunder Over Louisville air show later i More

Two Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules fly over the coast of North Africa on April 25, 2017. Various units from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and the Kentucky and Utah Air More

This photo, depicting a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft and maintainers participating in Exercise African Lion, was part of a group of images that won first place for Training Photo Series More

After identifying a weak area on an aircraft seat harness, Tech. Sgt. Lawrence Lawfer, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Operations Support Squadron in Louisville, Ky., More

Airman First Class Michael Reckley (left), an engineer assistant from the Air Force Reserve, and Airman 1st Class Trelyn Overall (right), an engineer assistant from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil More

Airman 1st Class Lavester Miller, 730th Air Mobility Squadron avionics technician, left, and Staff Sgt. Shane Duncan, 123rd Airlift Wing contingency response group crew chief, watch the fuel gages as it’s pumpe More

Lt. Gen. Mark C. Nowland, deputy chief of staff for operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., presents the Special Tactics Officer of the Year Award to 1st Lt. Bryan Hunt, a special tactics off More

Col. David Mounkes (left), commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, administers the oath of enlistment to swear in the newest members of the Kentucky Air National Guard at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky. More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with More

Col. Gary Jones, 147th Attack Wing Commander, briefs members of the 147th Attack Wing Airbase Readiness Coordination (ARC) team in the Wing's Emergency Operation Center at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base Aug More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by Airmen from the Mississippi Air Guard, work to establish an air cargo and aeromedical evacuation hub at George Bush I More

Two C-130 Hercules aircraft and 14 Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing deploy from the Kentucky Air National Guard base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 1, 2017, for Texas, where they will fly humanitarian aid and airl More

Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade are loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Lo More

Heather Wilson, the secretary of the Air Force, praised Airmen of the 123rd Airlift Wing for their support of hurricane relief operations during a visit to the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron and New York Air National Guard’s 109th Rescue Wing prepare to depart St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Isl More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron controll a helicopter landing zone on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 9, 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The Airmen have co More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein (left) laughs with Chief Master Sgt. Aaron May, operations superintendent of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, at the Kentucky Air More

Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice (left), director of the Air National Guard, presents Col. David Moukes, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, with the 2017 National Guard Bureau Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque during th More

Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing prepare inflatable motorboats to be loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 20, 2017. The boats will be used by More

A combat controller from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron provides air traffic control to planes delivering relief supplies to Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by troops from the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard units in multiple states, dowload relief supplies from a More

Thirty-nine members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by Airmen from the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard units in multiple states, process relief supp More

Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing load a Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 11, 2017, to be transported More

Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Hogan (left), adjutant general for the Commonwealth Kentucky, pins the Meritorious Service Medal onto Brig. Gen. Steven P. Bullard (right), the outgoing chief of staff, Headquarters, Kent More

Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Seifert of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron has been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 2018 Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. (U.S Air National Guard photo by T More

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Hager of the 123rd Medical Group has been selected as the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 2018 First Sergeant of the Year. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Vicky Spesard)

An F6B robot is utilized by members of the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal unit during a training scenario at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2018. The exercise, a c More

Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23, 2018, prior to deploying to the Persian Gulf region. The Airmen will spend More

Chief Master Sgt. Wade Zinsmeister retired from the U.S. Air Force and Kentucky Air National Guard during a ceremony at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., March 4, 2018. Zinsmeister, the component maint More

Brig. Gen. Warren Hurst, Kentucky's assistant adjutant general for Air, pins the Meritorious Service Medal on Chief Master Sgt. Joseph E. Atwell Jr. during Atwell’s retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air Natio More

Col. Jeffrey Wilkinson (left), commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing, presents a Meritorious Service Medal to Chief Master Sgt. David Selby during Selby’s retirement ceremony at the More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elisabeth Runser, a dental technician from the Indiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Air Fighter Wing, cleans a patient’s teeth at a health-care clinic being operated by the Air Guard and More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Carneiro, a dentist from Expeditionary Medical Facility Camp Pendleton in California, leads a tour of military and civilian leaders during a visit to a dental clinic at Lee County High Sch More

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing return to their home base in Louisville, Ky., July 4, 2018, after completing a four-month deployment to the Persian Gulf region in support of Oper More

A C-130 Hercules aircraft flies over the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., July 4, 2018, carrying Air National Guardsmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing who were returning from a deployment to th More

More than 60 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing are reunited with friends and family as they return to their home base in Louisville, Ky., July 6, 2018, after completing a four-mont More

Maj. Jerry Zollman (left), commander of the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. Chris Burgin, superintendent of the 123rd Maintenance Group, stand as Burgin's retirement citation is read at a cere More

Airman First Class Anthony Cirwithian (right), a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team, helps Senior Airman Ben Bohannon don boots from a MT94 chemical, biological, radio More

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group direct a C-130 Hercules during Operation Huron Thunder at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., July 22, 201 More

The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II (left), greets Tech. Sgt. Ryan McNary of the 123rd Contingency response Group during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisvil More

The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Global Mobility Squadron has been named the Air Mobility Command Contingency Response Unit of the Year for 2017. Shown with the award are Lt. Col. Steve Campbell (left), More

Brig. Gen. Warren Hurst (left), Kentucky's assistant adjutant general for Air, presents the certificate of retirement to Col. Nicholas Coleman during Coleman’s retirement ceremony at the Kentucky Air National G More

Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing load vehicles and cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 15, 2018 in response to Tropical Storm Florence. More

More than 1,000 Airmen, family members and retirees attendeded the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Family Day at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 16, 2018. The event, which was sponsored by t More

Retired Senior Master Sgt. Tony Pickman (left) and retired Chief Master Sgt. Tim Atwell unveil a plaque bearing the names of 36 Airmen who retired from the 123rd Airlift Wing in 2017 during a ceremony at the Ke More

The 123rd Airlift Wing Honor Guard presents the colors during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 16, 2018, celebrating the wing’s accomplishments in the last year. The More

Col. Jeffrey Wilkinson (right), commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, receives the 2018 Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque from Brig. Gen. Warren Hurst, Kentucky’s assistant adjutant general for Air, during a cere More

Five former members of the Kentucky Air National Guard attend a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 16, 2018, marking the 50th anniversary of the unit’s call-up for the P More

Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team pack equipment at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 17, 2018, prior to deploying to North Carolina to support o More

Master Sgt. John C. "Chris" Posten is the Kentucky Air National Guard's 2019 First Sergeant of the Year. Posten served as first sergeant to more than 400 personnel while deployed to the U.S. Central Command Are More

Tech. Sgt. Lee East, a retired member of the Kentucky Air National Guard, prepares a workspace to make Christmas wreaths with the help of her granddaughter in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 16, 2018. East operates a pro More

Master Sgt. Benjamen K. Pelster (right), a combat controller for the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, receives the Bronze Star Medal from Col. David Mounkes, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, during a ceremon More

Tech. Sgt. Rudy Parsons, a pararescueman with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, and his search and rescue dog, Callie, ride in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of Callie’s f More