Kentucky Air National Guard

A South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. and a World War II era P-51 Mustang team up to celebrate their More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '81 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scen More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. H. H. Deffner Release Status: Release More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Greg Suhay Release Status More

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louisville Iap State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louisville Iap State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louisville Iap State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louisville Iap State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louisville Iap State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, USAF Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua E. Coleman, USAF Release Stat More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian Christ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT David H. Lipp, USAF Release Statu 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

Tech Sgt. Gregory Smith, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, uses an excavator to move debris at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 16. The 455th ECES cleared out a temporary structure to make way fo 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

More than 300 friends and family members gathered at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on May 1, 2011, to welcome home the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team II. Comp 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

Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing load a truck and trailer packed with rescue gear onto a Kentucky Air Guard C-130 as the unit prepares to deploy Sept. 28, 2011, from Louisville, Ky., to Joint Base McGuire-Dix- 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

Master Sgt. Larry Bristow, 123rd Security Force Squadron training Manager, discusses with Sr. JROTC Army Instructor about the obstacle course at Southern High School in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 10. Airmen of th 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

Senior Master Sgt. Scott Crimm, recruiting and retention superintendent for the Kentucky Air National Guard, receives a Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal from Brig. Gen. Michael Dornbush during a retirement 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

Richard Reed, special assistant to the president for national security affairs, walks into the Fuel Cell Hangar at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., March 18, 2012. Reed was at the base t More

Lt. Col. Rick Shelton (second from left) gets to know local leaders over tea while visiting the fictional town of Sabor, Nessor, during a U.S. Transportation Command verification exercise held at Joint Base McG 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

Former U.S. Marine Corp Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient and Kentucky native, boards a USMC AV-8B Harrier II jet before taking from the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 21 More

Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini adjutant general for the Kentucky Air National Guard speaks with family members in Louisville, Ky., May 7, 2012. The 123rd Special Tactics Squadron returned home to family members and 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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian King, Force Support Squadron, 123d Airlift Wing, Louisville, Ky., connects an "air curtain" to keep insects out of the Disaster Response Mobile Kitchen Trailer July 15 at More

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 Ex More

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group offload a Humvee from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 6, 2013, as More

'Ops Town' serves as the command, control and communications headquarters for airfield operations at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, in support of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U. More

Senior Airman Joseph Howell issues weapons to other security forces members at the 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, undisclosed location, Southwest Asia. Howell comes from a military family and cre 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

Airmen with the 123rd Contingency Response Group prepare for their deployment to West Africa from the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2, 2014. The Guardsmen will work to set up a logis More

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group off-load the unit’s gear from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III at Léopold Sédar Senghor International More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Hourigan of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group installs leveling jacks on a mobile airfield operations center at Léopold Sédar Senghor Internat More

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload cargo pallets from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., a More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hayden, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, directs the movement of cargo outside the Joint Operations Center at Léopold S 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

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan McNary, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, directs humanitarian cargo onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft during an engine 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

A joint-service Kentucky National Guard color guard presents the colors at the 2015 Outstanding Airman and Soldier of the Year banquet, March 14, at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentuc More

President Barack Obama transits through the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., aboard Air Force One April 2, 2015. Obama was in town to discuss job training and economic growth during a visit 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

A Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules transport approaches the show box during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in downtown Louisville, Ky., in 2016. The aircraft will serve as a jump platform for me More

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 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

Master Sgt. Jeff Gantt, a pararescueman for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, works through an individualized conditioning and maintenance program designed by the staff of the sq 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

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