Video by Tech. Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 06.16.2025
Fifty members from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing completed annual training alongside their Portuguese counterparts at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, June 16 to 30, 2025. The group was comprised of Airmen from the 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, who focused on completing structural renovations to the air base. The 123rd Fire Department, a component of the 123rd CES,......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 06.16.2025
Fifty members from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing completed annual training alongside their Portuguese counterparts at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, June 16 to 30, 2025. The group was comprised of Airmen from the 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, who focused on completing structural renovations to the air base. The 123rd Fire Department, a component of the 123rd CES,......
Video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 10.11.2024
Col. Matthew Quenichet assumes command of the 123rd Airlift Wing during a formal ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 11, 2024. Quenichet, a career navigator and longtime wing member, replaces Col. Bruce Bancroft, who has led the highly decorated unit since 2021 and will be moving to a new leadership role at Joint Force Headquarters–Kentucky. (U.S. Air......
Video by Philip Speck | 123rd Airlift Wing | 09.30.2024
Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team prepare equipment for deployment form the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 30, 2024, in response to massive flooding across North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. The 11-Airman team left Louisville Oct. 1 and will operate from Hickory, N.C, where they will assist coroners and other local......
Video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 04.19.2024
More than two-dozen military and civilian aircraft, including the Kentucky Air Guard’s C-130J Super Hercules, gear up on the flight line at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Apr. 19, 2024, in preparation for the Thunder Over Louisville air show. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 10.14.2023
The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Squadron conducts an integrated mission scenario in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14, 2023. This type of training sortie maintains a loadmaster’s job proficiency and also teaches additional skill sets, reinforcing a multi-capable Airman concept. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 10.14.2023
The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Squadron executes a change of command during an integrated mission sortie in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14, 2023. Lt. Col. Josh Ketterer, the incoming squadron commander, is preceded by Lt. Col. Penn Brown, who served in the position for more than three years. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs | 123rd Airlift Wing | 10.14.2023
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear honors the 123rd Airlift Wing during a ceremony recognizing the unit’s superior performance at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14, 2023. The wing received its 20th Outstanding Unit Award and a Meritorious Unit Award for exhibiting excellence in a broad spectrum of missions around the world since 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard video by......
