Guard Greeting

President Bush greets supporters and members of the Kentucky Air National Guard on the base flightline during a visit to Louisville Nov. 13. Mr. Bush was in town to address a group of civic leaders, and the Air Guard base served as a staging area for Air Force One during his visit. (Tech. Sgt. Dennis Flora/KyANG)

Wing begins multiple deployments to Germany

Fifty-one members of the 123rd Airlift Wing board a Kentucky Air Guard C-130 on the base flightline Nov. 26. The Airmen are bound for Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from which they will fly airlift sorties to locations in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. (Tech. Sgt. Philip Speck/KyANG)

Operation Jump Start 2007

Road crews repair a washout on an access road that runs along the U.S.-Mexican border. The road is used by Border Patrol agents to monitor illegal entries. (Chief Master Sgt. Steve Peters/KyANG)

Operation Jump Start 2007

Airman 1st Class Nick Ketterer sends hand signals to the operator of a cement truck to control the flow of concrete as it pours into forms along the fence line. (Maj. John Cassel/KyANG)

Wing claims top honors for excellence

Col. Mark Kraus, commander of the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing, attaches a 12th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award streamer to the wing’s colors during a Sept. 16 awards ceremony held in the base Fuel Cell Hangar. The honor recognizes the wing’s achievements from March 6, 2003 to March 15, 2004, when unit personnel deployed around the world for combat and combat support operations in the Global War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. (Capt. Dale Greer/KyANG)

Wing concludes mission in Afghanistan

Col. Mark Kraus, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, is greeted as he deboards here.(Staff Sgt. Diane Stinnett/KyANG)