Kentucky Air National Guard

Kentucky Air National Guard
Emblem of the Kentucky Air National Guard
Active16 February 1947 - present
Country United States
Allegiance Kentucky
Branch Air National Guard
Typestate militia, military reserve force
Role"To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of Kentucky National Guard
United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQKentucky Air National Guard, 1101 New Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213
Website123aw.ang.af.mil
Commanders
Civilian leadershipPresident Joe Biden
(Commander-in-Chief)
Frank Kendall III
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Governor Andy Beshear
(Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky)
Commonwealth military leadershipBrigadier General Haldane B. Lamberton
Aircraft flown
TransportLockheed C-130 Hercules

The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Kentucky Army National Guard, an element of the Kentucky National Guard of the much larger United States National Guard Bureau.

As commonwealth militia units, the units in the Kentucky Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Kentucky though the office of the Kentucky Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Kentucky Air National Guard is headquartered at Louisville Air National Guard Base, and its commander is Brigadier General Dave Mounkes.