Kentucky Air National Guard | |
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![]() Emblem of the Kentucky Air National Guard | |
Active | 16 February 1947 - present |
Country | United States |
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Role | "To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities." |
Part of | ![]() United States National Guard Bureau |
Garrison/HQ | Kentucky Air National Guard, 1101 New Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213 |
Website | 123aw.ang.af.mil |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Andy Beshear (Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky) |
Commonwealth military leadership | Brigadier General Haldane B. Lamberton |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States of America. It is, along with the Kentucky Army National Guard, an element of the Kentucky National Guard.
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.