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Line 1: {{Short description\|Unit of the US Air National Guard for the State of Kentucky}} {{Infobox military unit \| unit_name = Kentucky Air National Guard \| image = File:HQ Kentucky Air National Guard ~~- Emblem~~emblem.~~png~~svg \| image_size = 220px \| caption = ~~Shield~~Emblem of the Kentucky Air National Guard \| dates = 16 February 1947 - present \| country =~~{{flag\|~~ United States ~~of America\|23px}}~~ \| allegiance = {{flag\|United States ~~of America\|23px~~}}<br />{{Flag\|Kentucky}} \| branch = {{flag\|United States Air Force}} \| type = [[File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg\|25px]] [[Air National Guard]] ~~\|type=~~ \| role = "To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities." \| size = ~~\|size=~~ \| command_structure = ~~\|command_structure= [[File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg\|35px]] [[Air National Guard]]<br />[[File:Kentucky National Guard logo.png\|35px]] [[Kentucky National Guard]]~~ ~~\|garrison=~~ [[File:Kentucky ~~Air~~ National Guard, ~~1101~~logo.png\|35px]] ~~New~~[[Kentucky ~~Grade~~National ~~Lane,~~Guard]]<br>[[United ~~Louisville,~~States ~~Kentucky,~~National Guard ~~40213~~Bureau]] \| garrison = Kentucky Air National Guard, 1101 New Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213 \| garrison_label = ~~\|nickname=~~ \| nickname = ~~\|patron=~~ \| patron = ~~\|motto=~~ \| motto = ~~\|colors=~~ \| colors = \| colors_label = ~~\|march=~~ \| march = ~~\|mascot=~~ \| mascot = ~~\|battles=~~ \| battles = \| anniversaries = ~~\|decorations=~~ \| decorations = \| battle_honours = ~~<!-- Commanders -->~~ \| website = {{URL\|https://www.123aw.ang.af.mil/\|123aw.ang.af.mil}} <!-- Commanders -->\| commander1 = President [[Joe Biden]]<br />'''''(Commander-in-Chief)'''''<br />[[Frank Kendall III]]<br />'''''(Secretary of the Air Force)'''''<br />[[Governor of Kentucky\|Governor]] [[Andy Beshear]]<br />'''''(Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky)''''' \| commander1_label = Civilian leadership \| commander2 = [[Brigadier General]] Haldane B. Lamberton \| commander2_label = Commonwealth military leadership ~~\|notable_commanders=~~ \| notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> <!-- Aircraft -->\| aircraft_attack = \| aircraft_bomber = ▼ ~~\|aircraft_attack=~~ \| aircraft_Command_and_Control = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_bomber= \| aircraft_electronic = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_Command_and_Control= \| aircraft_fighter = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_electronic= \| aircraft_interceptor = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_fighter= \| aircraft_patrol = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_interceptor= \| aircraft_recon = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_patrol= \| aircraft_transport = [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]]▼ ▲\|aircraft_recon= \| aircraft_tanker = ▼ ▲\|aircraft_transport=[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] ▲\|aircraft_tanker= }} The '''Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG)''' is the aerial militia of the [[Kentucky\|Commonwealth of Kentucky]], [[United States\|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]] [[command hierarchy\|chain of command]]. They are under the jurisdiction of the [[Governor of Kentucky]] though the office of the [[state adjutant general\|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 ~~Warren~~Dave ~~Hurst, Jr~~Mounkes. ==Overview== Line 85 ⟶ 84: {{Reflist}} {{refbegin}} * {{cite book \|last=Arrington \|first=Charles W. \|editor-first=John E. \|editor-last=Kleber \|year=2001 \|title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville \|chapter=Kentucky Air National Guard \|pages=459–460 \|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] \|location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] \|isbn=0-8131-2100-0 \|oclc=247857447 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC}} * Gross, Charles J (1996), The Air National Guard and the American Military Tradition, United States Dept. of Defense, {{ISBN\|0160483026}} [http://www.123aw.ang.af.mil/ Kentucky Air National Guard website] {{refend}} ==External links== {{Commons category~~\|Kentucky Air National Guard~~}} {{Official website\|https://www.123aw.ang.af.mil/}} {{Air National Guard}} Line 97: {{Kentucky}} [[Category:~~Military~~Kentucky inNational ~~Kentucky~~Guard\|Air National Guard]] [[Category:United States Air National Guard\|Kentucky]] [[Category:1947 establishments in Kentucky]]