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{{Short description|Unit of the US Air National Guard for the State of Kentucky}}
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| unit_name = Kentucky Air National Guard
| image = File:HQ Kentucky Air National Guard
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| dates = 16 February 1947 - present
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| allegiance = {{flag|United States
| branch = {{flag|United States Air Force}}
| type = [[File:US-AirNationalGuard-2007Emblem.svg|25px]] [[Air National Guard]]
| role = "To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
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| garrison = Kentucky Air National Guard, 1101 New Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213
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| 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
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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
==Overview==
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{{Reflist}}
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* {{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}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category
* {{Official website|https://www.123aw.ang.af.mil/}}
{{Air National Guard}}
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[[Category:United States Air National Guard|Kentucky]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Kentucky]]
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