Kentucky Air National Guard

Kentucky Air National Guard
Battle of Takur Ghar, where Technical Sergeant Keary Miller of the Kentucky Air National Guard was awarded the Silver Star
Active	16 February 1947 - present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Kentucky
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of	Kentucky Department Of Military Affairs United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	Kentucky Air National Guard, 1101 New Grade Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Deborah Lee James (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Matthew Bevin (Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky)
Commonwealth military leadership	Brigadier General Stephen R. Hogan
Insignia
Emblem of the Kentucky Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Transport	Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the air force 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 Warren Hurst, Jr.

Under the "Total Force" concept, Kentucky Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Kentucky ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized. In addition, the Kentucky Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window.

Along with their federal reserve obligations, as commonwealth militia units the elements of the Kentucky ANG are subject to being activated by order of the Governor to provide protection of life and property, and preserve peace, order and public safety. Commonwealth missions include disaster relief in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires, search and rescue, protection of vital public services, and support to civil defense.

The Kentucky Air National Guard consists of the following major unit:

On 24 May 1946, the United States Army Air Forces, in response to dramatic postwar military budget cuts imposed by President Harry S. Truman, allocated inactive unit designations to the National Guard Bureau for the formation of an Air Force National Guard. These unit designations were allotted and transferred to various state National Guard bureaus to provide them unit designations to re-establish them as Air National Guard units.