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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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        Kentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey reliefKentucky Air Guard mobilizes in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron prepare to deploy from the Kentucky ANG base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Airmen are specialists in swift-water an confined-space rescue. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
                
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Kentucky Air National Guardsmen deploying for Hurricane Harvey rescue operationsPublished Aug. 28, 2017
                    
                    By Lt. Col. Dale Greer
                    
                    
                    123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
            **LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AFNS) --**Eighteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron departed Louisville, Kentucky Aug. 27, 2017, for Texas, where they will assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.The Airmen are deploying to Robert Gray Army Air Field at Fort Hood, Texas.Among the deploying personnel are 14 Airmen who will comprise of two Personnel Recovery Teams. These Airmen have expertise in swift-water rescue, confined-space operations and emergency medical care. They will deploy with a variety of equipment suited to hurricane recovery operations, including inflatable motor boats.Also deploying are four Airmen who will stand up and staff an Austere Special Tactics Operations Center.The 123rd STS has extensive experience with hurricane rescue and recovery operations. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, members of the unit established and operated a helicopter landing zone on a highway overpass in New Orleans, helping evacuate nearly 12,000 residents.“These Airmen are some of the most dedicated and professional special operators in the entire United States Armed Forces,” said Col. David Mounkes, the Kentucky ANG 123rd Airlift Wing commander. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they work to assist residents who have been stranded by Hurricane Harvey and the historic flooding in Texas.”2017 



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