Louisville Air National Guard Base
| Louisville Air National Guard Base Standiford Field  | |
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| Part of Kentucky Air National Guard | |
| Located near: Louisville, Kentucky | |
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C-130 Hercules of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing | |
  Louisville ANGB Location of Louisville Air National Guard Base, Kentucky | |
| Coordinates | 38°10′41″N 85°43′29″W / 38.17806°N 85.72472°W |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1941-Present (USAF use) |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 123d Airlift Wing |
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| IATA: SDF – ICAO: KSDF | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 501 ft / 152.7 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.123aw.ang.af.mil | ||||||||||||||||||
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Louisville Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Kentucky Air National Guard 123d Airlift Wing.[1]
Overview
The 123d Airlift Wing (AW) of the Kentucky Air National Guard occupies two parcels of leased land on the Louisville International Airport (IAP); one of 76 acres and the other of 5. The base is located on the northeast side of the airport approximately five miles south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky.[1]
The mission of the 123d AW is to provide worldwide theater airlift for U.S. military and to support humanitarian operations. The unit currently flies the C-130H Hercules aircraft and occupies four administrative, six industrial and two services buildings totaling approximately 355,000 square feet. The 123d has 334 full-time personnel, a number that surges once a month to 1,180 personnel during unit training drills.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.