Louisville Air National Guard Base

Louisville Air National Guard Base Standiford Field
Part of Kentucky Air National Guard
Located near: Louisville, Kentucky
300px C-130 Hercules of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing
Louisville ANGB Location of Louisville Air National Guard Base, Kentucky
Coordinates
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941-Present (USAF use)
Garrison information
Garrison	123d Airlift Wing

Airfield information
IATA: SDF – ICAO: KSDF
Summary
Elevation AMSL	501 ft / 152.7 m
Website	www.123aw.ang.af.mil
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17R/35L 11,890 3,624 Concrete 17L/35R 8,579 2,615 Concrete 11/29 7,250 2,210 Concrete

For civil airport information, see Louisville International Airport.

Louisville Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Kentucky Air National Guard 123d Airlift Wing.

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.

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.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.