The 123rd Airlift Wing Honor Guard presents the colors during a ceremony to bestow a 19th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award on the wing at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 7, 2021. The award, which is given to the top 10 percent of all units, recognizes the wing’s outstanding achievement across a full spectrum of operations, from homeland disaster response to the war effort overseas, between October 2017 and September 2019. No other airlift unit in the United States Air Force — active duty, Guard or Reserve — has earned 19 AFOUAs.

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