High ranking officers from the Ecuadorian Armed Forces visited the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, in late January-early February 2024 to tour the 123rd Airlift Wing and learn about its missions. The Ecuadorian Armed Forces and the Kentucky National Guard have been partners under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program since 1996. On this photo, U.S. Air Force Colonel George Imorde, deputy commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, provides a mission brief to a group of Ecuadorian military leaders, January 31, 2024. (Photo: Dale Greer/U.S. Air National Guard)