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  • Commentary--Dreams

    Each of us has dreams. We dream about exotic places, relaxing experiences, adventures, things we might accomplish and financial security. Some of our dreams intersect with our military service. Our dreams include things like the next level of responsibility, advancing to NCO or senior NCO,

  • 403rd security forces reservists return home

    Eleven reservists with the 403rd Security Forces Squadron were greeted with cheers and tears of friends and family upon their return to the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport after finishing a six-month deployment supporting the 405th Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia July 22.   The

  • 403rd Wing off to rocky start with 2015 season

    The 403rd Wing intramural basketball team went 50/50 in the opening week of the 2015 Keesler Air Force Base Intramural basketball season with one win (33-29) against the Dental Squadron and one loss (33-32) to the 336th Training Squadron.The team leader, Tech Sgt. Patrick Green, believes that the

  • Wing says goodbye to civil engineer squadron

    The 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron was inactivated in a ceremony held here July 12 as a result of overall U.S. defense budget cuts stemming originally from the fiscal year 2015 President's Budget Proposal."The Air Force has to find a way to be leaner," said Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd CES commander.

  • Amodeo represents the 403rd Wing on Capitol Hill

    Col. Frank Amodeo, commander of the Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., represented the Airman and families of the wing during a visit to the nation's capitol to visit with congressional and senatorial leaders.The meetings were part of an annual initiative called the

  • Leadership is always about “them”

    When the proposal for command was offered to me, I did not want to pass up the opportunity to lead. I had heard of the scenarios and obstacles that as a squadron commander, I would have to traverse. I knew what I was getting myself into, knowing that the organization I was going to lead was due to

  • Airmen support air mobility exercise Green Flag

    The 403rd Operational Support Squadron had two members participate in the Green Flag 15-07 air mobility exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, in May.Maj. William Miller, chief of tactics, and Senior Airman Kelley Andino, intelligence analyst, honed their job skills during the exercise

  • 403rd Wing Reservists ride alongside Vehicle Ops Airmen

    Five reserve Airmen assigned to the 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, came to Barksdale for real-world training with 2nd LRS vehicle operations Airmen here June 1-15."We've received the opportunity to do a lot of hands-on training here," said Staff Sgt. John

  • Hurricane Hunter begins career as all hail breaks loose

    (This article is the second piece of a series featuring personal encounters of Air Force Reservists of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters". The Hurricane Hunters are the only Department of Defense organization who routinely fly into hurricanes to collect weather data for the

  • Air Force Sergeants Association visits with 403rd Top Three members

    Citizen Airmen from the 403rd Wing's Top Three association gathered together Sunday during the June unit training assembly to learn more about the local Air Force Sergeants Association chapter.   Staff Sgt. Brian Corbin, an instructor in the 335th Training Squadron and membership trustee for AFSA