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  • Farris seizes opportunity to train at Keesler

    Maj. Gen. Wallace W. "Wade" Farris Jr., Commander, 22nd Air Force, visits the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base on Sep 13 to preside over the assumption of command of the 403rd Wing by Col. Frank L. Amodeo taking place Sep 14.As a previous Operations Group Commander, 403rd Wing, Farris took

  • Hurricane Hunting: The 70 year dare continues

    Testosterone...So many historical events can be directly linked to this chemical compound produced in the lives of men. It can be blamed for the drive that results in the continuation of the human race, wars that are fought, and more entertaining things like the jumping of the Grand Canyon on a

  • Roll out and roll up: The logistics of hurricane hunting

    Whether flying into a tropical wave or a Category 5 hurricane, members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron spend hours, even days, working and reworking crew schedules and flight plans before executing a storm mission. Before the first mission of the season takes flight, before the storm

  • Hurricane Hunters fly remnants of Dorian

    Members of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron deployed  here July 27 - August 1 to fly through the remnants of Dorian. Hurricane Hunter aircrews flew WC-130J aircraft into the tropical wave to gather storm data used by the National Hurricane Center to determine whether Dorian was breaking up or

  • 403rd ASTS hosts mass dental clinic

    More than 100 members of the 403rd Wing were treated in an on-site dental clinic held July 13, 2013, in the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron building.Readiness was the focus for holding the on-site dental clinic, said Col. Barbara Persons, 403rd ASTS commander.Persons and Tech. Sgt. Heidi

  • 403rd Citizen Airman aids pedestrian hit by truck

    While driving her car down Pass Road March 1, Tech. Sgt. Sierra Davis slowed to a stop at a stoplight that had just turned red. It was a sunny Friday afternoon just before the 403rd Wing's drill weekend at Keesler Air Force Base here.A husband and wife started crossing the street when a pick-up

  • AMC commander visits Keesler Air Force Base

    General Paul Selva, commander of Air Mobility Command, visited Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. May 15, where he toured the 403d Wing and met with the leadership of both the 403rd Wing and 81st Training Wing.One of Selva's goals when he took command of AMC Nov. 30, 2012, was to visit as many units as