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  • Gulf Coast honors military members during annual Salute

    For the past 38 years people from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast have set aside one night to come together, enjoy each other’s company and honor military men and women. Salute to the Military is more than a nice dinner, it is an opportunity for military and community members to connect with and

  • More than a secretary: 403rd Wing mentor retires

    There are certain people in this world who seem to be naturally enveloped in light. And they use that light to help, guide and inspire those around them. Wanda Bowman, the 403rd Wing commander’s secretary, is one of those people. She started her Air Force journey in 1979 when she married her husband

  • 403rd Wing honors new staff sergeants and master sergeants

    Sunday the 403rd Wing’s newest staff sergeants and master sergeants stepped up to the next tier of their careers by becoming noncommissioned and senior noncommissioned officers. These new leaders were honored in a ceremony at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance facility that included the

  • 403rd Wing announces quarterly award winners

    Sunday the 403rd Wing announced its quarterly award winners for the July 1 through Sept. 30 award period. Winners were chosen in the Airman, noncommissioned officer, senior noncommissioned officer, company grade officer, first sergeant and civilian categories.

  • Aerial Port members compete in Port Dawg Challenge 2016

    Members of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron competed against one another in their annual Port Dawg Challenge during the October Unit Training Assembly here Oct. 15, 2016. This five-event challenge which showcased the knowledge, training and teamwork associated with working in the 41st APS, was

  • Flying medics come to Keesler

    The 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron unfurled its flag in a ceremony here today and officially became part of the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing.Lt. Col. Brian A. May, 403rd Operations Group commander, presided over the ceremony that made the unit, which relocated here from Pope Field, N.C.,

  • 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducts first Keesler mission

    Imagine being strapped into the back of a C-130J Super Hercules on a litter, fighting to breathe while being whisked toward a hospital that can provide critical care. Not only are there pilots, navigators and loadmasters ensuring the aircraft makes it to the hospital safely, there are flight nurses

  • Hurricane Hunters fly data-gathering missions through Hurricane Matthew

    The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has been conducting around-the-clock operations flying into Hurricane Matthew to collect critical weather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami to improve the center’s computer models that forecast movement and intensity.   The

  • Care in the air: Aeromedical unit arrives at Keesler

    The 403rd Wing gains aeromedical evacuation squadron, which will become part of the wing during a ceremony Oct. 15, and the squadron is hiring.   The 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, relocating from Pope Field, N.C., will include 40 officers and 83 enlisted personnel.  Five of those positions