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  • Year in Review: 2016 one of growth

    The 403rd Wing saw many changes in 2016; it was a year of beginnings and adventure. The wing added two new squadrons, traveled stateside and abroad to train, and, like they do every year, hunted hurricanes. Here are a few of the highlights from the year.

  • Hurricane Hunters move to winter storms after above average hurricane season

      The 2016 hurricane season came to an end Nov. 30 and the above-average seasons in the Atlantic and Pacific kept the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” busy collecting critical weather data to improve forecasts. The 53rd WRS flew 75 missions into 13 storms, ten in the Atlantic

  • Reservists extend holiday greetings

    Senior Airman Laborian Jones, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, records a holiday greetings message at I Heart Media in Biloxi, Mississippi. Jones along with 15 other 403rd Wing members recorded messages that will air on eight radio stations along the Gulf Coast through Jan. 1, 2017. The stations

  • Freedom Award nomination deadline Dec. 31

    Members in the 403rd Wing have until Dec. 31 if they'd like to nominate their employers for the Department of Defense’s highest employer award – the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Of 2,424 organizations nominated by their Guard and Reserve employees, just 15 became recipients

  • Contributing to a greater cause: the aeromedical evacuation squadron

    Transporting the nation's sick and wounded warriors from the battlefield to the home front is a more than just a one-person job. It's a multi-layered process involving personnel both on the ground and in the air.Once those patients are stable enough for transport, it's the job of aeromedical

  • 403rd Wing children's holiday party

    Staff Sgt. William Pierce, 403rd Maintenace Squadron fuel cell specialist, and his son Mason work together to create a Christmas card. Members of the 403rd Wing and their families visit with Santa during the 403rd Wing children's holiday party Dec. 3, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt.

  • Biloxi High JROTC students fly with Hurricane Hunters

    Members of the Biloxi High School JROTC team look out the window of a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft. They won the Mississippi All Services JRTOC Drill Competition Nov. 18 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. and were rewarded by having a chance to fly with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

  • What reservists need to know about blended retirement

    Are you thinking about your retirement? Or are you one of those people who are in the middle or just beginning your military career? For either it is important to know there are changes coming to the military retirement system that will begin Jan. 1, 2018.A new retirement system, the Blended

  • Green Dot sparks culture change

    Sexual assault strips away a person’s humanity. It violates their most essential and basic human right – the right to control their own body, to feel safe in their own skin. And far too often the victim blames themselves for something that shouldn’t ever be considered their fault by anyone. Ever. By