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  • Charleston civic leaders visit Keesler

    Even though rain was pouring across southern Mississippi most of the day Thursday, the sound of jet engines still echoed across Keesler Air Force Base when a C-17 Globemaster III landed with visitors from the 315th Airlift Wing out of Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.   The 315th Airlift Wing

  • Stokes takes command at 22nd Air Force

    Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris relinquished command of the 22nd Air Force to Maj. Gen. John Stokes during a change of command ceremony August 8 in the banquet hall at the Marriot Hotel in Atlanta. Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, chief of Air Force Reserve, commander Air Force Reserve Command, officiated the

  • May assumes command of 403rd Operations Group

    Lt. Col. Brian A. May assumed command of the 403rd Operations Group Aug. 6 in a traditional ceremony presided over by Col. Frank L. Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, at the 815th Airlift Squadron auditorium. Before the traditional passing of the guidon, Amodeo remarked about the unique mission sets of

  • Base, community says farewell

    On behalf of the 403rd Wing First Sergeants Council, Master Sgt. Demetrice White, 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron first sergeant, presents Col. Frank L. Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, with an eagle at his farewell reception, Aug. 6, 2016. Amodeo is scheduled to take command of the 927th Air

  • Some IDs may be invalid starting Aug. 15

    Individuals will no longer be able to access Air Force installations with a state-issued identification card or driver’s license from Minnesota, Missouri, Washington or American Samoa beginning Aug. 15.

  • Personnel officer earns Air Force award

    A 403rd Wing personnel officer is the 2015 Personnel Reserve Component Company Grade Officer of the Year. Capt. April Martin, 403rd Force Support Squadron Manpower and Personnel Flight commander, won the Air Force-level award. This spring she was named the Air Force Reserve Command Personnel CGO of

  • August issue of Citizen Airman is online

    The August issue of Citizen Airman magazine is available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The cover story highlights the historic change of command ceremony involving Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, the first female Air Force Reserve Command commander and chief of Air Force Reserve. The issue

  • Maintainers showcase mission

    Master Sgt. Donald Maloid, 403rd Maintenance Squadron air reserve technician, shows propulsion flight equipment to Maj. Gen. T. Glenn Davis, mobilization assistant to the Air Force Material Command commander, July 21, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Davis toured units within the 403rd

  • First responders exercise readiness

    The 81st Training Wing, 403rd Wing and outside agencies conducted an anti-hijacking exercise June 21 here.A 403rd Wing WC-130J Super Hercules played the role of the hijacked aircraft where a crew member took hostages and taxied down the flight line in an attempt to take off. Keesler used the

  • Hurricane Hunters deploy to Hawaii to track Darby

    Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunters” assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi are on their way to Lihue Airport, Kauai, Hawaii to fly data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Darby.   The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,