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  • Tech Report: Hurricane Hunters

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, use high-tech equipment called a “dropsonde” to aid in the forecasting of hurricanes and other tropical storms.

  • Ronan new 22nd Air Force command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Clinton Ronan is the new command chief master sergeant of the 22nd Air Force. He comes to 22nd Air Force from the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, where he served there as the unit’s command chief.Ronan replaces Chief Master Sgt. Michael Thorpe, who

  • Hurricane Hunters prepare for upcoming season

    Members of the 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron conducted their annual “Roll Out” mission to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season at their forward operating location in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 16-22.The annual “Roll Out” event takes place over the course of a week

  • British cars race down runway

    The British Car Club of New Orleans commemorated the Post World War II use of U.S. Air Force runways for auto racing by driving down the Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, runway May 21, 2016. In the Post-WWII era of early U.S. auto racing, there were several tragedies due to people racing on

  • Employers from across nation tour 403rd Wing, Keesler

    The 403rd Wing hosted 15 employers of Air Force reservists from across the nation as part of the Air Force Reserve Command Employer Appreciation Day May 20. Citizen Airmen nominated their employers for the event, which gave the employers the opportunity to learn about the missions of the Employer

  • Hurricane Hunters, NOAA promote hurricane preparedness

    Hurricane season starts June 1 and to promote preparedness an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf Coast cities as part of this year’s Hurricane Awareness Tour

  • Airmen enjoy family fun

    The 403rd Wing Human Resource Development Council here hosted their 6th annual family day event near the base marina May 14. Now called the Wing Spring Fling, the event began in 2010 to give a chance for leadership, wing members and their families and friends to interact together outside the

  • Segura assumes command of 403rd Mission Support Group

    Two ceremonies took place for one person here during the 403rd Wing May unit training assembly. Col. Edward Segura was promoted from the rank of lieutenant colonel to colonel, and after his promotion ceremony assumed command of the 403rd Mission Support Group here May 15. Segura has served in

  • Operators bid farewell to commander

    Col. David Condit, 403rd Operation Group commander, gets doused with a fire hose in honor of his final flight with the 403rd Wing May 5, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Condit has been assigned to the 403rd Wing since July 2013 and has more than 4,000 flight hours throughout his career in