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  • Hydraulic Citizen Airmen stay fluid under pressure

    Resorting to your training is what an Airman does in the days that life throws you a curve ball and you have to find a way to knock the mission out of the park and keep moving forward. Curveballs can come out of nowhere and if you are not prepared, they can threaten you or the others around you.For

  • Rokerthon 2 highlights Team Keesler on Veterans Day

    Al Roker, TODAY Show weather anchor, stopped by Keesler as part of his Guinness World Record-breaking effort "Rokerthon 2" on Veterans Day today."Rokerthon 2" sees the weatherman delivering national and local weather forecasts in all 50 states in just one week.At his stop in Biloxi, Mississippi,

  • Open season for benefits starts next week

    403rd Wing Members can now enroll or change their health, dental or vision insurance benefits beginning Nov. 9 - Dec. 14.Even if members do not plan to change their benefits plans, it is still important to check to ensure that your plan is not dropped from the federal benefits program, according to

  • Hurricane Hunters fly record breaking storm

    A 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunter" aircrew flew their WC-130J aircraft off the western central coast of Mexico over the Pacific Ocean to gather storm data from Hurricane Patricia Thursday evening through Friday morning.The data collected by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane

  • Hurricane Hunter nearly meets his match

    (This article is the final piece of a series featuring personal encounters of Air Force Reservists of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters". The Hurricane Hunters are the only Department of Defense organization who routinely fly into hurricanes to collect weather data for the

  • Passenger Services wins 41st Aerial Port Squadron 'Port Dawg' Challenge

    The 41st Aerial Port Squadron's Passenger Services Section won the unit's second "Port Dawg" Challenge here Saturday during the 403rd Wing's Unit Training Assembly.The event has four teams of aerial porters compete against each other to determine the unit's "Top Dawgs." The Passenger Services

  • 403rd Security Forces Squadron use virtual weapons training

    The 403rd Wing's Security Forces Squadron conducted state-of-the-art training using a virtual Firearms Training System Sunday.403rd SFS fire team members tested their responses to various scenarios using Bluetooth-enabled weapons that provided the trainees full-sensor feedback for their weapons.

  • Hurricane Hunters fly storms from Hawaii, Georgia

    Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters," an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, departed Friday and today for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where they will start flying data-gathering missions Sunday