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  • Senior Airman Hardy Watts, 403rd Security Forces Squadron squad member, lines up a 'shot' from concealment behind a concrete barrior during the ground attack training exercise for the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He was one of four volunteers from the 403rd SFS to go to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Hattiesburg, Miss. and help the Asymmetric Threat Training Support Program instructors this week during their annual tour, June 7-11, 2021. This training provides realistic, intense, stressful and challenging battlefield training scenarios for all service members, to include Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    403rd SFS Reservists help train future AF officers, National Guard, deployers

    Dressed as enemy soldiers, hiding in the bushes and lying in wait to either ambush a convoy or ground forces, members of the Air Force Reserve 403rd Security Forces Squadron got a chance to put their training to use, but this time from a different perspective.This week four SFS reservists volunteered to help with training Air Force Reserve
  • G. Lee Floyd, Air Force Reserve Command's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, speaks to members of the 403rd Wing during a Cross-Cultural Diversity and Inclusion training at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., June 6, 2021. The training is mandatory for all Air and Space Force individuals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)

    403rd Wing hosts AFRC Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

    In the Air Force Reserve, the purpose of Unit Training Assemblies is pretty self-explanatory. It’s one weekend a month (customarily) when Airmen from all over assemble with their unit for training to ensure readiness in the event our nation calls.While a lot of that training does look like donning MOPP gear or “battle rattle,” firing weapons,
  • 403rd Wing monthly promotions. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    Wing announces June enlisted promotions

    The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Reserve Citizen Airmen who were promoted for June 2021. AirmanMalcolm S. Course, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation SquadronJames A. Felicianolugo, 403rd Aeromedical Staging SquadronJenna M. Hollis, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior AirmanChristopher D. Bell, 403rd Maintenance SquadronEmory A. Benoit,
  • Senior Master Sgt. Edrick Haynes of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., makes opening remarks during the squadron’s first ever “Port Dawg Memorial Run” June 5, 2021. The air transportation community as a whole has held memorial runs for fallen members every year since 2013. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

    41st APS holds Port Dawg Memorial Run

    The Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron here participated in the 8th Annual Port Dawg Memorial Run on the flight line Saturday.While the career-field wide event is in its eighth year, this is the first time the 41st APS Port Dawgs have held the event at Keesler.The origins of the memorial run can be traced back to 2011 when the
  • Col. Stuart M. Rubio assumed command of the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., June 5, 2021. He will lead 1,900 Reserve Citizen Airmen and civilian professionals who train, equip, and employ airlift forces in support of the nation’s interests. This includes the only weather reconnaissance mission in the Department of Defense in addition to tactical airlift and airdrop, aeromedical evacuation and agile combat support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)

    New Wing commander takes helm; encourages Airmen to use voices

    Col. Stuart M. Rubio took command of the 403rd Wing during a change of command ceremony at the Aero Repair Hangar today. Maj. Gen. John P. Healy, 22nd Air Force commander, officiated the ceremony.“My priority for all of 22nd Air Force is to be ready now,” said the general. “I look at Stu to ensure the 403rd Wing has the training and preparation to
  • Maj. Gen. John Healy, 22nd Air Force commander, is briefed by Lt. Col. Shane Devlin, 403rd Operations Group interim commander, on the flight deck on the WC-130J Super Hercules during his visit to the 403rd Wing, June 4-5, 2021. The visit coincided with the 403rd Wing's change of command, in which Healy presided over the ceremony where Col. Stuart M. Rubio took command from Col. Jeffrey A. Van Dootingh, June 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    22nd AF commander tours 403rd Wing

    Maj. Gen. John Healy, 22nd Air Force commander, is briefed by Lt. Col. Shane Devlin, 403rd Operations Group interim commander, on the flight deck on the WC-130J Super Hercules during his visit to the 403rd Wing, June 4-5, 2021. The visit coincided with the 403rd Wing's change of command, in which Healy presided over the ceremony where Col. Stuart
  • An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flies into Hurricane Douglas July 24, 2020, to collect weather data to assist the Central Pacific Hurricane Center with their forecasts. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, departed July 22 to conduct operations out of Barbers Point Kapolie Airport, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    Hurricane Hunters prepared for hurricane season takeoff

    The 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron based out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is the only Department of Defense organization that flies weather reconnaissance missions.The Hurricane Hunters’--as they are more commonly referred to—mission, as it relates to tropical disturbances, is to collect weather data from within storm
  • Capt. Leesa Froelich, aircraft commander, and Capt. Montgomery Sloat, co-pilot, both of the 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies” at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prepare to land at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, La., May 25, 2021. The 815th AS provided airlift and airdrop support during Voyager Shield, an exercise hosted by the 621st Air Mobility Advisory Group, May 25-27, while the Flying Jennies received required tactical training for pilots and loadmasters. (U.S. Air Force by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

    Flying Jennies provide airlift, airdrop during Voyager Shield

    The 815th Airlift Squadron participated in Voyager Shield providing the majority of the airlift and drop support, May 25-27, to meet the exercise needs, which helped the Flying Jennies meet tactical training objectives that they cannot get during normal daily training operations.

  • Beta Integrated Defense Leadership Course Bolsters Defender Combat Readiness

    Air Force Reserve Command security forces Airmen, or 'Defenders,' participated in the beta edition of the two-week Integrated Defense Leadership Course, held May 10–24 at Camp James A. Garfield and Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The IDLC was designed to provide Reserve defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.
  • Physical fitness testing will resume July 1, 2021. Several changes have been made to the test to include increasing scoring for push-ups and sit-ups from 10 to 20 points each, five-year age groups and the waist measurement no longer being required. The Air Force has also worked on alternative strength and cardiovascular testing exercise options with plans to announce them in the coming weeks.

    Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

    Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
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