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  • Reserve Hurricane Hunters ensure critical data transmission

    Imagine a five-lane highway that cuts down to two lanes. Obviously, during rush hour the flow of traffic could slow down considerably or even stop. This is what happened on Friday, Sept. 8 as information from five different aircraft flying in three different storms came into the National Hurricane

  • Chaplain baptizes 403rd Wing child

    Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Pat Thompson, 403rd Wing, baptizes Caleb Benkoski, son of Capt. Brenda Gohr, 403rd Wing assistant staff judge advocate, and Maj. Aric Benkoski, 132nd Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, Sept. 10, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. “It was important to both my husband and I

  • Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies

    For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S.Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the country are conducting weather

  • Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly Irma

    Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, a loadmaster for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, prepares a dropsonde to be released into the eyewall of Hurricane Irma. Crews have been flying missions continuously in three different hurricanes in the Atlantic region simultaneously. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Staff

  • Patriot Warrior mirrors real-world deployed environment

    Deployments take place in an atmosphere that’s completely different than what most Americans experience in their daily lives. That’s why it’s important for Reserve Citizen Airmen to train in an environment that mirrors a real-world deployment as closely as possible.

  • Hurricane Hunters track Harvey

    Harvey began as a scattered collection of clouds drifting across the Atlantic Ocean and in just over a week has developed into a category two hurricane.

  • Bishop of Biloxi visits Keesler

    The Bishop of Biloxi, Bishop Louis Kihneman, blesses the 403rd Wing's fleet of aircraft Aug. 17, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Kihneman visited the 403rd Wing to learn more about its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

  • The Krewe of Recruiters: Master Sgt. Travis Rhoades

    Master Sgt. Travis Rhoades, 403rd Wing recruiter for the Mobile, Alabama, area, joined the Army Reserve in 1992 as a military policeman. After five years in the Army Reserve he separated and had a 12-year break in service before joining the Air Force Reserve as a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft crew