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  • The Krewe of Recruiters: Master Sgt. Tavores Royster

    Master Sgt. Tavores Royster, in-service recruiter for the 403rd Wing’s recruiting office, began his career 20 years ago as an active duty member serving in the aircraft fuel systems career field. He later retrained into the space operations career field before being forced shaped and becoming an

  • Deserving Airman Commissioning packages due Sept. 10

    As he sits outside the room waiting to be called into the interview, his brain feels like a whorl wind. His thoughts go into overdrive trying to make sure he prepared enough for this important day. He silently recalls the Airman’s Creed and the wing’s mission statement while also going through every

  • The Krewe of Recruiters: Tech. Sgt. David Rau

    Tech. Sgt. David Rau, recruiter for the Hattiesburg area, began his career as an active duty member in the command post career field 19 years ago and eventually cross trained into the spectrum operations career field. When he transitioned to the Air Force Reserve he was in the civil engineering

  • Chaplain candidates visit Keesler

    About 20 years ago, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor placed his hands on a 7-year-old boy’s forehead. After a moment of reflection, he prophesied the boy would be a man of God. Today, that boy is now 2nd Lt. William Hammond, an Air Force chaplain candidate completing his Master of Divinity. The

  • Scholarship honors lost crew of Swan 38, assists wing members

    The Hurricane Hunter Association is awarding two $1,250 Swan 38 Memorial Scholarships for the 2017 fall semester, and the deadline to apply is Aug. 1. This is the tenth year the association has acknowledged outstanding 403rd Wing members or their family members by providing financial assistance for

  • Focusing on Airmen, mission

    When I accepted the 403rd Wing guidon two months ago, I accepted responsibility for our success.   As I said when I took command May 7, leadership is a privilege I don’t take lightly.   To be the best leader I can, I promised the men and women of the 403rd three things: My actions will always be

  • Defender teaches perseverance

    Senior Master Sgt. Ronal Yokley, 403rd Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, holds a pair of patent leather low quarters. They have scuffed soles but look nearly as reflective as the first time they were spit shined in basic military training back in 1985.   When those shoes were

  • Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters to fly first tropical systems of season

    The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is tasked to fly two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico today, one east of the Lesser Antilles and another south of the Yucatan. The Hurricane Hunters deployed to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, over the weekend, and are scheduled to

  • Fabrications flight keeps aircraft flying

    Senior Airman Cayce Bennett, 403rd Fabrication Flight aircraft structural maintenance technician, hammers out all rivet tails from part of the pylon of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 13, 2017. This was part of a regular maintenance project to replace