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Maj. Gen. Anne B. Gunter, Special Assistant to the Chief, Air Force Reserve for Reserve Space Personnel Policy and Integration at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., presided over Senior Master Sgt. (ret.) Lisa M. Baldelli's retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base Aug. 5, 2023. Baldelli served for 36 years, 29 of those with the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing, where she held several roles in the services career field. She also deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and humanitarian efforts in Panama. At the time of her retirement she led the 403rd Force Support Squadron's Sustainment Services Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

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Lt. Col. Lisa L. Breal assumed command of the 403rd Mission Support Group Aug. 5, 2023, at the 41st Aerial Port Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, presided over the ceremony. Breal will lead more than 400 Reserve Citizen Airmen who provide security, communications, logistics, personnel management, and information management programs for the 403rd Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

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Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, hands the 403rd Mission Support Group guidon to Lt. Col. Lisa L. Breal, 403rd MSG commander, during an assumption of command ceremony Aug. 5, 2023, at the 41st Aerial Port Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Breal will lead more than 400 Reserve Citizen Airmen who provide security, communications, logistics, personnel management, and information management programs for the 403rd Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

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The 403rd Wing Unit Training Assembly schedule for Fiscal Year 2024. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

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The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron released an Airborne Expendable BathyThermographs into the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 2, 2023. An AXBT is expendable instrument that measures the profile of temperature in the water column. The 53rd WRS has been working with the U.S. Naval Academy and Woods Hole Oceanography Institute as part of the Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones, or TROPIC program to study the ocean and how it reacts with tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Withee) Share

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The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron released an Air Launched Autonomous Micro Observer (ALAMO) profiling ocean float into the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 2, 2023. The floats measure upper ocean temperature and salinity. The 53rd WRS has been working with the U.S. Naval Academy and Woods Hole Oceanography Institute as part of the Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones, or TROPIC program to study the ocean and how it reacts with tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Withee) Share

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U.S. Navy Capt. (ret.) Beth Sanabia prepares an Airborne Expendable BathyThermographs for deployment from a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Aug. 2, 2023, over the Gulf of Mexico. Sanabia, Dr. Steve Jayne and over 40 U.S. Naval Academy and Woods Hole Oceanography Institute interns have been working with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters as part of the Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones, or TROPIC program to study the ocean and how it reacts with tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Withee) Share

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Lt. Col. Tobi Baker, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer instructor, demonstrates where the instructor would start and run a scenario for a weather officer trainee, while Maj. Ian Park, 53rd WRS ARWO, sits in the weather officer's seat of the static trainer waiting for the scenario to begin. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

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Members from the 502nd Trainer Development Flight oversaw the delivery and set up the new weather reconnaissance weather officer static training station in the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, July 19, 2023. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members from the 502nd Trainer Development Flight oversaw the delivery and set up the new weather reconnaissance weather officer static training station in the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, July 19, 2023. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

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An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircraft conducts a low-cost low-altitude (LCLA) airdrop July 18, 2023, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The LCLA airdrop is accomplished by dropping bundles weighing 80-500 pounds with pre-packed expendable parachutes. This is routine training for the aircrews that support contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Withee) Share

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An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircraft conducts a low-cost low-altitude (LCLA) airdrop July 18, 2023, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The LCLA airdrop is accomplished by dropping bundles weighing 80-500 pounds with pre-packed expendable parachutes. This is routine training for the aircrews that support contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mark Withee) Share