KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Master Sgt. (ret.) Lisa M. Baldelli's son applies her retirement pin during a ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Master Sgt. (ret.) Lisa M. Baldelli presents her son with a United States flag during her retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A member of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a flag folding ceremony and presentation during Senior Master Sgt. Lisa M. Baldelli's retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A member of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a flag folding ceremony and presentation during Senior Master Sgt. Lisa M. Baldelli's retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a flag folding ceremony and presentation during Senior Master Sgt. Lisa M. Baldelli's retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a flag folding ceremony and presentation during Senior Master Sgt. Lisa M. Baldelli's retirement ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., 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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

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