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  • 403rd maintainers earn recognition for innovative idea

    Senior Master Sgt. Michael Lee, Master Sgt. Jessica Davis, Tech. Sgt. Matthew Slaydon, Staff Sgt. Bradford Collums, Staff Sgt. Josh Thompson, and Senior Airman Elizabeth Demoran, a team of aerospace propulsion and metals technicians from the 403rd Maintenance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base,

  • Wing recruiting Key Spouses

    Being a military spouse of an Air Force reservist can be rewarding, but it also has its challenges such as solo-parenting due to deployments or military service.This is something Megan Rubio knows a lot about as a military spouse and mother.Her husband, 403rd Wing Commander Col. Stuart M. Rubio,

  • 403rd Wing 2021 Holiday message

    Wing and group leadership from the 403rd Wing share a message for the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

  • Campanile assumes command of 403rd Operations Group

    Lt. Col. Kevin J. Campanile assumed command of the 403rd Operations Group in a ceremony at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility auditorium Nov. 7.Overseeing the ceremony was 403rd Wing commander, Col. Stuart M. Rubio.Before introducing the new commander, Rubio first recognized Lt.

  • Honorary Commanders inducted into 403rd Wing

    The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing took part in an Honorary Commander induction ceremony alongside the 81st Training Wing and 2nd Air Force at the Bay Breeze Event Center here, today.The Honorary Commander program pairs Mississippi Gulf Coast civic and business leaders with base leadership in an

  • Not-So-Undercover Boss: Commander visits ISO dock

    Master Sgt. Cody Seymour, 403rd Maintenance Squadron structural shop craftsman, observes Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, while he assists in changing out an aft bulkhead, the firewall between the engine and the aircraft's wing, at the Isochronal Inspection Dock at Keesler Air Force

  • 41st APS Port Dawg Challenge: Team Top Dawgz takes title

    The 41st Aerial Port Squadron’s annual Port Dawg Challenge took place over the Oct. 2-3 Unit Training Assembly here with around 50  Reserve Citizen Airmen competing to win.Organizing this year’s event was Master Sgt. Taylor Landry, noncommissioned officer in charge of special handling and acting

  • Supply meets demand

    No matter how skilled a unit of aircraft maintainers is, or how great the aircraft they’re responsible for is: wear and tear is inevitable, and at some point, parts need updating and replacing.Aircraft parts don’t just grow on trees, and with 20 C-130J Super Hercules to take care of, the supply

  • New OSS commander reaps benefits of ART to AGR program

    Thinking about all the different people that have been in his life and helped open his eyes, one question always echoed in his mind: "What do you want to be when you grow up?"Despite his continued achievements as his career advanced and his accomplishments stacked up, that question lingered,

  • Little Rock Reserve maintainers assist Keesler with WC-130J repair

    Maintaining aircraft for 10 WC-130J Super Hercules is no easy task, especially when that job is to repair an aircraft after a destructive fire.On Nov. 1, 2020, a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron crew was preparing to take off to fly Hurricane Eta when the aircraft’s left wing caught fire. None