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  • The 403rd Wing's 815th Airlift Squadron conducted a flyover of local hospitals in Gulfport, Biloxi and Ocean Springs along the Mississippi Gulf Coast April 28, 2020. The fly bys were in tribute to all healthcare workers, first responders, and essential personnel battling the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    403rd Wing flyover salute

    The 403rd Wing conducted a flyover of local hospitals in Gulfport, Biloxi and Ocean Springs April 28. The fly by was to honor health-care workers, first responders, and essential personnel battling the spread of COVID-19.Two C-130J Super Hercules from the wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron started the flight path near Garden Park Medical, then continued

  • Mission Makers: 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

    Master Sgt. Ryan McClellan serves as an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. His job includes transporting injured personnel from point-of-injury to a medical facility for additional medical care.This video is part of the M2 series. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt.
  • 403rd Wing monthly promotions. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    403rd Wing announces April promotions

    The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Reserve Citizen Airmen who were promoted this month. Airman- Fabian N. Leyva Jr., 403rd Maintenance Squadron- Jonathan B. Stewart, 403rd Force Support Squadron- Jalen A. Wesley, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron Airman First Class- India A. Hairston, 403rd ASTS- Dontaysha N. Weathersby, 403rd ASTS Senior
  • Tech. Sgt. Victoria Kinman is a 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief and works on the WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. As of March 20, 2020, Kinman is one of three 403rd Wing female dedicated crew chiefs who have their names displayed on the aircraft. She has supported three hurricane and atmospheric river seasons. She said her favorite part of her career are the opportunities to travel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

    Dedicated crew chief maintains Hurricane Hunters

    Tech. Sgt. Victoria Kinman is a 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief and works on the WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. As of March 20, 2020, Kinman is one of three 403rd Wing female dedicated crew chiefs who have their names displayed on the aircraft. She has supported three hurricane and atmospheric river
  • Tech. Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, prepares to drop a simulated buoy from a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft March 19, 2020, off the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters train all year to maintain readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry Banks)

    Hurricane Hunters train over Gulf of Mexico

    Tech. Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, prepares to drop a simulated buoy from a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft March 19, 2020, off the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters train all year to maintain readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry Banks)

  • Commander updates UTA guidance

    The 403rd Wing is taking proactive steps to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 to safeguard our workforce. We are committed to continuing our essential missions: readiness for deployments and conducting the weather reconnaissance mission.  Travel from outside commuting distance is only authorized for these two essential tasks, and activities not in
  • Maj. Ashley Lundry, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer and chief scientific officer, shows a weather data-gathering instrument called a dropsonde to Dr. Fred “Marty” Ralph, Researcher and Director for the Center of Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Nov. 29, 2017, at Brown Field Airport, San Diego, California. Hurricane Hunters met with Ralph and other Scripps scientists that day to discuss plans for participating in atmospheric river reconnaissance missions in early 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)

    Hurricane Hunter squared

    “I can think back to when I was in pre-school,” said Ashley Lundry. “It’s one of those vague memories that you have. I remember one of the local meteorologists coming into my pre-school class, and she brought a board that had the magnetic weather symbols and talked about the weather. It was a female meteorologist, so I thought that was really cool
  • 403rd Wing monthly promotions. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    403rd Wing announces March promotions

    The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Reserve Citizen Airmen who were promoted for March 2020.
  • Master Sgt. Joe E. Byrd, an instructor for the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, took his "fini flight" during the 403rd Wing's unit training assembly March 7, 2020. Byrd will retire after 23 years in service. He started his career in 1978 when he served on active duty for 6 years, then, after a 19-year break in service, joined as a reservist in 2003. Byrd said he will miss the people of the 36th AES as well as the patient-care mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman)

    Master Sgt. Byrd takes last flight

    Master Sgt. Joe E. Byrd, an instructor for the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, took his "fini flight" during the 403rd Wing's unit training assembly March 7, 2020. Byrd will retire after 23 years in service. He started his career in 1978 when he served on active duty for 6 years, then, after a 19-year
  • A Reserve Citizen Airman assigned to the 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, preparse a C-130J Super Hercules for take-off during Exercise Cope North 20, Feb. 24, 2020, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North 20 is an annual trilateral field training exercise conducted at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Palau and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gracie Lee)

    815th Flying Jennies deliver airlift ops in Cope North 20

    Broken bones, shards of glass and internal bleeding. When a school bus with no seatbelts rolls over, dozens are left injured, some with life-threatening injuries. The local hospital on a remote Pacific island isn’t equipped to handle the influx of critical patients this unforeseen tragedy has created. Fortunately, help is already on the way. That was the scenario the 815th Airlift Squadron, from the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., faced while leading airlift operations during exercise Cope North (CN20) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 12-28, 2020.
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