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  • Mission Makers: First Sergeant

    On this edition of Mission Makers, the 403rd Wing highlights the job of being a first sergeant. Master Sgt. Karen P. Moore shares her take on the fulfilling experience of being a "shirt" for the 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)
  • Ms. Anita Hymes, community child care coordinator for Keesler Air Force Base's Family Child Care office sits in a play area at the Bay Breeze Event Center, Feb. 24, 2021. Hymes and her coworkers provide child care solutions and alternatives for Reservists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

    Family Child Care provides UTA support for Reserve parents

    Whether they are a single parent, their spouse works on the weekends, or the neighborhood babysitter lost their senses of taste and smell and cannot make it, reservist parents sometimes have an extra stressor to think about aside from their civilian job for Unit Training Assembly weekends—who is going to watch the children?Team Keesler has a
  • The 5th and 12th Operational Weather Flights of the 403rd Wing are geographically separated units located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, and Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, respectively. They train and maintain readiness to provide weather forecasting support for their roles locally, nationally and abroad. (U.S. Air Force graphic illustration)

    5th & 12th Operational Weather Flights provide support from the ground

    The 5th and 12th Operational Weather Flights of the 403rd Wing are geographically separated units located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, and Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, respectively. They train and maintain readiness to provide weather forecasting support for their roles locally, nationally and abroad.“As a forecaster and observer we
  • Know your Rights under USERRA; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act graphic. (U.S.Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Know your Rights for reemployment, USERRA

    Veterans Employment and Training Service, an agency of the Department of Labor, oversees grants for Veterans seeking employment, maintains transition assistance programs for employment, and it also runs the Compliance and Investigation Division for employment complaints, which is responsible for overseeing the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
  • Family members await the return of their Reserve Citizen Airmen to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 13, 2021. Airmen from the 815th Airlift Squadron and maintenance and personnel from throughout the 403rd Wing were deployed to Southwest Asia where they supported Operations Freedom Sentinel and Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    403rd Wing members, aircraft return from deployment

    Reserve Citizen Airmen and C-130J aircraft assigned to the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing here returned after a deployment in Southwest Asia where they supported Operations Freedom Sentinel and Inherent Resolve.The deployment package consisted of aircrew and aircraft from the 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies” and maintenance and support
  • Total Force recruiters posed with a group of fans at the Super Bowl LV Experience outside of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 31, 2021.

    Air Force Total Force recruiting team works Super Bowl LV in Tampa

    TAMPA, Fla. – The Air Force was on full display at Super Bowl LV with a first-of-its-kind flyover consisting of a B-1B Lancer, B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress. It also marked a return to in-person recruiting at one of the nation’s largest events.A team of Total Force recruiters worked the event with representatives from each of the air
  • Two 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J aircraft sit adjacent from each other at Reno-Tahoe International Airport Jan. 31, 2021. The 53rd WRS is part of the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

    Hurricane Hunters weather winter out west for atmospheric rivers

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” have temporarily traded the mild climate of their home station, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, for chilly Reno, Nevada 1,800 miles away, in order to support atmospheric river reconnaissance in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the National Centers
  • Lt. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien,deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass stand in front of a group of female Airmen demonstrating the Air Force’s new hair policy for women in front of the Air Force Memorial Jan. 24. (US. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Grant Langford)

    Behind the Braids: Reservists play key role in first women’s hair policy change in 70 years

    Reserve Citizen Airmen have been instrumental in helping bring about the first major change in the Air Force’s women’s hair policy since the late 1940s.As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length
  • 403rd Wing monthly promotions. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    403rd Wing announces February promotions

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE Miss.--  The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Reserve Citizen Airmen who were promoted for February 2021.AirmanJonae Mitchell, 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman 1st ClassMatthew Geis, 41st Aerial Port SquadronMacie Hanish, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Senior AirmanSaige Brewer, 403rd Logistics Readiness
  • Senior Airman Chris Johns, 403rd Maintenance Squadron sheet metal technician, received his flu shot vaccine from Lt. Col. Randy McKee, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron nurse, Feb. 6, 2021. The 403rd ASTS is responsible for ensuring that the Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 403rd Wing are current or 'green' on their Individual Medical Readiness status; which includes providing immunizations, optometry services, dental x-rays and exams, lab draws, audiograms, and physicals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek/ photo permission granted by Senior Airman Chris Johns)

    Medics continue to serve

    On Feb. 6 during the wing’s Unit Training Assembly, the 403rd ASTS provided immunizations, optometry services, dental x-rays and exams, lab draws, audiograms, and even in some facets physicals to those Reserve Citizen Airmen in attendance.
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