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  • 403rd Operations Group gets new boss

    Lt. Col. Stuart M. Rubio assumed command of the 403rd Operations Group in a ceremony presided over by Col. Jeffrey A. Van Dootingh, 403rd Wing commander, at Keesler Air Force Base in the Roberts Consolidated Maintenance Facility Auditorium Dec. 7.Rubio is responsible for all matters pertaining to

  • Santa visits 403rd Wing

    Reserve Citizen Airmen and their families celebrated the holidays early this year during the 403rd Wing Children’s Holiday Party Dec. 7, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The annual event included games, face painting, an inflatable bounce house and crafts. Santa Clause made an appearance and gave

  • New app available for UTA lodging reservations

    Out-of-town 403rd Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen now have another option to make lodging reservations for Unit Training Assemblies.In addition to calling the Automated Lodging Reservation System, reservists now can use the ALRS mobile lodging app.For years, Air Force reservists have used the ALRS to

  • 53rd WRS reflect on 2019 Hurricane season

    Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list popular baby names for the year, but in fact they’re the names of nine storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. The 2019

  • ESGR Freedom Award nominations end Dec. 31

    There are less than six weeks left to nominate an outstanding employer for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.To recognize employers who support their Guard and Reserve employees, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve grants a series of Department of Defense awards. They

  • New 403rd Wing Chaplain

    Before Maj. Bitrus Cobongs became the new 403rd Wing Chaplain, he was a young student from Nigeria attending the Dallas Theological Seminary. His ambition had been to return to Africa to teach, but the events of Sept.11, 2001 led him to join the U.S. military. “That’s how the chaplaincy came to me,”

  • NOAA, NHC visit 53rd WRS Hurricane Hunters

    From the outside looking in, hurricane forecasts seem fairly simplistic. On any given local weather station, they show either a spaghetti model or a more conical shaped model predicting a storm’s path and intensity. There might be a high or low pressure system animated into the graphic as well

  • 403rd Wing announces November promotions

    The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Airmen who were promoted this month. Airman- India A. Hairston, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron- Dontaysha N. Weathersby, 403rd ASTS- Holly M. Lee, 403rd ASTS Airman First Class- Caroline J. Smith, 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron- Joseph C. Defillo,