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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wing hires first group superintendent, proponent for enlisted force

    He may be drinking from an informational fire hose right now, but as the 403rd Wing’s first of three traditional reserve group superintendents, he has embraced his new role as a proponent for the enlisted force.“I have been learning a lot very quickly,” said Chief Master Sgt. Darren Bannister, who

  • An Airman's journey: The longest year

    Traditionally … and scientifically … and all of the adverbs … a year consists of 365 days, but in the case of my operational Air Force career, I would say my first year took approximately 1,500 days to complete.It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Most importantly, it was the most