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  • Air Force Inspection Program: An overview

    Airmen who are new to the Air Force Inspection System, and even those who have been working with it for a while, can get confused by all of its programs and acronyms. When people start talking about AFIS, CCIP, USAP, SAPM, WIT, MICT and IGEMS it starts sounding like alphabet soup. Lt. Col. Shane

  • Transition Assistance Program assists Airmen, families

    As many men and women leave military service and return to civilian life, they undergo a process known as the military to civilian transition.To assist military members and their families, a program was established called the Transition Assistance Program.

  • 403rd U: professional development council molds future leaders

    The 403rd Wing has a new initiative underway to further enhance, educate, and develop its workforce and create professional leaders.It’s called the “403rd University” and it is a professional development council to help Airmen and civilians reach personal and professional goals and assist commanders

  • New year, new fitness options

    The 403rd Wing will be putting the new Air Force physical fitness assessment into action starting on the February Unit Training Assembly.In July 2021, the Air Force announced that the service would have new alternatives to choose from for the cardio and the strength components.“I think that it is

  • Lodging update

    Lodgind Update explaining new rules in place on booking lodging for Unit Training Assembly weekends for Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 403rd Wing. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

  • 2021: 403rd Wing year in review

    Like last year, many people are still wondering when COVID-19 will go away; however, there was a bit of light in the 2021 tunnel of pandemic uncertainty. Rather than doing everything from home, many people returned to work, students went back to school, and people saw more of each other’s faces as

  • 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,

  • Equal Opportunity invites Airmen to join the conversation

    In a time when the Air Force has emphasized the importance of diversity and inclusion, Master Sgt. Lorenzo Franklin, 403rd Wing Equal Opportunity office senior enlisted leader, wants members of the 403rd Wing to know how his office can help.“I think a lot of Airmen have this perception that we’re

  • Current Operations

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White,  Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve and Command Chief Master Sergeant of Air Force Reserve Command, update our Reserve Citizen Airmen on

  • Rising 6 offers development, empowerment opportunities

    In an effort to reestablish an organization for the 403rd Wing’s junior enlisted Airmen and non-commissioned officers, the wing is holding a meeting open to all E-6’s and below Sunday during the November Unit Training Assembly to get the ball rolling on the “Rising 6” council.The revival of Rising 6