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  • Department of the Air Force approves special leave accrual for fiscal year 2021

    Air Force and Space Force members performing active service, and Reserve and Guard Airmen on Title 10 or Title 32 orders, can now accrue up to 120 days of annual leave for fiscal year 2021 instead of the typical 60 days of leave.
  • Members of the Air National Guard and the 403rd Wing work together loading bags onto a truck at Camp Gulfport, which is located at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, where one Restriction of Movement operation was set up in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ROMs were put into effect before all deployments start, in order to ensure the safety of service members in the U.S. Central, Africa, and European Commands area of responsibilty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Camp Gulfport opens doors for ROM operations

    Members from the Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing and the Mississippi Air National Guard units, as well as volunteers from guard units across multiple states work together operating a ROM, or a restriction of movement, named Camp Gulfport, located at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi.
  • Capt. Alyssa Sandquist, flight nurse for the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, gives a thumbs up as she prepares to work alongside COVID-19 patients on a C-17 Globemaster. From April to September 2020, Sandquist was a part of the 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight at Ramstein Air Base, Germany where she helped transport COVID-19 positive individuals to proper care facilities. (Courtesy Photo)

    36th AES flight nurse back after doing her part in COVID fight

    This spring, as the pandemic continued to spread from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world, members from the 36th and other AE units around the Air Force were put on notice that mobilization was possible.
  • Hardy Watts, medical assistant at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, Florida, conducts a COVID-19 test on a patient in the testing line at the hospital. Watts is a senior airman on a fire team in the 403rd Security Forces Squadron of the 403rd Wing. (courtesy photo)

    Coping with COVID-19; medical mentality

    Reserve Citizen Airmen cope with the COVID-19 crisis in both their military and civilian careers.
  • 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
  • 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron patch on gray background. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Maintaining healthy Airmen

    A major factor in maintaining a healthy force is to make sure every Airmen knows to report any contact, exposure, or positive test for COVID-19. This ensures that all Reserve Citizen Airmen take basic safety precautions and do not contribute to the spread of the virus.
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