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  • Mission-Ready maintainers learn, apply new skills

    A Self-Supporting Generating Team of maintainers from the 803rd Airlift Maintenance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., take part in an Agile Combat Employment event at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., June 5, 2024. The SSGT concept is part of the Multi-Capable Airman

  • Operations, maintenance Hone ACE skills

    As the Air Force adapts to requirements brought about by the Great Power Competition, the Citizen Airman aircrews, maintainers, and other supporting personnel of the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing are constantly proving that they are up to task when it comes to Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen.

  • 803rd AMXS keeps global mission moving

    If it were not for the 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies” would just be the 815th Squadron “Jennies.”From day-to-day preventative maintenance to complex repairs, the Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 803rd AMXS fulfill a vital role in ensuring the mission

  • Mission Makers: Aerospace Ground Equipment

    Staff Sgt. Dustin Bridgett, aerospace ground equipment technician, 403rd Maintenance Squadron briefly describes his duties and appreciation of the 403rd Wing, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The AGE shop is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all ground equipment assigned to the

  • Mission Makers: 403rd MXS pneudraulic systems specialist

    Staff Sgt. Christopher Jeter serves as a pneudraulic systems specialist in the 403rd Maintenance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 403rd Maintenance Squadron is responsible for the maintenance and support of the 403rd Wing’s WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft flown by 53rd Weather

  • Not-So-Undercover Boss: Commander visits ISO dock

    Master Sgt. Cody Seymour, 403rd Maintenance Squadron structural shop craftsman, observes Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, while he assists in changing out an aft bulkhead, the firewall between the engine and the aircraft's wing, at the Isochronal Inspection Dock at Keesler Air Force

  • Supply meets demand

    No matter how skilled a unit of aircraft maintainers is, or how great the aircraft they’re responsible for is: wear and tear is inevitable, and at some point, parts need updating and replacing.Aircraft parts don’t just grow on trees, and with 20 C-130J Super Hercules to take care of, the supply

  • Maintenance Operations Center flightline gatekeepers

    From aircraft arrivals and departures to conducting engine runs and towing aircraft, whatever it is, the Airmen of the 403rd Wing Maintenance Operations Center are monitoring just about everything that is happening on Keesler Air Force Base’s flight line.Master Sgt. Daniel Straka, 403rd Maintenance

  • Failed Attempt: Lost

    Master Sgt. (ret.) James Rials, former production supervisor for the 403rd Maintenance Group at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., shared his story of how he got to a place in his life that led to a near suicide attempt and how that led him to seek help. Through sharing his story, Rials hopes that

  • Johnson brothers ARTs of maintenance missions

    They are your first best friend and your greatest rival. Your biggest annoyance and your closest confidante. Your own personal bodyguard and your live-in bully. You didn’t choose them, and you’re stuck with them for life. They’re your siblings. Siblings are around for pretty much every major part of