Hurricane Hunters fly last mission into Ian

The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are flying their last flight into Hurricane Ian today, their 14th mission into the storm since Sept. 21, collecting data to assist National Hurricane Center forecasters.Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon,

403rd ASTS readies for new health records system

A team from the Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, visited the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron to provide assistance and training as a new electronic healthcare record medical system, MHS GENESIS, is set to rollout at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Saturday.MHS

Hurricane Hunters continue flying Fiona

The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters continue to fly the storm while it remains a threat to land.The squadron began flying the storm after moving to their forward operating location in Curacao, Sept. 15, when the system was just a tropical storm.

Smoked Mullet provides ACE, MCA training

The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing held its second three-day “Super” Unit Training Assembly of the year Sept. 9-11, with the main objective being to develop Multi-Capable Airmen (MCA) for Agile Combat Employment (ACE).During the first Super UTA in February, members from the 403rd Force Support

Not-So-Undercover Boss: 403rd Security Forces Squadron

Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, attends 403rd Security Forces Squadron baton training during the Unit Training Assembly at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Sept. 10, 2022. Air Force Security Forces are responsible for defending air bases around the globe, law enforcement on those bases,

Magee assumes command of Maintenance Group

MET shop upgrades dropsonde operator pallets

The MET shop have upgrades to install on the WC-130J Super Hercules even during the peak of hurricane season.

NOAA, Congressional Staffers visit 53rd WRS

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd

Aeromedical Evacuation trains on new aircraft

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, trained on the newest airframe available to them, the KC-46A Pegasus, an air refueling tanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Reserve tactical airlift unit uses upgraded night-vision devices

Imagine a nearly pitch black space. The hand you can only faintly see in front of you rises to flip a battery pack towards your forehead and a faint hum of power buzzes incessantly like a mosquito in the summertime.White light emits from two electronically connected monocular devices.You thumb and