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  • Preparing for the worst, training provides aircrew life-saving skills

    Flying 500 feet above the surface of the ocean hunting hurricanes and flying into these monster storms at 10,000 feet comes with some risks.Preparing aircrew members with the training and skills to survive if an aircraft goes down due to an emergency or other event is Survival, Evasion, Resistance

  • Deadline for Hurricane Hunter Association Scholarship application Aug. 1

    The Hurricane Hunter Association (HHA) is awarding two Swan 38 Memorial Scholarships for the 2022 fall semester, and the deadline to apply is Aug. 1.The first place winner will receive $2,000 and second place will receive $1,000 for their undergraduate or graduate education.“Each year, the

  • Self-Assessment Program managers key to compliance

    Self-assessment is the evaluation of one’s actions or the processes used in accomplishing their job, and it’s something Senior Master Sgt. Spring Walden knows all about.The Inspector General Inspections superintendent runs the Self-Assessment Program for the 403rd Wing, a key component of the Air

  • Reservist chased a dream; now chases hurricanes

    Nearly three decades after the fact, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto can still vividly remember Hurricane Andrew. The shrill screech of a woman screaming for her life outside.Windows breaking.Walls vibrating.Running across the street to seek shelter with neighbors as her own family’s house

  • 53rd WRS wrapping up Atmospheric River missions

    The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., are nearing the end of their 13-week stay out west at Mather Air Field, Calif., where they are stationed supporting the National Winter Season Operations Plan.The Hurricane Hunters are

  • Wing Inspection Team fosters unit effectiveness, readiness

    The 403rd Wing Inspector General Inspections office has a huge task with facilitating the commander’s inspection program, conducting exercises and validating the unit’s compliance in executing the mission, improving the unit, leading the people, and managing resources.They can’t do it without help,

  • 403rd Wing develops multi-capable Airmen during "Super UTA"

    On a spreadsheet akin to an unresolved game of Wordle, the 403rd Wing’s February Super Unit Training Assembly schedule was mapped out in blocks of routine appointments, briefings, and events, but it also included training geared toward supporting the Air Force’s push for multi-capable Airmen.As part

  • Let's Prove It!

    Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., addresses the wing about challenges ahead, how to face them and implements the "Let's Prove It" initiative, inviting the wing to fully embody the "Wing of Choice" slogan. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

  • 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