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  • Hurricane Hunters “Roll Out” for 2025 Atlantic hurricane season

    As part of the “Roll Out,” the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and 403rd Wing maintenance and support personnel based at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prepositioned aircraft parts, tools, and communication systems at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands,

  • Wing members earns Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General Award

    A Wing of Choice member has been recognized for excellence, earning top honors from the Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General.Craig Edsall, exercise program manager for the 403rd Wing Inspector General Inspections program, was awarded the Lt. Gen. Howard W. Leaf Award in Civilian Category II

  • Developing leaders: Airmen graduate from Enlisted Reserve Orientation Course

    The 403rd Wing hosted its second Enlisted Reserve Orientation Course graduation for 10 Airmen Feb. 8, 2025. The wing originally established the 403rd University in January 2022 to assist wing Airmen and civil servants in reaching their personal and professional goals; however, the EROC, which began

  • Hurricane Hunters fly atmospheric river missions to improve forecasts

    During the winter months, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, commonly known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” shifts their focus to flying atmospheric rivers, which are narrow corridors of concentrated moisture that can bring intense rainfall and cause significant flooding in the western United

  • Wing of Choice updates strategic plan, priorities

    Wing senior leaders participated in a strategic alignment event in Gulfport, Mississippi, May 2 and a smaller group met May 13 here to update and finalize priorities and a strategic plan that will focus wing efforts for the next two years.

  • Additional VHF antenna enhances communication to improve forecasts

    Hurricane season starts June 1 and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron’s role in collecting weather data is key for forecasts. To enhance their communication capabilities, the United States Air Force Reserve completed the successful temporary installation and test of a third Very High

  • Hurricane Awareness Tour promotes weather readiness

    To promote the importance of preparing now for hurricane season, which starts June 1, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts visited five Atlantic Coast cities as part of this