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  • Hurricane Hunters fly Winter Storm

    The United States Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as the Hurricane Hunters, flew their first Winter Storm of the season Feb. 26. A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft departed Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. midday to fly the Western Atlantic Flight Track,

  • Gulfport Seabees visit 403rd Wing

    Navy Capt. Bill Whitmire, Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport commander, listens to Tech. Sgt. Anthony DiStefano, 815th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, talk about the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and details about his career field Feb. 21 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Navy Seabees had the

  • Prior fighter pilot, now Port Dawg

    Staff Sgt. Jim Cagle is not your typical E-5 for a number of reasons. At 6 feet 2 inches tall, he literally stands out, but that is not it. With four stripes on his sleeve, less gray hairs and facial lines (though to be pushing 60 it could be worse) are expected, but that is not it either. When he

  • SNCO Leadership Course

    403rd Wing leadership and Senior Noncommissioned Leadership Course participants and facilitators pose for a class photo Feb. 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The SNCOLC is designed to teach senior enlisted personnel with leadership and management training needed to perform their roles effectively

  • Wing announces fourth quarter award winners

    The 403rd Wing announced its fourth quarter award winners for the Oct. 1 through Dec. 30 period. Winners were chosen in the Airman, noncommissioned officer, senior NCO, company and field grade officer.

  • Hurricane Hunters fly Atmospheric Rivers

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, commonly known as the Hurricane Hunters, are the cornerstone for data gathering efforts within storm environments. When they’re not flying into hurricanes they are providing aerial weather reconnaissance for atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean.

  • 41st APS special handler handles deployment

    The definition of deployment according to the Oxford dictionary is the movement of troops or equipment to a place for military action or the action of bringing resources into effective action.The common perception of a deployment is a scene out of an action-packed movie rife with daring heroics

  • 403rd Wing Exercise: Operation Southern Comfort

    During Operation Southern Comfort held Jan 13-16, 2020, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 403rd Wing shared living quarters, worked long hours wearing chemical protection gear and consumed brown bagged meals ready to eat called MRE’s, where you never know what you will get.

  • Leaving a legacy

    Lt. Col. David Price, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron evaluator navigator, retires after 35 years of service.

  • Sikkink leads Flying Jennies

    Taking command of a squadron comes with challenges, but to come into a Reserve squadron as an active-duty service member has its own unique opportunity.Lt. Col. Matthew Sikkink, who assumed command of the 815th Airlift Squadron, Flying Jennies, on June 6, 2019, said that he was pleasantly surprised