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  • Maj. Lucas Caulder and Maj. Ben Blair, pilots for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., maneuver their WC-130J through the cloudy eye of Hurricane Eta November 3, 2020. The 53rd WRS, also known as the Hurricane Hunters, provide valuable information to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in realtime to best prepare affected areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman)

    Zeta, Eta keep Hurricane Hunters flying

    As the above-average 2020 Hurricane season spins on, the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters continue to support the National Hurricane Center with their crucial data collection mission. For the fourth time this season, the Hurricane Hunters and their WC-130Js, along with the 815th Airlift Squadron’s C-130Js,
  • A WC-130J Super Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron taxis through the fresh water rinse, aka bird bath, Oct. 30, 2020 at Keesler Air Force, Mississippi. Aircraft from the 403rd Wing returned from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, after the fourth evacuation of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Carranza)

    403rd Wing aircraft return to base

    A WC-130J Super Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron taxis through the fresh water rinse, aka bird bath, Oct. 30, 2020 at Keesler Air Force, Mississippi. Aircraft from the 403rd Wing returned from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, after the fourth evacuation of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Carranza)
  • Air Force Reserve members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, take-off for their first mission into Tropical Storm Zeta today out of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Hurricane Hunters collect weather data real-time and transmit that data to the National Hurricane Center, which assists in improving and updating the tracking forecasts models. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Fourth evacuation; 403rd moving aircraft for Zeta

    The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing started flying Tropical Storm Zeta today and will be relocating its aircraft once again, but now to move out of the path of Zeta as it makes its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
  • 403rd Wing Key Spouse Program (U.S. Air Force graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    403rd Wing Key Spouse Program

    The Key Spouse Program is a commander’s initiative that promotes partnerships with unit leadership, families, Key Spouses, Key Spouse Mentors, the Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC), and other on and off base helping agencies.
  • Col. Leslie Hadley is the vice commander of the 403rd Wing. She knows leadership is an important part of her job and views herself as a servant leader for the Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 403rd Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Be the one...

    Most great leaders will say that leadership means different things to different people, but the newest vice commander of the 403rd Wing says being an engaged, servant leader is important to her.
  • 403rd Wing monthly promotions. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    Congratulations on our October promotions

    The 403rd Wing congratulates the following Reserve Citizen Airmen who were promoted for October 2020.
  • Tech. Sgt. David Deschenes, 403rd Maintenance Squadron fuel systems specialist, extracts 'Rescue Randy' from the fuel tank of the C-130J Super Hercules during a confined space extraction exercise Sept. 30 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. This exercise is a combined effort of the 403rd MXS and the and the 81st Training Wing's Fire Department to ensure that both the fuel systems specialists and the emergency responders are able to safely extract patients from any confined space at any time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Confined spaces

    Members of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron fuel systems section and the 81st Training Wing's Fire Department conducted a their yearly confined space extraction exercise Sept 30.
  • Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron fly into Hurricane Sally to gather data on September 14, 2020, in the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters fly through tropical systems to gather weather data that they provide to the National Hurricane Center for their use in updating the storm forecast warnings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)

    Tracking Sally

    From tropical storm to hurricane, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron“ Hurricane Hunters,” flew nine missions into Sally to track the storm and gather data.­The 53rd WRS, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing, started flying missions into then-Tropical Storm Sally from their home station, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,
  • The Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing began evacuating its aircraft due to the impending weather conditions Tropical Sally is forecasted to create Sept. 13, 2020. The 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J "Flying Jennies" and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J "Hurricane Hunters" relocated to Joint Base San Antonio and Ellington Airport, Texas. The 53rd WRS will continue to fly data collection missions to support the National Hurricane Center from Ellington.

    Here we go again: 403rd Wing evacuates aircraft, continues to fly Tropical Storm Sally

    The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing started relocating aircraft today as Tropical Storm Sally makes its way towards the Gulf Coast. The wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron, a tactical airlift unit, flew their C-130J Super Hercules to Joint Base San-Antonio, Texas, and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, relocated their WC-130Js
  • Ms. Tania Wiggins, the violence prevention integrator for Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., poses for a photo in her office at the 81st Training Wing building July 14, 2020. Wiggins is part of the Air Force's sole violence prevention-based initiative, working to use data to train Airmen and lessen the number of interpersonal and self-directed incidences of violence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman)

    Base violence prevention integrator studies trends; educates Airmen

    In the middle of an office punctuated with pink accents, brimming with boxes of “swag” and an abundance of self-empowerment reading sits Tania Wiggins, her rosé hued hair contributing to the soft, welcoming tone of the room.While her presence and her surroundings and most of her life’s work scream delicate and inviting and safe, Wiggins suffered
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