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  • Lt. Cols. Ord and Weiher retire

    Maj. Gen. Jay Jensen, Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters director of plans, programs and requirements, presided over the retirement ceremony of Lt. Cols. Walter Ord and Timothy Weiher, 815th Airlift Squadron director of operations and assistant DO, respectively, at the Roberts Consolidated

  • 815th AS kicking up dust; letting cargo, personnel drop

    Members of the 815th Airlift Squadron, or Flying Jennies, conduct an assault takeoff from a semi-prepared runway, or dirt runway, during some airdrop training missions at landing and drop zones near Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, June 28-30. These formation airdrops consisted of dropping

  • Reservist retires after 37 years: Experienced many challenges, changes

    It was the year that everyone was calling “Ghostbusters,” Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire, Wendy’s aired their “Where’s the Beef” commercial, astronauts made the first untethered spacewalk, Congressman Geraldine Ferraro joined Democrat Walter Mondale as the first woman to run on a major

  • Flying Jennies provide airlift, airdrop during Voyager Shield

    The 815th Airlift Squadron participated in Voyager Shield providing the majority of the airlift and drop support, May 25-27, to meet the exercise needs, which helped the Flying Jennies meet tactical training objectives that they cannot get during normal daily training operations.

  • Keesler reservists support Southwest Asia operations

    Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen and several C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 403rd Wing have deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom Sentinel.Aircrew from the 815th Airlift Squadron, and Airmen from the 403rd Operational Support Squadron and 803rd

  • Flying Jennies and Hurricane Hunters ready for flight

    A line of C-130J and W-C130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 815th Airlift and 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons on the flight line, July 17, 2020, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The mission of the 815th AS is to recruit, organize and train to deploy, redeploy and employ air and ground

  • 403rd Wing flyover salute

    The 403rd Wing conducted a flyover of local hospitals in Gulfport, Biloxi and Ocean Springs April 28. The fly by was to honor health-care workers, first responders, and essential personnel battling the spread of COVID-19.Two C-130J Super Hercules from the wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron started the

  • 815th Flying Jennies deliver airlift ops in Cope North 20

    Broken bones, shards of glass and internal bleeding. When a school bus with no seatbelts rolls over, dozens are left injured, some with life-threatening injuries. The local hospital on a remote Pacific island isn’t equipped to handle the influx of critical patients this unforeseen tragedy has

  • Joint forces kick off Cope North 2020

    More than 100 aircraft will soar over the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia as U.S. forces, Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) collaborates during exercise Cope North, Feb. 12-28.