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  • Day at Keesler

    Lt. Col. Sean Cross, 403rd Wing chief of safety and a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, briefs state and local civic leaders about the wing's flying missions during the 81st Training Wing's Day at Keesler event at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Jan. 28, 2025. Civic leaders took part

  • 403rd Wing relocates aircraft, continues to fly Francine

    The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing started relocating aircraft today as Tropical Storm Francine makes its way toward the Gulf Coast.The wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron, a tactical airlift unit, and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, are flying their C-130J Super Hercules

  • MS Secretary of State visits Keesler AFB

    Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson visited Keesler Air Force Base meeting with the representatives from the 81st Training Wing and 403rd Wing, April 16. The tour was designed to continue building relationships between Keesler AFB and the state leadership by providing the opportunity for

  • Wing of Choice Airmen ACE Cope North 24

    About 60 403rd Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen supported the multinational U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, Cope North 24, Feb. 4-23 at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.

  • Loadmaster to compete in Miss Mississippi

    An 815th Airlift Squadron loadmaster was crowned Miss New South in the Miss Meridian pageant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Oct. 22, qualifying her to compete in Miss Mississippi June 2-8, 2024.If successful there, Senior Airman Baylee Beightol, a Hattiesburg, Mississippi native, would qualify to

  • Low-cost, low-altitude airdrop training

    An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircraft conducts a low-cost low-altitude (LCLA) airdrop July 18, 2023, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The LCLA airdrop is accomplished by dropping bundles weighing 80-500 pounds with pre-packed expendable parachutes. This is routine training

  • Flying Jennies soar through Smoky Mountains

    Members of the 815th Airlift Squadron, Flying Jennies, conduct low level training flights through the Tennessee Smoky Mountains in a C-130J Super Hercules during June 2023. The 815th AS is a tactical airlift unit tasked with the capability of resupplying the forces, provide for their airlift

  • SERE specialist ensures survival, recovery for 403rd reservists

    The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing boasts a diverse mission-set, some of which are considered “at risk of isolation.” In order to be considered fully qualified, Reserve Citizen Airmen performing at-risk missions are required to complete the challenging Initial Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape

  • 2022: 403rd Wing Year in Review

    Training, exercises and deployments were common themes in 2022, all in efforts to ensure 403rd Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen were Ready Now.“The men and women of this wing have done an outstanding job preparing for and in the execution of our mission,” said Col. Stuart M. Rubio, 403rd Wing commander.

  • August UTA marks leadership changes for 403rd Wing units

    Col. Stuart Rubio, 403rd Wing commander, hands off the guidon for the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron to Col. Ada M. Collier, installing her as the new commander during an Assumption of Command ceremony held August 6, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)