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  • 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.

  • Like father, like son

    While following in family members’ footsteps is a fairly common motivation for joining for many service members, it’s not as common to be able to serve at the same time, much less in the same unit.Nothing displays the flexibility of the Air Force Reserve more than the unique stories of its citizen

  • Aeromedical Evacuation trains on new aircraft

    Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, trained on the newest airframe available to them, the KC-46A Pegasus, an air refueling tanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

  • Not-So-Undercover Boss: 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

    Col. Stuart M. Rubio (standing right), 403rd Wing commander at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and Col. LaDonna K. Schreffler (standing left), 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron commander, listen as 1st Lt. Caleb Hathorn, 36th AES, provides training for mechanical ventilation June 4, 2022. The 36th

  • Arctic Care 2022: 403rd Reservists support Alaska medical mission

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, traveled to Kodiak, Alaska, May 2-15 to assist with the Innovative Readiness Training program’s Kodiak Island Arctic Care 2022 event.According to their website, IRT is a collaborative program designed to produce

  • 403rd Wing reservist earns Levitow Award

    Tech. Sgt. Dishau JeanJacques, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron resource management noncommissioned officer in charge here, earned a distinction only a small percentage of Airmen can lay claim to when, upon her graduation from the Enlisted Professional Military Education Lankford Center’s NCO

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen put skills to test at Patriot Warrior

    The 403rd Wing sent about 35 Reserve Citizen Airmen to participate in the Air Force Reserve Command’s premiere training exercise Patriot Warrior 2021 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 5-27.Wing members from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 403rd Logistics

  • Lt. Col. Schreffler assumes command of 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

    Lt. Col. Shane M. Devlin, 403rd Operations Group deputy commander, hands the guidon to Lt. Col. LaDonna K. Schreffler, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron commander, during the 36th AES assumption of command ceremony July 10, 2021 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The 36th AES mission is to provide

  • Pandemic calls; 36th AES answers with more deployments

    The 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has been called upon once again to deploy personnel to multiple locations in support of the fight against COVID-19.In 2020, the squadron saw nine volunteers out the door to various locations, and now, six more Reserve Citizen Airmen are set to deploy in the

  • Joint Forces: Reserve, Guard train for care in the air

    From broken bones, burns to head trauma, loss of limbs and more; Aeromedical Evacuation teams see more than their fair share of battle injuries. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and Mississippi Air National Guardsmen from the 183rd AES collaborated for a three-day