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A father’s love for his children – and the 80s

A father’s love for his children – and the 80s

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens, a product of the 1980s and a photojournalist with the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing Public Affairs Office, has a daugther and a son. He strives to raise them with values such as integ... More

Senior Airman Nathan Calloway, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Senior Airman Nathan Calloway, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Senior Airman Nathan Calloway, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, checks the data collected during a storm mission into Hurricane Florence. The weather data is sent to the National Hurricane Cente... More

Physical Training Leaders keep Airmen fit to fight

Physical Training Leaders keep Airmen fit to fight

Physical training leaders assigned to the 403rd Wing began conducting fitness assessments for wing members March 5, 2016, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. PTLs guide Airmen through their fitness assessme... More

Maj. Gen. Wallace W. "Wade" Farris, Jr., 22nd Air Force

Maj. Gen. Wallace W. "Wade" Farris, Jr., 22nd Air Force

Maj. Gen. Wallace W. "Wade" Farris, Jr., 22nd Air Force commander, speaks to 403rd Wing Reservists at an airmen's breakfast saturday morning of January Unit Training Assembly. Only a handful of derserving airme... More

Professional strong man competitor Josh Thigpen folds

Professional strong man competitor Josh Thigpen folds

Professional strong man competitor Josh Thigpen folds a metal bar over his head like it was a coat-hanger. Thigpen is one of several members from Team Impact - a ministry that uses the talents of elite athletes... More

Col. Anna Schulte, 403rd Maintenance Group commander,

Col. Anna Schulte, 403rd Maintenance Group commander,

Col. Anna Schulte, 403rd Maintenance Group commander, readies herself to receive a pie in the face during the 403rd Wing's Family Day event May 5. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Maj. Heather Newcomb)

Leadership visit, US Air Force Photo

Leadership visit, US Air Force Photo

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ragusa, 403rd Wing, briefs members of Leadership Gulf Coast on the duty of a Hurricane Hunter and the process of flying into a hurricane for observations during a tour Oct. 10, 2012, on the fli... More

Chief Master Sgt. Josephine Keller, 403rd Aeromedical

Chief Master Sgt. Josephine Keller, 403rd Aeromedical

Chief Master Sgt. Josephine Keller, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron chief enlisted manager with the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, treated wounded members during ... More

Col. Kevin Riley, 403rd Support Group commander, passes

Col. Kevin Riley, 403rd Support Group commander, passes

Col. Kevin Riley, 403rd Support Group commander, passes the 41st Aerial Port Squadron flag to Maj. Joseph Terry during an assumption of command ceremony held at the 41st APS building, Keesler Air Force Base, Mi... More

Col. George Tombe, 81st Training Group commander, is

Col. George Tombe, 81st Training Group commander, is

Col. George Tombe, 81st Training Group commander, is escorted by Master Sgt. Wesley Bonin, 403rd Wing, to a U.S. Air Force C-130J to participate in a tandem jump over Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Sept. 25, 20... More

Senior Airman Cody Seymore, a structural journeyman

Senior Airman Cody Seymore, a structural journeyman

Senior Airman Cody Seymore, a structural journeyman with the 403rd Civil Engineering Squadron, works with his team to complete the squadron's BBQ Pit cover. The new BBQ Pit cover was funded from the funds recei... More

Family members of await the return of their loved one

Family members of await the return of their loved one

Family members of await the return of their loved one from a 2013 deployment. Reservists with families must have family care arrangements and must complete the family care plan form: Air Force Form 357. (U.S. A... More

Master Sgt. Delphia A. Trippe, 403rd Maintenance Group

Master Sgt. Delphia A. Trippe, 403rd Maintenance Group

Master Sgt. Delphia A. Trippe, 403rd Maintenance Group Quality Assurance chief inspector, inspects a consolidated tool kit that's used to perform aircraft maintenance on C-130Js at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.... More

Master Sgt. Paul Martin, 403rd Wing Inspector General

Master Sgt. Paul Martin, 403rd Wing Inspector General

Master Sgt. Paul Martin, 403rd Wing Inspector General Office, takes part in the 403rd Wing Human Resources Development Council push-up contest March 8. He did 81 push ups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)

Hurricane Hunters deploy to Hawaii to track Darby

Hurricane Hunters deploy to Hawaii to track Darby

The U.S. Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron will participate in NOAA's Gulf Coast Awareness Tour May 16-20, touring five U.S. coastal cities to raise awareness about the importance of prepar... More

A WC-130J from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

A WC-130J from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

A WC-130J from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron takes off in support of Operation Surge Capacity here April 5, 2014. Sixteen aircraft from the 403rd Wing took part in Operation Surge Capacity, a large ... More

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in formation during a Operation Surge Capacity here April, 5, 2014. Aircraft from the 815th and 345th Airlift Squadrons and 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron... More

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in

The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in formation during a Operation Surge Capacity here April, 5, 2014. Aircraft from the 815th and 345th Airlift Squadrons and 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron... More

Hurricane Hunters fly first winter storm of 2018

Hurricane Hunters fly first winter storm of 2018

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew their first winter storm mission of the year Jan. 3, 2018, out of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., in connection with a system off the Atlant... More

Lt. Col. Jonathon Talbot, chief aerial weather

Lt. Col. Jonathon Talbot, chief aerial weather

Lt. Col. Jonathon Talbot, chief aerial weather reconnaissance officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron with the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, retires from the Air Force after 34... More

Lt. Col. Michael Ramirez, the 345th Airlift Squadron

Lt. Col. Michael Ramirez, the 345th Airlift Squadron

Lt. Col. Michael Ramirez, the 345th Airlift Squadron commander at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi brings his C-130J aircraft to a halt during his "fini flight" 12 June. Ramirez celebrated with 403r... More

Navy Cmdr Elizabeth Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy researcher,

Navy Cmdr Elizabeth Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy researcher,

Navy Cmdr Elizabeth Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy researcher, straps down ABXT deep water buoys for a flight into Hurricane Iselle off the coast of Hawaii Aug. 6. Sanabia flew with the Air Force Reserve 53rd Wea... More

Lt. Col. Brian Freeman, 815th Airlift Squadron commander,

Lt. Col. Brian Freeman, 815th Airlift Squadron commander,

Lt. Col. Brian Freeman, 815th Airlift Squadron commander, gets hosed down after his final flight (or "fini" flight) with the squadron Sept. 25, 2014, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Freeman is scheduled... More

Senior Airman Chase Butters, a 403rd Communication

Senior Airman Chase Butters, a 403rd Communication

Senior Airman Chase Butters, a 403rd Communication Flight client system technician, readies a computer for its set-up in the computer lab of the 403rd CF here Nov. 2. This set-up will include program installat... More

Security Forces earn command honors

Security Forces earn command honors

Senior Airman Benton Sorrell, right, and Senior Airman Sebastian Green, with the 403rd Security Forces Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, depart for pre-deployment training at Creech Air Force Bas... More

Unit Training Assembly childcare available to reservists

Unit Training Assembly childcare available to reservists

Maj. Lisa Kostellic, a reservists with the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,signs her daughter up for childcare services Dec. 7, 2014, during the Unit Training Assembly. The Keesler AFB Child Dev... More

403rd Maintainers keep engines turning

403rd Maintainers keep engines turning

Master Sgt. Donald Maloid readies a propeller to be mounted back onto a C-130J engine after a repair on the Keesler Air Force Base flight line during unscheduled maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. B... More

Senior Airman Jamie Dominguez, 403rd Operations Support

Senior Airman Jamie Dominguez, 403rd Operations Support

Senior Airman Jamie Dominguez, 403rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, inflates an LPU-10P life preserver to check its air pressure and inspect it for leaks January 10, 2015. The ... More

First sergeants and acting first sergeants from the

First sergeants and acting first sergeants from the

First sergeants and acting first sergeants from the 403rd Wing gather for their morning meeting March 8, 2015, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, during the March unit training assembly. The duties and res... More

Melanie Bevan, Chief of Police for Bradenton Police

Melanie Bevan, Chief of Police for Bradenton Police

Melanie Bevan, Chief of Police for Bradenton Police Department, poses in the co-pilot's seat in the cockpit of a WC-130J during a civic leader tour of the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base March 29, 2018. T... More

Col. Frank Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, presents a

Col. Frank Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, presents a

Col. Frank Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, presents a command coin April 12, 2015, to Senior Airman Preston Mikesell, 81st Training Wing command post senior emergency actions controller, for his efforts in arrang... More

Tech Sgt. Tom Barnaby, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather

Tech Sgt. Tom Barnaby, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather

Tech Sgt. Tom Barnaby, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters explains a dropsonde's ability to gather tropical weather data from within an eye of a hurricane to guests dur... More

Capt. Peter Traylor, 81st Medical Group intensive care

Capt. Peter Traylor, 81st Medical Group intensive care

Capt. Peter Traylor, 81st Medical Group intensive care nurse, briefs Air Force Reserve employers about his job with the Critical Care Transport Team. The specialized medical team, which consists of a doctor, in... More

An Air Force Sergeants Association representative talks

An Air Force Sergeants Association representative talks

An Air Force Sergeants Association representative talks about the association’s mission and member benefits with Top Three enlisted members of the 403rd Wing June 7, 2015, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi... More

Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes, 815th Airlift Squadron director

Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes, 815th Airlift Squadron director

Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes, 815th Airlift Squadron director of operations, flew Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when he was a pilot with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss... More

Army Spc. Clarence Jones, a communications specialist

Army Spc. Clarence Jones, a communications specialist

Army Spc. Clarence Jones, a communications specialist in the 890th Engineering Battalion, is directed out of a C-130J aircraft by Senior Airman Tony Distefano, a loadmaster in the 815th Airlift Squadron. The A... More

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Skinner, 403rd Force Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Skinner, 403rd Force Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Skinner, 403rd Force Support Squadron non commissioned officer in charge, takes a military ID picture for Master Sgt. Michelle Turner, 403rd FSS chief of customer support, December 6 at the S... More

Checking for a smooth landing

Checking for a smooth landing

Senior Airman David Crabtree, a crew chief with the 403rd Maintenance Group checks the tires and landing gear for a pre-flight inspection of a routine training flight at Keesler Air Force Base, 6 January, 2015.... More

Senior Airman John Ortiz-Morales, 403rd Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman John Ortiz-Morales, 403rd Logistics Readiness

Senior Airman John Ortiz-Morales, 403rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels quality control specialist, uses a refractometer to measure the amount of fuel system icing inhibitor in a sample of Jet A fuel January... More

Master Sgt. Katherine Wheelock, 403rd Maintenance Group

Master Sgt. Katherine Wheelock, 403rd Maintenance Group

Master Sgt. Katherine Wheelock, 403rd Maintenance Group engine manager, conducts an inventory verifying the serial number on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft propeller Feb. 5, 2016, at Keesler Air Force Base, M... More

The 403rd Wing held its annual commander’s call at

The 403rd Wing held its annual commander’s call at

The 403rd Wing held its annual commander’s call at Welch Theater April 2, 2016, during the Unit Training Assembly. Col. Frank Amodeo, 403rd Wing Commander, presented awards to the 2015 quarterly and annual awar... More

It’s Public Service Recognition Week, and the 403rd

It’s Public Service Recognition Week, and the 403rd

It’s Public Service Recognition Week, and the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, thanks it’s civil service employees such as Wanda Bowman, secretary to the wing commander, for their service. Bo... More

Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, and his wife Susan, are members of the British Car Club of New Orleans. They own a 1974 MGB Roadster that Ragusa bought and drove as a college s... More

Members of the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, dressed

Members of the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, dressed

Members of the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, dressed in D-Day period costumes, parachuted into Fresville, France June 2, 2016 during an exhibition jump. The Round Canopy Parachuting Team invited members of the... More

Security Forces Squadron gets explosive training

Security Forces Squadron gets explosive training

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Foster, 403rd Security Forces Squadron squad leader, searches a vehicle for improvised explosive devices during training at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi June 6, 2016. The hands-on traini... More

Yellow Ribbon Program helps reservist reintegrate

Yellow Ribbon Program helps reservist reintegrate

Master Sgt. Sierra Davis is the 403rd Wing Yellow Ribbon Program representative. She previously was assigned to the 403rd Security Forces Squadron commander support staff. The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Progra... More

Personnel officer earns Air Force award

Personnel officer earns Air Force award

Capt. April Martin, 403rd Force Support Squadron Manpower and Personnel Flight commander, 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is the 2015 Personnel Reserve Component Company Grade Officer of the Ye... More

Lt. Col. Kevin Green, right, takes command of the 53rd

Lt. Col. Kevin Green, right, takes command of the 53rd

Lt. Col. Kevin Green, right, takes command of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron during a Change of Command ceremony at the 53rd WRS Auditorium, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., July 15, 2016. (U.S. Air For... More

Mrytis Franke, executive director of the Office of

Mrytis Franke, executive director of the Office of

Mrytis Franke, executive director of the Office of Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, reads a proclamation from the senator to Col. Frank L. Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, thanking him for his service and contrib... More

Airmen prepare finances for the future

Airmen prepare finances for the future

Airmen attend a retirement and Thrift Savings Plan workshop at Kessler Air Force Base, Mississippi August 6, 2016. The workshop was hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness center here to focus on financial pl... More

May assumes command 403rd OG

May assumes command 403rd OG

Col. Frank L. Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, passes the 403rd Operations Group guidon to Lt. Col. Brian A. May during a ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 6, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master... More

Force support squadrons join forces

Force support squadrons join forces

Master Sgt. Deborah McLean, 403rd Force Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, assists a customer with signing in at the Sablich Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, August 8, 2016. The r... More

Commander updates civilian workforce

Commander updates civilian workforce

Chief Master Sgt. Mark S. Kettner, 403rd Maintenance Group, was recognized for 30-years of civil service. Senior Master Sgt. Erick Johnson, 403rd Maintenance Squadron, was also presented with a certificate and ... More

Tech. Sgt. Ricky Lips, 403rd Maintenance Group, hugs

Tech. Sgt. Ricky Lips, 403rd Maintenance Group, hugs

Tech. Sgt. Ricky Lips, 403rd Maintenance Group, hugs his wife, Callie Lips after filling their truck with donations to help with flood relief from members of the 403rd Wing. Airmen from the 403rd Wing came toge... More

Master Sgt. Patrick Pittman, 403rd Wing recruiter,

Master Sgt. Patrick Pittman, 403rd Wing recruiter,

Master Sgt. Patrick Pittman, 403rd Wing recruiter, discusses the opportunities available in the Air Force Reserve Aug. 26 at the D'Iberville, Mississippi recruiting office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airma... More

Members of the 403rd Wing play cornhole during the

Members of the 403rd Wing play cornhole during the

Members of the 403rd Wing play cornhole during the annual Airman and Family Day picnic May 6, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)

A loadmaster unloads a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft

A loadmaster unloads a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft

A loadmaster unloads a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during the Green Flag Little Rock 17-05 exercise March 19 in Alexandria, Louisiana. The 815th Airlift Squadron provided areal support during the exercise by... More

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center, Dr. Rick Knabb, director and Lixion Avila, senior hurricane specialist, talk about hurricane readiness during the ... More

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, breifs the Biloxi High School JROTC team about safety procedures before a flight on a WC-130J Super Hurcules aircraft. The JROTC team won... More

Master Sgt. Jonathan McCarty, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance

Master Sgt. Jonathan McCarty, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance

Master Sgt. Jonathan McCarty, 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief inspects the engine of an 815th Airlift Squadron C-130-J Super Hercules. He is one of the Airmen scheduled to become part of the new ... More

Col. Jennie Johnson, 403rd Wing commander, leads an

Col. Jennie Johnson, 403rd Wing commander, leads an

Col. Jennie Johnson, 403rd Wing commander, leads an Air Force Reserve unit of about 1,500 personnel at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Her focus for the wing is on the mission and its Airmen. (U.S. Air For... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and aircraft commander for Teal 72 leads a briefing to prepare the crew for a flight into Hurricane Hermine Sept. 1, 2016. Hurrica... More

Tech. Sgt. Tom Barnaby, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Tech. Sgt. Tom Barnaby, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Tech. Sgt. Tom Barnaby, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, checks a dropsonde during a flight into Hurricane Hermine Sept. 1, 2016 (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather Heiney)

Two Army Humvees are transported to Stennis International

Two Army Humvees are transported to Stennis International

Two Army Humvees are transported to Stennis International Airport on a C-17 Globemaster III during a joint training exercise named Patriot Mustang GRIP II. The exercise was conducted with members of the Air For... More

It’s more than a name - A group of military men walking across a tarmac

It’s more than a name - A group of military men walking across a tarma...

Col. Jay Johnson, 403rd Maintenance Group commander and Maj. Brian Horton, 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander lead a foreign object debris, more commonly know as "FOD" walk to collect trash on the fl... More

Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd Maintenance Squadron commander,

Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd Maintenance Squadron commander,

Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd Maintenance Squadron commander, pins an Air Force Commendation medal on Staff Sgt. Christopher Simmons, 403rd MXS maintainer, Sept. 11 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Simmons... More

An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J aircraft flies over

An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J aircraft flies over

An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J aircraft flies over the Mississippi Gulfcoast during a four-aircraft training mission Sept. 11, 2016. The aircraft took off from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, and airdrop... More

1st Lt. Leesa Froelich, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

1st Lt. Leesa Froelich, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

1st Lt. Leesa Froelich, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron areal reconnaissance weather officer explains the 53rd WRS mission to director Peter Berg and actors Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson. They visited Keesl... More

A C-130J engine sits in the isochronal inspection hangar

A C-130J engine sits in the isochronal inspection hangar

A C-130J engine sits in the isochronal inspection hangar without a gear mounted accessory drive, which was removed for the installation of a new propeller brake. Rolls Royce employees are traveling from base to... More

Lt. Col. Troy “Bear” Anderson, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Lt. Col. Troy “Bear” Anderson, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

Lt. Col. Troy “Bear” Anderson, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot decorates his desk with a pencil sharpener and bear mug before his final flight Sept. 26, 2016 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Ai... More

Care in the air: Aeromedical unit arrives at Keesler

Care in the air: Aeromedical unit arrives at Keesler

Maj. Robert Hector, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, explains the AE mission to John "Hoss" Ladner, military and veterans outreach director for Mississippi Congressman Steven Palazzo, during a tour of the ... More

Sarah, Katrina, Tara and Claire (team policy dictates

Sarah, Katrina, Tara and Claire (team policy dictates

Sarah, Katrina, Tara and Claire (team policy dictates that they don't share their last names), National Football League cheerleaders from the Kansas City Chiefs, learn about the 815th Airlift Squadron mission f... More

Aircraft commander Lt. Col. Dwyane Russell (left) and

Aircraft commander Lt. Col. Dwyane Russell (left) and

Aircraft commander Lt. Col. Dwyane Russell (left) and Lt. Col. Jim Burgess, co-pilot fly through Hurricane Matthew Oct. 7, 2016 to collect storm data. This data is sent to the National Hurricane Center to impro... More

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron give the thumbs up to show their understanding of safety guidelines during a mission briefing Oct. 14. The mission was their first out of Keesler Air Force Ba... More

Staff Sgt. Mychal Hutchinson, 41st Aerial Port Squadron

Staff Sgt. Mychal Hutchinson, 41st Aerial Port Squadron

Staff Sgt. Mychal Hutchinson, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, tightens the straps on the cargo net during the pallet buildup event. The members competed in teams in the Port Dawg Challe... More

The 403rd Wing's newest staff sergeants swear the

The 403rd Wing's newest staff sergeants swear the

The 403rd Wing's newest staff sergeants swear the noncomissioned officer oath of induction during a ceremony at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance facility Oct. 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airma... More

Tech. Sgt. Felicia Johnson from the 403rd Aeromedical

Tech. Sgt. Felicia Johnson from the 403rd Aeromedical

Tech. Sgt. Felicia Johnson from the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron is the 403rd Wing's Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather Heiney)

More than a secretary: 403rd Wing mentor retires

More than a secretary: 403rd Wing mentor retires

Wanda Bowman, 403rd Wing commander's secretary, poses for a photo to honor her 34 years of service to the U.S. Air Force. She will retire 2 p.m. Oct. 28 during a ceremony at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Ma... More

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks with Airmen from Keesler Air Force Base's 81st Training Wing during the 38th Annual Salute to the Military event at the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi... More

The sun sets behind a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft

The sun sets behind a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft

The sun sets behind a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 4 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shelton Sherrill)

Civilian employers visit the 403rd Wing for Employer

Civilian employers visit the 403rd Wing for Employer

Civilian employers visit the 403rd Wing for Employer Day Nov. 5. The employers received a flight, tour and demonstrations of the different jobs and training that their Air Force Reserve employees do when perfor... More

Green Dot atendees participate in an icebreaker activity

Green Dot atendees participate in an icebreaker activity

Green Dot atendees participate in an icebreaker activity during training Nov. 5 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Green Dot is the U.S. Air Force's program to help raise awareness of and prevent sexual assault, ... More

The 403rd Wing Recruiting Office won the Air Force

The 403rd Wing Recruiting Office won the Air Force

The 403rd Wing Recruiting Office won the Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service's Share Your Adventure Award Oct. 27. This award was presented for having the most ascessions through the Get 1 Now program.... More

The krewe of recruiters: Tech. Sgt. Badin Burch

The krewe of recruiters: Tech. Sgt. Badin Burch

Tech. Sgt. Badin Burch, 403rd Wing recruiter, helps Senior Airman Brian Heiney, 403rd Security Forces Squadron fire team member, fill out enlistment paperwork November 13, 2016 at Keesler Air Force Base, Missis... More

Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney, 403rd Wing Public Affairs(U.S.

Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney, 403rd Wing Public Affairs(U.S.

Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney, 403rd Wing Public Affairs(U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

The Airman's Creed, US Air Force Photo

The Airman's Creed, US Air Force Photo

The Airman's Creed.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

Nathan Heiney, son of Senior Airman Brian Heiney, 403rd

Nathan Heiney, son of Senior Airman Brian Heiney, 403rd

Nathan Heiney, son of Senior Airman Brian Heiney, 403rd Security Forces Squadron and Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney, 403rd Wing Public Affairs, sees a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft up-close for the first time duri... More

The 403rd Maintenance group consists of three squadrons

The 403rd Maintenance group consists of three squadrons

The 403rd Maintenance group consists of three squadrons -- the 403rd Maintenance Squadron, the 403rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The group as a whole is currently ... More

Keesler Family Child Care eliminates worry for reservists

Keesler Family Child Care eliminates worry for reservists

Anita Hymes, Keesler Air Force Base Family Child Care coordinator poses for a photo in the FCC office Jan. 19. The FCC program provides 403rd Wing Citizen Airmen with childcare options while they support the mi... More

Airman and Family Readiness Center here to help

Airman and Family Readiness Center here to help

Master Sgt. Michael Coleman, 403rd Wing Airman And Family Readiness Center noncomissioned officer in charge, and Patricia Jackson, 403rd A&FRC section chief, review procedures and programs Jan. 23rd at Keesler ... More

Lt. Col. Stuart Rubio, 815th Airlift Squadron commander,

Lt. Col. Stuart Rubio, 815th Airlift Squadron commander,

Lt. Col. Stuart Rubio, 815th Airlift Squadron commander, prepares for a training flight at Keesler Air Force Base Jan. 26. The 815th AS, "Flying Jennies," have been steadily rebuilding since the decision to kee... More

Kristen Pittman performs the oath of enlistment at

Kristen Pittman performs the oath of enlistment at

Kristen Pittman performs the oath of enlistment at the Air Force Reserve recruiting office in Hattiesburg, Miss., January 30, 2017. (Courtesy photo)

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson explains the mission of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's propulsion shop to Maj. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, 2nd Air Force commander during his 403rd Wing immersion tour Feb. 3 at Kees... More

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Glenda McQuirter, 815th Airlift Squadron administrative assistand gives the 403rd Wing mission briefing to Maj. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, 2nd Air Force commander during his 403rd Wing immersion tour Feb.... More

Staff Sgt. Kristen Chandler, 403rd Aeromedical Staging

Staff Sgt. Kristen Chandler, 403rd Aeromedical Staging

Staff Sgt. Kristen Chandler, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, uses a non-contact tonometer during an optometry exam to check the eye pressure of Master Sgt. Joseph Helm, 81... More

Master Sgt. Mark Chachati, 403rd Maintenance Group,

Master Sgt. Mark Chachati, 403rd Maintenance Group,

Master Sgt. Mark Chachati, 403rd Maintenance Group, plays the nationa anthem during the promotion ceremony of Chief Master Sgt. Michelle Santiago, 403rd Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, Feb. 11 at keesler A... More

Col. John Buterbaugh, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron

Col. John Buterbaugh, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron

Col. John Buterbaugh, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron commander, poses for a photo Feb. 15 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

Matthew Arens, master blackbelt for continuous process

Matthew Arens, master blackbelt for continuous process

Matthew Arens, master blackbelt for continuous process improvement contracted through Air Force Reserve Command, trains 403rd Wing leaders during a senior leader course that was held Feb. 13-15 at Keesler Air F... More

Master Sgt. Ray Reynolds, 403rd Operations Support

Master Sgt. Ray Reynolds, 403rd Operations Support

Master Sgt. Ray Reynolds, 403rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment supervisor, adjusts a pair of night vision goggles Feb. 22 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staf... More

First sergeants from the 403rd Wing pose for a group

First sergeants from the 403rd Wing pose for a group

First sergeants from the 403rd Wing pose for a group photo March 3, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

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