Escorting evacuated elders

Airmen from the 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron assisted in the rescue of elderly residents evacuating a fire at Seashore Oaks Assisted Living Facility in Biloxi, Mississippi, after receiving a call, Sept. 17.Staff Sgt. Christopher Carpe, 81st LRS ground transportation and equipment support NCO in

335th TRS drills down the competition

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Carlos Pajaro Donado, 335th Training Squadron student, practices before the 81st Training Group drill down on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 20, 2019. Airmen from the 81st Training Group competed in a

Civil Air Patrol to provide IT training to Keesler AFB technical school graduates

A memorandum of understanding was signed earlier this month by Civil Air Patrol national commander, Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, and Rich Aldridge, program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, that will provide information technology training to

Never forgotten: Keesler pays tribute to POW/MIA

Physically a prisoner, mentally a warrior

The soldier woke hours after the crash, dazed, in an out-of-body experience. She saw her own body covered by various parts of a UH-60 Black Hawk. She saw what she believed to be her death.“Wow, I’m dead,” she thought to herself. “I never thought about what it would be like to be dead.”She noticed a

336th TRS revamps AFI program, develops a more ready force

The 336th Training Squadron recently launched their revamped Awaiting Further Instruction program on Sept. 3, to produce more elite, warfighting Airmen.The revamp has transitioned from having AFI Airmen only assist other units on base doing details to allowing Airmen to participate in more personal