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  • Take action to make a smooth transition with TRICARE in 2018

    You may be wondering what action you need to take, if any, to ensure you continue TRICARE coverage in 2018. Some beneficiaries will need to take action, but most will not. If you’re currently enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE coverage on Dec. 31, 2017, you’ll transition to your respective TRICARE

  • AETC Airmen honored at AFA

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Five Air Education and Training Command Airmen and one AETC unit were honored for their outstanding achievement at the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Air Force Association Air Space and Cyber Conference Monday. Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Maj. Matthew Brock, 1st Lt. Owen Caron,

  • Never forgotten: vigil run honors POW/MIA

    Senior Master Sgt. Linford Smith, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron first sergeant, and Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Belcher, 81st MSGS superintendent, participate in Keesler’s POW/MIA 24-hour memorial run and vigil at the Crotwell Track Sept. 14, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The event

  • Keesler pays tribute to POW/MIA

    Ann Mills-Griffiths, National League of POW/MIA Families Board of Directors Chairman, delivers remarks during a POW/MIA Remembrance Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Sept. 13, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Mills-Griffiths began her efforts after her brother was listed as MIA on

  • CNATTU remembers 9/11

    Keesler Airmen, Sailors and Marines attend a 9/11 memorial ceremony hosted by the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler in front of Alho Manor Sept. 11, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The event honored those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. (U.S. Air

  • Keesler provides evacuating aircraft safe haven

    Seven HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, along with 31 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, both from Florida, arrived here this weekend to escape Hurricane Irma.