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  • Environmental office recognizes outstanding performers

    Col. C. Mike Smith, 81st Training Wing vice commander, presents Susan Frentz, Base Operations Support structure shop painter, the Environmental Dragon Award during the Energy Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Council Meeting at the 81st TRW headquarters building Jan. 18, 2017, on Keesler

  • AETC’s 75th Anniversary and the birth of a professional Air Force

    On Jan. 23, 2017, Air Education and Training Command celebrates its 75th anniversary — a date much more important in our nation’s heritage than a simple mark in time. Jan. 23, 1942, proved to be the birth of a professional Air Force – men and women precisely selected and trained to fly, fight and

  • Command Chief for a Day: Staff Sgt. Tayla Ashe

    (This interview is Part 3 of an open-ended series featuring members of Team Keesler selected for the Command Chief for a Day program.)Chief Master Sgt. Vegas Clark, 81st Training Wing command chief, created a program called Command Chief for a Day at Keesler which highlights outstanding enlisted

  • "Gators" earn Commander’s Trophy for 7th consecutive year

    Col. Michele Edmondson, 81st Training Wing commander, presents the Commander’s Trophy to Airmen from the 334th Training Squadron at Stennis Hall Jan. 18, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Competing squadrons earn points based on their participation in the intramural sports program and special

  • Memorial Luncheon honors Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Rev. Eric Dickey, First Missionary Baptist Church pastor, speaks at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center, Jan. 17, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Keesler African-American Heritage Committee sponsored event honored King’s legacy and his

  • McBride Commons renovations: progress continues

    Shawn Ahern, DNP Inc. electrician, bends a piece of conduit at the McBride Commons Jan. 6, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The McBride Commons renovation project will transition the former base library into a common area which will include a children’s library, computer stations, engraving,