Active shooter exercise expected to impact base access, operations

Have you ever been locked in a building with no way out?If you're at Keesler June 21-22, that's what you can expect, whether you're working, shopping or exercising.Air Education and Training Command has scheduled an active shooter exercise to test the base's ability to respond to a mass casualty

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81st Training Wing announces quarterly awards

The 81st Training Wing announced its quarterly award winners at a luncheon May 24 at the Bay Breeze Event Center.Airman -- Airman 1st Class Joshua Bice, 81st Comptroller Squadron.Noncommissioned officer -- Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Cabe, 81st Medical Support Squadron.Senior NCO -- Senior Master Sgt.

Hurricane aircraft on display

A P-3 Orion used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunters and a WC-130J Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron's Hurricane Hunters are on display 1-2 p.m. June 6.Air Force Reserve and NOAA personnel will be on hand.Come to the 53rd WRS lobby,

Invasive vegetation being removed to preserve sensitive base wetlands

This summer, Keesler is undertaking a 90-day project to remove invasive vegetation, shrubs and trees that threaten the health of the coastal marshlands along its northern border edging Biloxi's Back Bay.Starting Monday, the project removes 588 scrub shrubs and woody vegetation, along with 165 mature

14 Keesler technical sergeants graduate from NCO Academy

Fourteen Keesler technical sergeants graduated from the Mathies NCO Academy May 26as members of Class 11-4:81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron - Quintella Glass.81st Force Support Squadron -- Marcus Hogsten.81st Logistics Readiness Squadron -- Darrin Srader.81st Medical Operations Squadron --