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  • Special operations weather course has 1st graduate

    Airman 1st Class Sampson Graham, 19, is the first and only graduate so far of the 30-week special operations weather forecaster course in the 335th Training Squadron for the new Air Force specialty code 1W0W2.SOWT forecasters are components of the Air Force's special tactics teams and are attached

  • Airman heads to Air Force Academy in June

    Airman 1st Class Shuai Yuan is closer to his longtime goal of becoming an Air Force pilot. He has been accepted to attend the Air Force Academy. The 81st Dental Squadron dental technician learned of his selection in mid-April when his squadron commander, Col. (Dr.) John Embry, called the squadron

  • Keesler medic receives Purple Heart

    Master Sgt. Kenneth Gestring, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, was honored Tuesday with the Purple Heart for wounds he suffered while deployed to Afghanistan.Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, 81st Medical Group commander, pinned the award on Sergeant Gestring during a ceremony in the hospital's Don

  • Next 81st Training Wing commander chosen

    Brig. Gen. Andrew Mueller has been selected to succeed Brig. Gen. Ian Dickinson as commander of the 81st Training Wing.The change of command is expected this summer.Generals Mueller and Dickinson are both 1985 graduates of the Air Force Academy.General Mueller currently serves as the deputy

  • Keesler stands by to support efforts in oil spill recovery operations

    Keesler officials are keeping a vigilant  watch on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and are standing by to assist where needed with Department of Defense efforts.  For the most current updates on the military's efforts with the oil spill, visit the DoD's official news site.

  • Responsibility rides along with bicyclists

    Keesler bicycle riders are granted all rights and are subject to all responsibilities of drivers of motor vehicles.Cyclists are required to ride in single file as close to the right side of the road as possible. While the safest place to ride is on Interstate 81, which follows the contours of the