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  • January target date for construction completion

    Construction of Keesler's new base exchange and commissary is more than 78 percent complete, according to JohnMichael, project technical inspector. The project started more than two years ago and is slated to be done by the first week of January, according to Mr. Michael. Once the construction is

  • Promotion ceremony Monday

    Col. Ian Dickinson, 81st Training Wing commander, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general, 3 p.m. Monday at the Dragon's Lair. Team Keesler is invited to the ceremony and a 4 p.m. promotion party at marina park. The party includes free food and drinks, music and a "bouncy dragon" for children.

  • Changes of command

    81st Logistics Readiness Squadron - 9 a.m. Friday at the Transportation Bay, Lt. Col. Robert Hicks takes command from Maj. Clarence "Icy" Lee. Colonel Hicks was previously chief of movement and transportation, logistics division, Allied Air Component Command Headquarters NATO at Izmir, Turkey. Major

  • Some child care costs go up

    Effective Aug 10, parents of children who attend the child development center or the youth center here may experience an increase in their weekly fees. The Military Child Care Act of 1996 requires Department of Defense to annually prescribe fee ranges for military child development programs. The

  • 5,000th aviation resource manager graduates

    June 9, Keesler graduated the 5,000th student from the aviation resource management course in the 334th Training Squadron. "This is a huge milestone for the career field and the Air Force," said Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Pearson, aviation resource management instructor supervisor. "Just

  • 61 years of training for radio operators concludes at Keesler

    More than six decades of Keesler history draw to a close Tuesday as the last radio communications operations class in the 336th Training Squadron graduates. "The course has been taught at Keesler since 1948," said Tech. Sgt. Matthew Land, instructor supervisor. "This course has graduated about