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  • C-17 pilot for air show recalls his introduction to flying at Keesler

    Spectators at next week's Thunder on the Bay Air Show will find at least one former Gulfport resident as part of the sky-high performance. Lt. Col. James Cole, director of operations for the 58th Airlift Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is flying with his C-17 formal training unit. The

  • Teamwork yields valuable simulator for training

    Team Keesler has once again demonstrated the power of collaboration. Over the past 18 months, professionals from the 81st Training Support Squadron and the 334th Training Squadron, with technology funding support from Air Education and Training Command, have developed a modular control equipment

  • Air show visitors: Have a plan

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Spectators planning to attend the Keesler's "Thunder on the Bay" Air Show & Open House  April 4 - 5 are encouraged to have a travel plan in place before heading out the door.  With large crowds anticipated and limit parking on base,  drivers should plan their routes

  • National Prayer Breakfast April 2

    Brig. Gen. Greg Touhill, 81st Training Wing commander, is the guest speaker for the National Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. April 2 in the Locker House Dragon's Lair. Tickets are $5 and are available through the chapel and first sergeants. For more information, call 377-2520.

  • Genetic counseling available again

    The Air Force Medical Genetics Center at Keesler Medical Center is again offering a service unavailable since Hurricane Katrina with the addition of genetic counselor Kathleen Bet to the staff. Ms. Bet, who earned her master's degree in the field from the University of South Carolina in Columbia,

  • Medical genetics lab earns two-year accreditation

    The Air Force Medical Genetics Laboratory at Keesler Medical Center has been awarded two-year accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists. The 81st Medical Operations Squadron flight received official notification Feb. 13. The genetics flight