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  • Keesler Marks 65 Years Of Training Warriors

    Even before there was an Air Force, there was a Keesler Field. Monday, Keesler turns 65, making the base more than six years older than the service to which it belongs.In those 6 1/2 decades, Keesler has trained nearly 2.25 million American and foreign military people in a broad range of subjects

  • Communicators' crisis response team wins Air Force award for Katrina actions

    The 81st Communications Squadron's crisis response team earned an Air Force communications and information award for its support of Keesler during Hurricane Katrina. The Gen. Edwin Rawlings Award for 2005 recognizes a team that performs one-time, nonrecurring special acts associated with special

  • ROTC cadets get birds-eye view of Air Force life

    Sixty ROTC cadets have been getting an introduction to "the real Air Force" this summer while they're at Keesler for Aerospace 100 special training, commonly referred to as the ASSIST program. Three sessions with 12 cadets each took place during June. Two more sessions are July 10-14 and

  • Base bids farewell to canine cop

    The 81st Security Forces Squadron bid farewell to a special team member Tuesday  during a memorial service at Larcher Chapel. Bruno, one of Keesler's military working dogs for almost seven years, had to be euthanized July 18 due to a severe debilitating disease of the lower back, according to Staff

  • Mobile training team deploys to Kuwait

    Tech. Sgt. Steve Foley and Staff Sgt. Mike Harvell aren't packing light for a six-week trip to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The six equipment cases they need to take training to the war fighters weigh in at more than 1,400 pounds.Sergeants Foley and Harvell are members of one of the 333rd Training

  • Surgical services return to Keesler Medical Center

    As inpatient services returned to Keesler Medical Center Aug. 15, members of the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron were prepared to put their skills to work. A nine-person team performed the first surgery in the facility since Hurricane Katrina forced the Air Force's second largest medical center to