Media advisory: Operation Hero returns Published June 12, 2013 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Keesler Air Force Base will host its bi-annual event, Operation Hero, at the corner of Second Street and E Street from 9-11 a.m., June 15. This event gives Keesler's dependent children an opportunity to experience what a deployment is like for their parents. Children will receive a pre-deployment mission briefing, go through a deployment line to collect their gear, put on "war paint," and "deploy" to an undisclosed location. Media interested in covering this event should contact Public Affairs at 228-377-2783 or email 81trw.pa@us.af.mil by 3 p.m. Friday, June 14.