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  • Unique path brings Patrick to 2nd Air Force

    Thirty years ago when Maj. Gen. Len Patrick graduated from the Air Force Academy, it would have been hard for him to imagine the twists and turns his career path would take before he arrived at Keesler in July as 2nd Air Force commander.Patrick is the first civil engineer to lead a numbered Air

  • Smith gives encore performance with 81st TRG

    Col. Maureen Smith, the new commander of the 81st Training Group, is no stranger to Keesler and its training mission. From August 1995 to June 1998, Smith was an instructor and supervisor for manpower management courses with the 335th Training Squadron.Smith assumed command of the 81st TRG July 28.

  • Keesler mechanics' toolboxes contain laptops

    What is a laptop computer doing in an auto mechanics garage? Is this some kind of sick joke? Someone must have left it behind. But according to Randal Toland, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron fleet manager, it's no joke. It's theirs. They own it. And not only that, they use it every day.What's

  • Trainer development prints in third dimension

    Ever wanted to print yourself? Not merely a copy of your hand, face or, if so inclined, your bottom on a sheet of paper, but a life-sized three-dimensional print of the entire you--with moving parts, too.The 81st Training Support Squadron's trainer development flight has two printers that can print

  • Home schooling offers learning, lifestyle choice

    Most mornings, Keesler parents are waking up their children, feeding them breakfast and getting them ready for school. But for many families, their trip won't involve a bus or car ride.According to the Air Force Times, these children are part of the estimated 2 million home schoolers in the U.S.

  • Keesler historian deploys to Southwest Asia

    Being deployed around the globe is a fact of life for today's Airmen. But deployment is even part of the job for some civilian employees.Dr. Susan Dawson, 81st Training Wing historian, is packing her duffle bags for a four-month assignment to Southwest Asia. She'll wear khaki pants and polo shirts

  • Happy 70th Birthday, Keesler!

    Even before there was an Air Force, there was a Keesler Field. August 25, Keesler turns 70, making the base more than six years older than the service to which it belongs.For seven decades, Keesler has trained nearly 2.3 million American and foreign military people in a broad range of subjects and

  • Yale student interns at trainer development

    The 81st Training Support Squadron's trainer development flight can replicate almost anything. Some of its recent projects include a door assembly simulator for the C-130 and a full scale model of a GBU-32 guided bomb. The flight even has printers that can print in three dimensions like a gear box

  • Determined trainer boosts canine warrior's skills

    It has been said that there is no closer relationship than that of a boy and his dog, but a military working dog and its handler share a bond that allows them to communicate without language, move synchronously and risk their lives for one another and the mission.Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Collins, 81st

  • Keesler's one command post has two roots

    Sometimes when two things come together, the resulting combination enhances and compliments the function of the other -- like peanut butter and chocolate, John Lennon and Paul McCartney and the command posts for the 81st Training Wing and the 403rd Wing.And while the benefits of that last