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  • The science of learning: NASA brings Gulf Coast educators to Keesler

    The 335th Training Squadron and the 403rd Wing Hurricane Hunters hosted a NASA Educator Workshop here March 30. More than 18 educators from Mississippi and Louisiana along with Stennis Space Center NASA education specialists came here to learn diverse ways of teaching and gain resources to take back

  • Cadets learn about AF through Pathways to Blue

    The third annual Pathways to Blue event, designed to help ROTC cadets make their Air Force career choices, takes place here April 7-8.The diversity and inclusion event, attended by more than 175 ROTC cadets from seven universities, is a 2nd Air Force initiative aimed to help build future leaders in

  • 2nd AF leaders get immersed in AFRC wing

    Standing in front of a two-star general and explaining what your unit does could make anyone’s stomach twist. Members of the 403rd Wing had the opportunity to not only meet a two-star general but also highlight their mission during the 2nd AF immersion tour Jan. 3.   Second Air Force leaders

  • NFL cheerleaders bring spirit to Keesler

    Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa, 403rd Operations Support Squadron pilot, greets Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders at the visitor’s center Sept. 30, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The NFL cheerleaders visited Keesler to learn about the mission, hold a cheer clinic at the youth center and participate in a

  • Airmen help one another after Louisiana flooding

    “The water started seeping in through the walls. We woke up our son, put on his little boots, and put him up on the table.” Callie Lips, children’s book illustrator, her husband Tech. Sgt. Ricky Lips, 403rd Maintenance Group, and their two-year-old son were one of the 403rd Wing families affected by

  • First responders exercise readiness

    The 81st Training Wing, 403rd Wing and outside agencies conducted an anti-hijacking exercise, June 21, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.A 403rd Wing WC-130J Super Hercules played the role of the hijacked aircraft where a crew member took hostages and taxied down the flight line in an attempt to take