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  • 24th AF/CC visits cyber Airmen

    Col. Michele Edmondson, 81st Training Wing commander, speaks to Maj. Gen. Christopher Weggeman, 24th Air Force commander, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, during a 333rd Training Squadron site visit at Stennis Hall March 1, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Weggeman visited with Airmen

  • 'Let the good times roll'

    Keesler leadership and their families attend the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Every Mardi Gras season, Keesler personnel participate in local parades to show their support of the communities surrounding the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

    Autumn Whidby, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Albert Whidby, 334th Training Squadron instructor supervisor, participates in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S.

  • DBIDS farewell to slow gate traffic

    Personnel at the 81st Security Forces Squadron upgraded the technology they use at the gate checkpoints to improve traffic flow and boost security. The Defense Biometrics Identification System, a force protection tool in the form of a handheld ID card scanner, uses barcodes and biometrics to

  • Keesler participates in Mardi Gras festivities

    Col. C. Mike Smith, 81st Training Wing vice commander, drives Col. Michele Edmondson, 81st TRW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Vegas Clark, 81st TRW command chief, as they serve as Grand Marshals during the Jeff Davis Elementary School Mardi Gras Parade, Feb. 24, 2017, Biloxi, Miss. The Keesler AFB

  • McBride Commons: Project update

    Ronnie Langford, R and R Food service installer, welds on a kitchen exhaust hood at the McBride Commons Feb. 15, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The McBride Commons renovation project will transition the former base library into a common area for those with base access, which will include a