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Oct. 12, 2017
Take command with TRICARE changes: Enrollments shifting from fiscal to calendar year starting in January 2018

Starting Jan. 1, 2018, cost changes for TRICARE benefits transition from a fiscal year period to a calendar year period. Changing from fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Sept. 30) to calendar year (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31) makes the TRICARE benefit consistent with civilian health plans. The change will largely affect
Oct. 12, 2017
Emerging leaders visit Keesler

Members of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber Leadership Gulf Coast pose for a group photo in front of a C-130 Super Hercules aircraft during a tour Oct. 11, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The program is designed to prepare the areas current and potential leaders for the future with
Oct. 11, 2017
Keesler welcomes USAF Flight Checkers Association

Master Sgt. Gary Cozzetti, 334th Training Squadron instructor, provides a tour inside the air traffic control radar simulator at Cody Hall during the U.S. Air Force Flight Checkers Association tour Oct. 10, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The association’s mission is “to honor and
Oct. 11, 2017
AFSEC crash lab expands to include RPA

The Air Force Safety Center added the remnants of an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft to its crash lab training inventory here on Oct. 10.This addition expands the curriculum at AFSEC by providing students with a modernized hands-on lab for RPAs during the Aircraft Mishap Investigation
Oct. 8, 2017
Keesler AFB sustains no major damage from Nate

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, has begun recovery operations this morning after the base sustained only minimal damage during Hurricane Nate.
Oct. 7, 2017
HURRICANE NATE TO MAKE LANDFALL TONIGHT

The 81st Training Wing commander has directed the base to enter Hurricane Condition 1 status.HURCON 1 means the base is 12 hours out from forecasted 50 knot winds. Hurricane Nate is currently projected to make landfall approximately 10 nautical miles East of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as a