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  • 81st TRG hosts drill down

    Airman Basic Clayton Quintana, 336th Training Squadron freestyle drill team member, spins a rifle during the 81st Training Group drill down at the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad Nov. 4, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The quarterly drill down featured an open ranks inspection,

  • Dragons effectively complete UEI

    The 81st Training Wing underwent a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone Oct. 17-21 to rate how effective the wing’s Airmen perform and accomplish the mission.This past week the inspection team released their findings which classified the 81st TRW with an overall rating of effective. “This was a

  • 81st TRW celebrates Gulf Coast retirees

    The 81st Training Wing hosted its annual Retiree Appreciation Day at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility here Nov. 4.More than 20 support services from around the base and local area gathered to provide local military retirees and their dependents with important information about

  • Southern Strike concludes with DV day

    Lt. Col. Billy Murphy, Southern Strike 2017 exercise vice commander for air operations, delivers a brief during the Southern Strike Exercise Distinguished Visitor Day at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 3, 2016. Col. C. Mike Smith, 81st Training Wing vice commander,

  • 81st MDG competition tests fitness level

    Chief Master Sgt. Karl Day, 81st Medical Group superintendent, logs the final scores during the 81st MDG Push-up Competition at the Keesler Medical Center Don Wylie Auditorium Nov. 1, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Seven five-person teams competed in the event pushing out a total of 6,272

  • Command Chief for a Day: SSgt Eric Dasher

    (This interview is Part 1 of an open-ended series featuring members of Team Keesler selected for the Command Chief for a Day program.) Chief Master Vegas Clark, 81st Training Wing command chief, started a new program called Command Chief for a Day at Keesler highlighting outstanding enlisted