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  • Keesler Airman takes center stage with Tops in Blue

    Tops in Blue, the Air Force's team of musical ambassadors, performs at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Theme for this year's show is Déjà Blue. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission and parking are free. Senior Airman Tommie Crutcher, a services apprentice from the 81st

  • Still serving: Keesler rolls out red carpet for retirees

    Retiree Appreciation Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the Locker House Dragon's Den, is open to all retirees, dependants and annuitants. A variety of base services have joined together to serve those who have served this nation in the past, according to event organizers. Among the agencies involved

  • 3 from Keesler nominated for Fredian Award

    Three enlisted members assigned to Keesler are among the six nominees for the annual Thomas V. Fredian Community Leadership Excellence Award presented at the Salute to the Military by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. Keesler nominees are Tech. Sgt. Asha Gray and Staff Sgt. Veronica

  • Keesler launches new course to train force support officers

    The first group of force support officers in a new Air Force Specialty Code began classes Oct. 6 at Keesler. The new 38F AFSC, which becomes official Oct. 31, is a combination of what used to be three separate career fields: personnel, manpower and services. Training was previously conducted at

  • 2nd Air Force transformation driven by warfighter's needs

    Transformation is underway in 2nd Air Force. Second Air Force is comprised of four training wings and nine training groups graduating approximately 245,000 American and international Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines and Coast Guardsmen annually. "As we continue to produce the best trained, combat

  • 2nd Air Force commander visits Monterey

    Major General Alfred Flowers, 2nd Air Force commander, visited the Airmen of the 311th Training Squadron, 314th Training Squadron and Defense Language Institute Air Force Element this past week. General Flowers was accompanied by Col. Richard Ayres, 17th Training Wing commander, and Chief Master