Academic ace

334th Training Squadron students go to SHARM school

The Airman cries, "Mayday! Mayday! We have an in-flight emergency! An F-15, call sign Eagle, has lost both engines and the propellers have broken!" "An F-15 has propellers? Does it, Airman Smith? In what world? Start over," said the instructor. And so it goes in the newly-created squadron/host

Ride 'em, cowboy

Transition to contractor base support starts Nov. 1

Keesler leaders and Computer Sciences Corp. officials are working together to ensure a smooth transition from government to contractor responsibility for base support operations. "From my perspective, we're ready and CSC is ready to begin picking up the workload on Nov. 1 as required by the

Son of base fuels specialist earns football scholarship

A Louisiana high school football star whose dad works at Keesler is going to be an Arkansas Razorback. Jerry Mitchell Jr., a senior at Mandeville High School, recently signed a full-tuition football scholarship to the University of Arkansas. His dad, Jerry Sr., works in the 81st Logistics Readiness

Swim...cycle...run

Sixty people swam 200 yards, cycled eight miles and ran two miles in Friday's mini-triathlon. Chris Larson, 333rd Training Squadron, won the men's category with a time of 47 minutes, 12 seconds. The women's winner was Jinx Campbell of Biloxi at 47:12. The event was open to off-base competitors.