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  • Keesler hosts 2AF training summit

    For the first time, enlisted leadership from all five 2nd Air Force training wings met here for a superintendent training summit Oct. 30-31. The summit was designed to allow training group superintendents to share missions and identify common challenges and best practices that could be implemented

  • Keesler connects with retirees at appreciation day

    U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, speaks to a group of retirees during Retiree Appreciation Day inside the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 26, 2018. The annual event is designed to connect retirees with on

  • Hurricane Hunters fly Tropical Storms Beryl, Chris

    The Air Force Reserve’s Hurricane Hunters spent the weekend flying weather reconnaissance missions into Tropical Storm Chris off the North Carolina coastline and Tropical Storm Beryl in the Caribbean Sea to gather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance

  • Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.

  • Four Keesler Dragons awarded bronze stars

    Four Airmen were awarded bronze stars during a commander’s call March 5 at the Bay Breeze Event Center on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Capt. Edwin Pratt, 81st Training Wing executive officer, Maj. Ramon Riojas, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron general surgeon, Lt. Col. Jack Vilardi, 81st

  • Air Force to institute new method to protect PII

    Air Force officials announced Feb. 6, 2018, emails containing personally identifiable information, and similar numeric constructs, will be blocked from transmission unless the email is encrypted. For members unable to send or receive encrypted emails, members will be directed to utilize the AMRDEC