• Keesler base update

    The 81st Training Wing deputy commander has declared base closure to non-essential personnel as directed by commanders until 12:00 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 12, 2024. Division St. gate will reopen at 10:00 a.m., Sept 12, 2024.Base fitness centers, the youth center and child development center will be

  • Keesler closes for non-essential personnel ahead of tropical storm

    The 81st Training Wing deputy commander has directed a base closure for all non-essential personnel, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Keesler’s Division St. gate will close preemptively at 0600 until further notice due to storm conditions. The Youth Center and Child Development Centers will be closed.

  • Keesler, Biloxi Airshow takes flight in 30 days

    Thunder Over the Sound Air and Space Show takes flight at Keesler and Biloxi, April 29-30. Thunder Over the Sound is a unique, one-of-a-kind partnership between a military base and its surrounding city, jointly hosting one airshow in two locations.

  • Keesler, Biloxi conducting airshow exercise

    In preparation for the upcoming Thunder Over the Sound: Keesler and Biloxi Air and Space Show, Keesler Air Force Base and the city of Biloxi are conducting an emergency response exercise March 16-17, 2023. Personnel and visitors should anticipate travel impacts. These exercise activities may

  • Keesler runway opens, returns to normal operations

    Keesler completed construction and repairs to the runway March 14. After reopening, the airfield returned to normal flight operations. The runway closed November 2022 for repairs and some flying operations relocated to Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center during the time of construction.

  • Keesler, Biloxi Airshow takes flight in April

    Thunder Over the Sound: The Keesler and Biloxi Air and Space Show takes flight 29-30 April. Thunder Over the Sound is a unique, one-of-a-kind partnership between a military base and its surrounding city, jointly hosting one airshow in two locations.

  • Update: Keesler Airman dies after vehicle accident

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --  Senior Airman Taylor Labrier, 31, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, a communications expert with the 183rd Wing based in Springfield, Illinois, died after an Aug. 5 automobile accident on Interstate-110 in D’Iberville, Mississippi.Labrier was on a temporary duty

  • Keesler Airman dies after vehicle accident

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- An Airman on a temporary duty assignment to the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base was pronounced dead after an off-base, head-on vehicle collision accident that occurred at approximately 9:49 p.m., Aug. 5 on Interstate-110 in D’Iberville.The identity of

  • 81st Training Wing deceased Airman identified in fatal accident

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- With next of kin notifications complete, we can confirm the Airman killed in the vehicle accident was U.S. Air Force Airman Daniel J. Germenis.Germenis was confirmed deceased at the Keesler Medical Center.“Team Keesler is devastated by the passing of one of our

  • Vehicle incident on base, conditions updated

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Two of the Airmen injured yesterday in a single-vehicle non-training related incident on Keesler Air Force Base were treated at Keesler Medical Center and the third at a medical facility in New Orleans. All three are currently in stable condition."This is a tragic