• Keesler announces 5th Annual Mammothon

    Keesler Medical Center will hold the 5th Annual Mammothon Cancer Screening and Preventative Health Fair in the Keesler Air Force Base hospital Don Wylie Auditorium Friday October 28 from 8am to 3pm. This is a walk-in screening event for multiple types of cancer and chronic diseases in honor of

  • Keesler Main Gate Closure Scheduled October 5

    Keesler Air Force Base main gate will be closed on Oct 5, 2016 from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. to help facilitate traffic flow in support of a 2016 “Cruisin’ the Coast” event. The Visitor Control Center, located by the main gate (White Ave.), will also be closed during this time but visitor services will

  • Second Air Force changes command

     Maj. Gen. Bob LaBrutta will take command of 2nd Air Force from Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, at 8 a.m., August 26 at the Keesler parade field. Second Air Force, headquartered in Biloxi, is responsible for conducting basic military and non-flying technical training for the Air Force, joint and coalition

  • Keesler to celebrate 75th Anniversary at Biloxi Visitors Center

    Keesler Air Force Base leadership partners with the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce and the City of Biloxi to celebrate its 75th Anniversary June 3 at the Biloxi Visitors Center.The events begin at 6 p.m. with a historical display unveiling, followed by a 75th Anniversary logo unveiling, a

  • Keesler hosts 2016 Special Olympics

    Keesler is set to host the 2016 Mississippi Special Olympics Summer Games May 20-21.Events begin Friday, May 20 with the arrival of the "Flame of Hope" at 12:30 p.m. at the base’s White Avenue Gate. Opening ceremonies take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Levitow Training Support Facility.Sporting events

  • Keesler honors namesake during retreat ceremony

    Keesler Air Force Base will honor the life and accomplishments of its namesake, Lt. Samuel Keesler Jr., during a 75th Anniversary retreat ceremony, May 10.Hundreds of Keesler Airmen will line Meadows Dr. at the base flagpole in front of the headquarters building with a crowd of Keesler leadership,

  • Keesler hosts diversity event "Pathways to Blue"

    Keesler Air Force Base will be hosting 250 cadets from Air Force ROTC detachments at Samford University, Tulane University, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, and University of Mississippi, April 15-16 as part of “Pathways to Blue”, a diversity outreach event hosted by 2nd Air Force, 81st

  • Keesler celebrates 75 years of training

    Keesler will host its 75th Anniversary kick-off event during the quarterly drill down at the Triangle Parade Field, Feb. 26 at 8 a.m.The event will include a competition between four Keesler student Airmen drill teams, a performance by the Air Force Honor Guard and the unveiling of Keesler’s 75th

  • Keesler welcomes state JROTC drill competitors

    Keesler will host the Mississippi Joint Service-Junior ROTC All Drill Competition in the 403rd Wing dual hangar Nov. 14 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.Approximately 800 Junior ROTC cadets and spectators will come to Keesler to battle for the best all-services Junior ROTC team for Mississippi.Eighteen

  • Keesler AFB Trick-or-Treating Hours

    Due to possible inclement weather on Halloween night the Trick-or-treating hours on the installation have changed to Monday, Nov. 2, 6-8:30 p.m.If media has any questions please contact the 81st Training Wing Public Affairs office at (228) 377-2783.