• KEESLER HOLDS GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL FOR FORMER MTI

    The case of a former Air Force military training instructor (MTI) facing charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is scheduled to go to a general court-martial on Monday, April 15, at 8:30 a.m., at Keesler Air Force Base.Tech. Sgt. Bobby Bass, 81st Training Wing Command Post, is charged

  • Keesler accepts state recycling award

    The Keesler Recycling Center will accept its Environmental Hero Award Recycler of the Year Award, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the base's Bay Breeze Event Center. Each year the Mississippi Recycling Coalition honors outstanding environmental efforts of organizations, businesses, schools and local

  • Keesler welcomes installation excellence team

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. - Thursday, Keesler welcomes the selection board for the Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award.Keesler is one of two Air Force bases being considered for the award, which includes $1 million for quality of life improvements. The presidential honor was

  • Keesler in top 2 for Installation Excellence Award

    "Congratulations are in order for the entire base, as the Pentagon selected Keesler Air Force Base as one of two top finalists in the Air Force for the Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award," said Brig. Gen. Bradley Spacy, 81st Training Wing commander in an email to base personnel.This

  • Operation Hero allows children to experience a "deployment"

    Keesler Air Force Base will host its bi-annual event, Operation Hero, Saturday, Oct. 13 at 9 a.m.This event gives Keesler's dependent children an opportunity to experience what a deployment is like for their parents. Children will receive a pre-deployment mission briefing from Gen. Brad Spacy, 81st

  • Sesame Street characters to perform at Keesler

    The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families is on an eight-month tour and will stop at Keesler Air Force base to perform for our military families Oct. 8 and 9. Shows are scheduled for Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Welch Theater. Admission is free and seats are

  • KEESLER CONTINUES FUEL SPILL CLEANUP EFFORTS

    Keesler Air Force Base continues to respond to a nearly 3,000-gallon diesel fuel spill from a generator at the base commissary. The diesel fuel leaked into a storm drain leading to Biloxi's Back Bay Aug. 30. "We are taking this situation very seriously and are actively involved with cleanup

  • KEESLER RESPONDS TO DIESEL FUEL SPILL

    Keesler Air Force Base is responding to a diesel fuel spill from the base commissary generator that has leaked into a storm drain leading to Biloxi's Back Bay Aug. 30.Brig. Gen. Brad Spacy, 81st Training Wing commander, said the base's fire department, hazardous materials spill team and

  • Keesler begins base clean-up, resumes normal operations

    Keesler has begun base clean-up efforts and resumed normal base operations Aug. 30 after being closed Aug. 28-29 due to Hurricane Isaac."While we're still completing our initial assessment, at this stage it looks like Keesler has received little to no damage," said Brig. Gen. Brad Spacy, 81st

  • Keesler resumes operations

    Normal base operations are scheduled to resume Aug. 30, to include base cleanup measures as required.Mission essential personnel are directed to report to base at 9 a.m. while non-mission essential personnel report by noon. Leadership continues to stress the importance of safety, and remind