• Keesler hosts 81st Training Wing change of command

    Keesler AFB will be hosting a change of command ceremony to officially transfer command to the new 81st Training Wing commander, Col. Debra Lovette from current commander, Col. Michele Edmondson. The parade and ceremony will take place Friday, June 2 at 9 a.m., on the Levitow Training Support

  • Keesler hosts 2017 Special Olympics

    Keesler is set to host the 2017 Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games, May 19-20.Events begin Friday, May 19 with an opening ceremony at 5:30 p.m. at the Levitow Training Support Facility, followed by the arrival of the "Flame of Hope" at 6 p.m. at the base’s White Avenue Gate. Sporting events

  • Keesler hosts 2017 Golden Age Games Bowling Tournament

    Keesler is set to make history by hosting the 2017 National Veterans Golden Age Games Bowling Tournament on May 10.The games begin May 9 and take place over multiple locations along the coast, but this will be the first ever time in the game’s history that part of it has taken place on Keesler Air

  • Keesler welcomes the Air Force Community Partnership Program

    Keesler leaders will host its first Air Force Community Partnership program meeting, May 3 at 10 a.m. in the Bay Breeze Events Center here.  Representatives from Mississippi state and local communities, and commercial entities are expected to attend. The program is designed to leverage military

  • Keesler medics showcase robotic surgery system

    Members of the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron performed the Air Force’s first robotic surgery at the Keesler Medical Center using the da Vinci Xi robot here March 28. Members of the surgical staff are available to talk about the da Vinci Xi robot and the capabilities it brings to the base medical

  • KMC medics implant AF's first Micra TPS

    The Keesler Medical Center is the first Air Force hospital to offer the world’s smallest pacemaker for patients with bradycardia. Keesler medical professions will fit the hospital’s first patient with this pacemaker Thursday, April 13.The Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) is a new type of

  • Keesler hosts strategic "Pathways to Blue" ROTC event

    Keesler Air Force Base will host 188 cadets from Air Force ROTC detachments April 7 and 8 as part of “Pathways to Blue,” a diversity outreach event hosted by 2nd Air Force, 81st Training Wing and the 403rd Wing here. The cadets will receive an orientation flight along with hands-on briefings on

  • Keesler AFB hosts NASA workshop

    The 81st Training Wing is hosting a NASA Educator Workshop at the Weather Training Complex, Thursday, March 30, at 9 a.m. here.NASA, through their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educator Professional Development Collaborative, is teaming up with Keesler weather instructors

  • Keesler AFB hosts GPA golfer at clinic

    The 81st Training Wing is hosting a golf clinic with PGA golfer, Brad Faxon, at the Bay Breeze Golf Course and Driving Range Wednesday, March 29, at 3 p.m. here. The free clinic is open to all personnel with access to Keesler Air Force Base.Faxon will be participating 2017 Mississippi Gulf Resort