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53rd WRS reflects on 2019 hurricane season
Dec 03, 2019 - Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list of popular baby names for the year, but in fact, they’re the names of 10 storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. [Read more...]
Jump time!
Oct 16, 2018 - At 14,000 feet above the Laguna Army Airfield in Yuma, Arizona, military freefall parachutists jump out of the opened cargo compartment from the back of an Air Force Reserve Flying Jennies C-130J aircraft. [Read more...]
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913th MXS annual training helps keep 403rd fleet mission-ready
Aug 02, 2017 - Dozens of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 913th Maintenance Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, have spent the past few weeks here at Keesler Air Force Base working on the 403rd Wing’s fleet of C-130J and WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft. [Read more...]
AFRC Hurricane Hunters to fly first tropical systems of season
Jun 19, 2017 - The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is tasked to fly two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico today, one east of the Lesser Antilles and another south of the Yucatan. [Read more...]
815th Airlift Squadron flies four-ship training mission
Sep 11, 2016 - The 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies”, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing here, flew a four-aircraft training exercise today, their first multi-element training mission since the squadron found out in 2015 that it was no longer scheduled for inactivation. [Read more...]
Hurricane Hunters fly into, collect data on Hurricane Hermine
Sep 02, 2016 - The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew a fix mission September 1st out of Keesler Air Force Base into Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane mid-flight. [Read more...]
New Reserve unit to open doors at Keesler
Mar 22, 2016 - The 403rd Wing is going through a period of growth with the activation of an additional aircraft maintenance squadron solely focused on keeping the 815th Airlift Squadron's 10 C-130Js healthy and in the air. [Read more...]
Hurricane Hunters to fly into Tropical Storm Erika from Homestead ARB
Aug 27, 2015 - The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying WC-130J Hurricane Hunters into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. [Read more...]
Air Force pursues retention of C-130Js at Keesler
Apr 15, 2015 - As part of a required Air Force report to Congress on the C-130 force structure, the Secretary of the Air Force released a force structure amendment pursuing the retention of 10 Air Force Reserve Command C-130J aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base. [Read more...]
Keesler maintainers hone C-130 fire drill skills
Feb 17, 2015 - The C-130J cockpit fills with alarms and blinking lights as Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Graham, a turboprop craftsman with the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's Propulsion Flight, methodically runs through his mental checklist to suppress and extinguish a fire in the engine three compartment. [Read more...]
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