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  • A 403rd Wing member logs into the Automated Lodging Reservation System app Dec. 5, 2019 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Reserve Citizen Airmen can now make lodging reservations for Unit Training Assemblies from the app, which is free to download from the member’s respective mobile app store. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

    New app available for UTA lodging reservations

    Out-of-town 403rd Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen now have another option to make lodging reservations for Unit Training Assemblies.In addition to calling the Automated Lodging Reservation System, reservists now can use the ALRS mobile lodging app.For years, Air Force reservists have used the ALRS to call in and reserve their lodging for UTAs, annual
  • New 340FTG Airman

    340th FTG thankful for second new BMT graduate

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – The 340th Flying Training Group is thankful for the group's second brand new Airman, who was welcomed to the fold the day after Thanksgiving by group members and families during the Nov. 22 basic military training graduation parade at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.New group member Airman First Class
  • A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka Hurricane Hunters, taxis its way to its parking spot after completing its mission into Hurricane Dorian, Sep. 5, 2019 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The Hurricane Hunters, have flown 25 missions in support of Dorian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

    53rd WRS reflect on 2019 Hurricane season

    Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list popular baby names for the year, but in fact they’re the names of nine storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. The 2019 hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30, and
  • Chief Master Sgt. Terry Studstill, 700th Airlift Squadron flight engineer superintendent, poses for a photo in a C-130H3 Hercules at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. on Nov. 22, 2019. A couple days later, he reached 10,000 flight hours - a major accomplishment for aviators. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Park)

    Dobbins chief reaches 10,000 flight hours

    Chief Master Sgt. Terry Studstill, 700th Airlift Squadron flight engineer superintendent, completed 10,000 flight hours this past weekend on a C-130H3 Hercules bound for Key West, Florida.
  • Soaring with Eagles

    Soaring with Eagles: Outstanding Airman flies with FLTS

  • The 910th Airlift Wing base color guard presents the colors during a U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band concert at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 18, 2019.

    Base color guard presents colors for Air Force band

    The U.S. Air Force Heritage Band of America performed a concert at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 18, 2019.
  • Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Parker, 815th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, poses with an 815th AS, Flying Jennies, C-130J Super Hercules at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Loadmaster first Reservist to complete USAF Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course

    Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Parker, 815th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, returned this week after completing the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course as the first Reserve Citizen Airman to be selected for the school and as the distinguished graduate.
  • Major Bitrus B. Cobongs, 403rd Wing Chaplain smiles as he prepares to attend a 403rd Wing Staff meeting, Oct. 5, 2019 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Cobongs advises leadership on religious and spiritual matters, moral welfare, conducts unit ministry, counseling, and pastoral care for the Reserve Citizen Airmen of 403rd Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Michael Farrar)

    New 403rd Wing Chaplain

    Before Maj. Bitrus Cobongs became the new 403rd Wing Chaplain, he was a young student from Nigeria attending the Dallas Theological Seminary. His ambition had been to return to Africa to teach, but the events of Sept.11, 2001 led him to join the U.S. military. “That’s how the chaplaincy came to me,” Cobongs said. “I knew violence in Nigeria
  • A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aircraft Operations Center WP-3D Orion aircraft prepares to park on the flightline, as a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Super Hercules flies in the background at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Nov. 13, 2019. Both teams of Hurricane Hunters met to share information and review the 2019 hurricane season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman)

    NOAA, NHC visit 53rd WRS Hurricane Hunters

    From the outside looking in, hurricane forecasts seem fairly simplistic. On any given local weather station, they show either a spaghetti model or a more conical shaped model predicting a storm’s path and intensity. There might be a high or low pressure system animated into the graphic as well indicating why meteorologists suspect the projected
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    934th Airmen enlist at TCF Bank Stadium

    Col. James Wall, 934th Airlift Wing vice commander, officiated an enlistment and reenlistment at TCF Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., November 9, 2019. From left to right, Chris Streit, Ashley Erdman, Master Sgt. Glen Kramlinger, Zachary Glas and Alyssa Snyder took the oath of enlistment before the Minnesota Golden Gopher football team played Penn State.
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