Master Sgt. Alan Paquin, Senior Airmen Micah Smith and Joshua Thompson, 403rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion specialists, change the propeller of a WC-130J Super Hercules on the flight line at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These Reserve Citizen Airmen safely and efficiently conducted the propeller change to replace one that needed to be repaired. (U.S. Air Force video by Jessica L. Kendziorek)
One local Mississippi resident received a holiday treat a little early this year.
The 403rd Wing commissioned 14-year-old Charles “Payton” Burge, of Carriere, Mississippi, as an honorary Air Force Reserve second lieutenant today as part of their Pilot for a Day program.
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. It is the only Department of Defense unit that conducts aircraft reconnaissance missions into severe tropical weather during the hurricane season, which is June 1 through Nov. 30.
This season the Hurricane Hunters flew more than 684 hours, totaling 80 missions into nine storms over the Atlantic and...
