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  • Air Traffic Controllers Put to the Test for Hurricane Evacuation

    Team Barksdale welcomed over 70 aircraft, and more than 180 personnel, during the 2017 hurricane evacuation Sept. 8-10, 2017.Bases along the East Coast in Hurricane Irma's projected path, took proactive measures evacuating their aircraft to Barksdale staying ahead of the storm.

  • Keesler provides evacuating aircraft safe haven

    Seven HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, along with 31 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, both from Florida, arrived here this weekend to escape Hurricane Irma.

  • Rescue assets preposition for Hurricane Irma relief

    Team Moody aircraft and rescue assets relocated to Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., Sept. 8 and 9, before Hurricane Irma arrives here. The aircraft and rescue assets will remain at Columbus before re-engaging with other Moody assets to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other first

  • Team Moody prepares for hurricane

    Around and round it goes, what it will do? No one knows. It’s big, it’s strong, and it’s fast, leaving nothing but destruction in its path. As we witness this devastation left from Hurricane Harvey and watch as Hurricanes Irma, Jose, and Katia continue brewing, it is important to know how to prepare

  • Texans assist Airmen amid Hurricane Harvey

    Amid the 23d Wing’s Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts staged out of College Station, Texas’s Easterwood Airport, community members banded together to show their appreciation by providing a wide range of support to airmen.  As Harvey’s category 4 conditions ravaged the Southwest region, local Texans

  • Airmen rise above drone encounters

    Airmen from the 823d Base Defense Squadron participated in introductory drone training Aug. 30, here.The one-day course taught defenders how to read and react to enemy drones quickly and efficiently while in a deployed environment.“Not many people know how enemy drones sound, how they maneuver or

  • 5k sets pace for National Preparedness Month

    The 23d Civil Engineer Squadron hosted a 5k fun run to kickoff National Preparedness Month, Sept. 1, here.National Preparedness Month is designed to educate and empower not only the base, but also the community on preparing for any disaster.

  • Guardian Angel boat teams rescue Hurricane Harvey victims

    Pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron speak with a victim of Hurricane Harvey, Aug. 30, 2017, in Orange, Texas. The 347th and 563d Rescue Groups from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nellis AFB, Nev., and Davis Montana AFB, Ariz., sent rescue boat teams to Orange County, Texas, and the surrounding

  • Loadmaster services C-130’s for three decades

    Three decades ago, when an 18-year-old young man joined the Air Force with dreams of being a machinist, he like many other civilians, was nervous from not knowing what to expect as he entered the basic training grounds.As he trembled at the voice and sight of his military training instructor,