Keesler will lose 10 C-130Js, squadron, under Air Force plan

The Air Force Reserve Command has decided 10 C-130Js from Keesler Air Force's 403rd Wing will be transferred to Pope Field in North Carolina, Keesler officials announced today. A press release from Keesler says the base would lose the aircraft in October, the beginning of the 2014 fiscal year. The aircraft are primarily being used for tactical airlift missions locally and overseas. The plan also says the 815th Airlift Squadron at Keesler will close.

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