Names For Planes

The 403rd Wing, the US Air Force Reserve Command wing at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, named two aircraft after area communities in Mississippi to honor them and to thank them for their support. Spirit of Gulfport is a WC-130J Weatherbird aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the Hurricane Hunters. Spirit of Biloxi is a stretched fuselage model C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron, also known as the Flying Jennies. The renaming occurred in ceremonies at Keesler in September. Many of the 403rd Wing's eighteen aircraft will be renamed after other local municipalities.