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Overview of Keesler AFBKeesler Air Force Base is located within the city limits of Biloxi, Miss, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The host unit, the 81st Training Wing, is the electronics training Center of Excellence for the U. S. Air Force. 81TRW also hosts the 2nd Air Force, 403rd Wing (Hurricane Hunters) as well as the 2nd largest Air Force medical treatment facility in the U.S., the Keesler Medical Center. Keesler's training center handles 40,000 students annually, in 500 courses, with an average daily student load of over 4,000. In its status as a lead joint training installation, Keesler trains not only Air Force, but Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and other military and civilian federal agency personnel.
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