Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

Cole Ballard and Seth Corn, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighters, use a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire on a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

Seth Corn, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighter, poses for a photo after extinguishing a fire inside a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

Cole Ballard and Seth Corn, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighters, use a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire inside a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

Keesler firefighters use a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire on a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

U.S. Air Force Airman Mason Songy, 209th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department, Mississippi, uses a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire inside a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

U.S. Air Force Airman Mason Songy, 209th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department, Mississippi, and James Pettus, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighter, use a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire inside a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

U.S. Air Force Airman Mason Songy, 209th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department, Mississippi, and James Pettus and Guy Chadwick, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighters, use a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire on a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters meet semi-annual live fire training

Keesler firefighters operate a fire truck to extinguish a fire on a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training exercise at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 6, 2019. The five-day joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler firefighters semi-annual live fire training

Published Nov. 18, 2019
By Kemberly Groue
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --