Keesler is also home to 2nd Air Force, 403rd Wing (Hurricane Hunters), Mathies NCO Academy and the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron. Keesler's training center handles more than 28,000 students annually, in 400 courses covering 37 different career fields.

Keesler is proudly home to the 81st Training Wing, the base's host wing, as well as Second Air Force, the 403rd Wing, the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron and Mathies NCO Academy. Click each shield to read more about the many different units on base.

The host unit, the 81st Training Wing, is the electronics training Center of Excellence for the U. S. Air Force. Keesler is also home to 2nd Air Force, 403rd Wing (Hurricane Hunters), Mathies NCO Academy and the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron.

Jun 17, 2024 · 85th EIS tests capabilities in natural disaster exercise. Multiple vehicles carrying heavy equipment head to another installation for the Cyberspace Infrastructure Damage Assessment and Restoral Actions Exercise at the 85th …

Redesignated as: 1839 Engineering Installation Group on 1 Jul 1980; 738 Engineering Installation Squadron on 17 Jan 1995; 85 Engineering Installation Squadron on 28, Lineage. Designated as 1839 Electronics Installation Group and activated on 1 May 1970.

The 85 EIS is the only active duty Engineering Installation unit in the Air Force and the organic choice for C4 solutions. They provide services to mission partners that build and extend the cyberspace enterprise through design, engineering, installation, modification, and repair of the active components, fiber optics and copper cables.

Feb 16, 2023 · In a heartfelt unveiling, described as “decades in the making”, streamed live for worldwide viewers, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron members pridefully organized a heritage wall ...

Apr 19, 2021 · Various briefings were conducted that highlighted 85th EIS efforts in partnering with nearby Camp Shelby, robusting spectrum monitoring capabilities, performing emergency communications repair actions at Little Rock Air Force Base, developing and installing modernization solutions for Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (ATCALS) across the ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron conducted a Cyberspace Infrastructure Damage Assessment and Repair exercise Jan. 13-16, 2025. This exercise tested the unit’s rapid...

As the only active duty command, control, communication-computer engineering and installation squadron in the Air Force, the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron holds a huge responsibility.Rapid deployments worldwide, steady training, and job knowledge,