Keesler to dedicate facility

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. – The 81st Training Wing and 403rd Wing will dedicate the Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility Friday. The 140,000 square-foot complex was built in honor of retired Roberts, who flew with the Tuskegee Airmen and made Biloxi his home until his death in 2004. The two-story, $22.6 million facility will be used to maintain the new C-130J six bladed composite propeller, and many other significant aircraft maintenance capabilities. (Source: Keesler Air Force Base, 08/24/09)