New command eyes Keesler - Could bring up to 10,000 jobs to Biloxi

Keesler Air Force Base is one of 16 finalists to become the nation's headquarters in the fight against cyberterrorism.

That includes several generals, about 500 "high-salary, high-ranking" Air Force personnel and thousands of civilian employees. The average command comprises about 12,000 people and contractors, industry and possibly a Mississippi State University engineering-technology center would follow the Cyberspace Command to the Coast. More >