text: 2005, September 2. BA. Biloxi, Mississippi. President George W. Bush renders a salute as he exits the VH-60N helicopter (produced by Sikorsky Aircraft), Marine One, of Special Air Mission Squadron One (HMX-1) at Kessler Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi (MS). President Bush is enroute to a tour of the Biloxi area to view the devastation of Hurricane Katrina after the category-4 hurricane battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per hour, leaving millions of people without power, and hundreds of thousands homeless. Phot by TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF