Columbus Air Force Base

Train World Class Pilots

14th Flying Training Wing

Vision: Better Every Day

T-38 Talon fleet return to flying status

T-38 Talon fleet return to flying status

Senior Airman Chelsea Arana
Hoops and Heroes

Hoops and Heroes

Airman 1st Class Kaylie Dille
AETC Lines of Effort Power the Force Behind the 2026 National Defense Strategy

AETC Lines of Effort Power the Force Behind the 2026 National Defense Strategy

Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs
Freedom Fest 2026

Freedom Fest 2026

14th Force Support Squadron, Marketing
Connecting with the Local Community

Connecting with the Local Community

Melissa Duncan-Doublin
Legacy in the Sky

Legacy in the Sky

Melissa Duncan

Videos

Airman 1st Class Lynnette McCarrier, 14th Medical Operations Squadron, goes over in-flight emergency procedures with Isaac Slade, The Fray lead vocalist and pianist, prior to his flight Tuesday. The band had lunch with CAFB members and received orientation flights in T-37s before their concert in Starkville. (Photo by Senior Airman John Parie)

About Us

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Clifford Mua, 41st Flying Training Squadron student pilot, stands in front of a T-6 Texan II before flight Nov. 4, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base Miss. Mua completed his dollar ride, the first flight a student pilot takes during Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, and in keeping with tradition, presented his instructor pilot a decorated dollar after the flight was complete. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jake Jacobsen)

New Students

Specialized undergraduate pilot training student 2nd Lt. Rocky Harrisberger (left) and instructor pilot 1st Lt. Mike Glass prepare to fly the first T-6A Texan II student training sortie Dec. 15. Columbus Air Force Base is in the process of phasing of the aging T-37 Tweet for the newer, more efficient T-6. (USAF photo by 2nd Lt. Kristin Hollrith)