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14 OG Commander


Col. Stan Lawrie 
14th Operations Group Commander

14th Operations Group

Published October 11, 2012


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Commander : Col. Stan Lawrie


Contact : 662-434-7158
Email : 14OGCCE@us.af.mil

Mission:

Produce Pilots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight.

The 14th Operations Group and its six squadrons are responsible for the 52-week Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) mission at Columbus. The group also performs quality assurance for contract aircraft maintenance.
Gary Dedeaux, 14th Operations Group Honorary Commander and owner of Gary’s Pawn and Gun, poses for a photo before a flight March 22, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Dedeaux and his family visited the base to take flight in a T-38C Talon. 2nd Lt. Dylan Flynn, Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-07, and Airman 1st Class Henry Scott, 14th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Controller, kick off the 2017 Intramural Basketball Championship between the 14th Student Squadron and RAPCON with a jump ball March 2, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 14th STUS started strong and finished by defeating RAPCON 51 to 39. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert) Bobby Couch, 14th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Controller, examines options in the meat aisle March 1, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Along with the changes to the refrigeration units, the Commissary will receive new floor and ceiling tiles all across the store and a new paint scheme on the walls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaleb Snay) Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, and Col. James Fisher, 14th FTW Vice Commander, listen as Airman Ryan Heman-Ackah, 50th Flying Training Squadron, portrays Duke Ellington during the Black History Month Display Feb. 23, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Several stations were set up as other Team BLAZE members portrayed historical and inspirational members of Black-American culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Doublin)
A lighted stained-glass mural glows in the 48th Flying Training Squadron heritage room Feb. 17, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The mural depicts the patch of the 48th FTS in its prior incarnation as the 48th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Day) Mugs belonging to 48th Flying Training Squadron personnel hang on the wall of the 48th FTS heritage room Feb. 17, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Mugs are hung backwards for their fallen brothers and sisters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Day) The 48th Flying Training Squadron sits near the flightline Feb. 22, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 48th FTS trains one-third of the Air Force pilots that will go on to fly aircraft such as the C-5, C-17, C-130, KC-135, B-1, B-2 and B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Day) The wall of the 48th Flying Training Squadron heritage room depicts the various patches related to the 48th FTS Feb. 17, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 48th is one of the oldest squadrons in the Air Force and was created in 1917 in World War I. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Day)
Maj. David Jones, F-16 Fighting Falcon Pilot Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, speaks to Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students about the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft Feb. 3, 2017, at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The aircraft was here during the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals dedication to garner interest for the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Savannah Stephens) Lt. Col. David Bickerstaff, 49th Fighter Training Squadron Commander, hangs a plaque at the entrance of the 49th Fighter Training Squadron Heritage Room, renaming it to Tracer's Tavern Feb. 3, 2017, at Columbus Air Force base, Mississippi. The room was dedicated in honor and memory of Maj. Rick "Tracer" Shafer, a 49th FTS instructor pilot who lost his life during a general aviation accident on Aug. 31, 2014. The 49th FTS was joined by Ashley Shafer, Maj. Shafer’s widow, and their children. Additionally, the main briefing room at the 49th FTS was renamed in honor of Capt. Frank Mullinax Jr., 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron World War II pilot who downed two German aircraft before being shot down, captured, spent nine months as a POW, escaped, spent nine months evading, was repatriated when the Allies took Italy and finally returned to U.S. soil July 4, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Johnson)

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