COLUMBUS AFB NEWS

  • 43rd FTS welcomes new commander

    Lieutenant Col. Michael Gibbon relinquished command of the 43rd Flying Training Squadron, 340th Flying Training Group, to Lt. Col. Brian Bowman in a ceremony Jan. 9 in the BLAZE Hangar. Colonel Bowen was previously the director of operations here prior to assuming command. He began his Air Force

  • Post-holiday debt challenges

    Tis the season to discover that you've maxed out your credit card! Now that the holiday season is over, many people are feeling the after-effects of being so generous. If you are one of the many people in credit card debt, there are many resources available to you. In addition, you don't have to

  • National Prayer Breakfast 2009

    The National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., on the first Thursday of February each year. The first prayer breakfast groups within our federal government were initiated in 1942 in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Since then, those

  • Heaps assumes command of 14th CPTS-CONS (P)

    Major Paul Porter relinquished command of the 14th Comptroller-Contracting Squadron (Provisional) to Maj. Brian Heaps in a ceremony at the Columbus Club Dec. 18, 2008. Major Heaps comes to Columbus AFB from Misawa AB, Japan, where he was the 35th Contracting Squadron commander. He recently graduated

  • Columbus Airman wins new TV courtesy of Pinnacle

    A Columbus Airmen's Christmas list just got a little shorter thanks tothe Landings at Columbus.Staff Sgt. Amba Netto, 14th Communication Squadron, was the winner of Pinnacle's 40" High Definition Television contest. Susan Swenson, community director for the Landing at Columbus, presented the TV to

  • Columbus Air Force Base holiday message released

    Columbus Air Force Base recently released its holiday message and greeting. To view the message from Col. Roger Watkins, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Brackett, 14th FTW command chief, click here..