BLAZE Team comes out in large numbers to support Annual Pilgrimage

Volunteers at Snowdoun, an antebellum home featured in the Columbus Pilgrimage, stand for a group shot. Volunteers in the photo are: Staff Sgt. Heather Hildrich, Staff Sgt. Amanda Given, Sarah Ayers, Megan Martin-Cook and Emily Jamison. (U.S. Air Force photo/Col. Ken Bryson).

AETC command chaplain speaks at Annual Wing Prayer Breakfast

Col. Bobby Page, Air Education and Training Command command chaplain, speaks at the 14th Flying Training Wing's Annual Prayer Breakfast April 12 at the Columbus Club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Melissa Duncan).

Air Force uses C-17 to deliver Army assets overseas

Representatives of the Air Force, Army and American Eurocopter help push a UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter up the ramp into a C-17 Globemaster April 12. Lakota’s are manufactured by American Eurocopter, in Columbus, Miss., near Columbus AFB, and were transferred directly overseas via Air Force transport for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Corbin).

Air Force uses C-17 to deliver Army assets overseas

Army Chief Warrant Officer Five John Jones, and Tech. Sgt. Charles Boulton help guide a UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., April 12. This marked the first time the new light utility helicopters, which are manufactured by American Eurocopter, in Columbus, Miss., near Columbus AFB, were transferred directly overseas via Air Force transport. Chief Jones is the acceptance pilot for the Army Light Utility Helicopter Program and Sergeant Boulton is a C-17 loadmaster assigned to the Air National Guard’s 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Corbin).

Air Force uses C-17 to deliver Army assets overseas

UH-72 Lakota’s, the Army’s new light utility helicopter, are prepped for transport aboard a C-17 Globemaster to Germany from Columbus AFB, Miss., April 9. This marked the first time the new light utility helicopters, which are manufactured by American Eurocopter, in Columbus, Miss., near Columbus AFB, were transferred directly overseas via Air Force transport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Corbin).

Air Force uses C-17 to deliver Army assets overseas

James Wagner and Terry Teer help pack UH-72 Lakota helicopter blades for transport from Columbus AFB, Miss., to Germany, April 9. Mr. Wagner and Mr. Teer are employees of American Eurocopter, Columbus, Miss., the manufacturer of the UH-72 Lakota. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Corbin).