14th FTW receives outstanding unit award
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --
Air Education and Training Command officials recognized the excellence and hard work of Team BLAZE when they announced the 14th Flying Training Wing was the recipient of the Outstanding Unit Award March 12.
Those permanently assigned to the 14th FTW from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, are eligible for the award. This includes reservists, guard members and those on TDY orders assigned or attached to the 14th FTW, but not those attending training or in student status.
"Thank you for your professionalism, focus on purpose, pride in mission accomplishment, and passion to contribute to Team BLAZE that made this accomplishment possible," said Col. Barre Seguin, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander. "Well-done and well-deserved."
During the award period, Team BLAZE marked itself as being the best at what it does by being the top sortie-producing and busiest airfield in the Air Force, producing over 61,000 sorties for a total of over 86,000 flying hours. In the end, Team BLAZE produced 339 U.S. and allied pilots.
Demonstrating their commitment to excellence Columbus Airmen garnered one Chief of Staff of the Air Force-level, three Air Force-level and 22 command-level awards for the wing, including the Order of Daedalians' General Frank P. Lahm Award recognizing Air Education and Training Command's top flight safety program and Key Spouse of the Year, as well as 19th Air Force's number one honor guard member and top T-1 instructor pilot.
Living up to its reputation as the "Showplace of the South," Columbus also earned the first-ever Air Education and Training Command Altus Trophy, recognizing the most supportive community-to-base relationship in the command.
Additionally, the wing provided the Presidential Advance Agent and air-ground-equipment for President Obama's visit to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, following a devastating tornado in April 2011. The Federal Emergency and Management Agency director called it "the best executed response to date."
Feeding the fight, the wing deployed 194 warriors in support of overseas contingency operations, including 35 pilots who flew 2,000 hours of vital surveillance and instructor sorties.
This is the eleventh time Columbus AFB has received the AFOUA and the ninth time since the wing was designated the 14th FTW in 1972.
For those who arrived on-station at Columbus AFB before June 30, 2010, their records will be updated automatically.
Those permanently assigned to the 14th FTW from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, are eligible for the award. This includes reservists, guard members and those on TDY orders assigned or attached to the 14th FTW, but not those attending training or in student status.
"Thank you for your professionalism, focus on purpose, pride in mission accomplishment, and passion to contribute to Team BLAZE that made this accomplishment possible," said Col. Barre Seguin, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander. "Well-done and well-deserved."
During the award period, Team BLAZE marked itself as being the best at what it does by being the top sortie-producing and busiest airfield in the Air Force, producing over 61,000 sorties for a total of over 86,000 flying hours. In the end, Team BLAZE produced 339 U.S. and allied pilots.
Demonstrating their commitment to excellence Columbus Airmen garnered one Chief of Staff of the Air Force-level, three Air Force-level and 22 command-level awards for the wing, including the Order of Daedalians' General Frank P. Lahm Award recognizing Air Education and Training Command's top flight safety program and Key Spouse of the Year, as well as 19th Air Force's number one honor guard member and top T-1 instructor pilot.
Living up to its reputation as the "Showplace of the South," Columbus also earned the first-ever Air Education and Training Command Altus Trophy, recognizing the most supportive community-to-base relationship in the command.
Additionally, the wing provided the Presidential Advance Agent and air-ground-equipment for President Obama's visit to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, following a devastating tornado in April 2011. The Federal Emergency and Management Agency director called it "the best executed response to date."
Feeding the fight, the wing deployed 194 warriors in support of overseas contingency operations, including 35 pilots who flew 2,000 hours of vital surveillance and instructor sorties.
This is the eleventh time Columbus AFB has received the AFOUA and the ninth time since the wing was designated the 14th FTW in 1972.
For those who arrived on-station at Columbus AFB before June 30, 2010, their records will be updated automatically.
