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  • Silver wings 2016 Readership Survey

    Let your voice be heard. The 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs office needs to hear what you think of the current products we offer. This is the best way to let us know what we are doing right and wrong so we can better serve the Columbus community. Answer the questions and submit them to us

  • Combating trafficking in persons

    Trafficking in persons is the second largest criminal activity in the world.  It is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of threat, use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse or exploitation.  TIP is a grave violation of human

  • National Prepareathon Day is April 30

    At the direction of President Barack Obama, Federal Emergency Management Agency has launched the America’s Prepareathon Annual Campaign. This campaign provides an opportunity for Columbus Air Force Base to be involved in the culture of being prepared and helping Air Force families to learn more

  • Team BLAZE motorcycle drivers attend safety briefings

    eam BLAZE motorcycle drivers gathered together in one of two safety briefings April 22 in the Kaye Auditorium at Columbus Air Force Base.                The Air Education and Training Command used the briefings to help push Airmen to be more vigilant with their driving habits and focused on several

  • Poirson hands 43rd FTS reigns to Drown

    Col. Charlan Poirson, 340th Flying Training Group Commander, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, passes the 43rd Flying Training Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Brent Drown, the new 43rd FTS Commander, during a change of command ceremony April 22 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force

  • Boster hands 48th FTS reigns to Gilliam

    Col. James Boster, 14th Operations Group Commander, passes the 48th Flying Training Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Charles Gilliam, the new 48th FTS Commander, during a change of command ceremony April 21 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Owens)

  • F-22s visit Team BLAZE

    An F-22 Raptor sits on the SAC ramp April 20 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Twelve F-22s from the 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, visited the 14th Flying Training Wing to generate interest in students to fly this airframe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class

  • New Honorary Commanders named, outbound recognized

    The 14th Flying Training Wing hosted an Honorary Commander reception April 19 at the Columbus Club. The reception was hosted to induct the wing’s newest Honorary Commanders into the program, and to recognize the outgoing commanders. Columbus Air Force Base prides itself on its good relations with

  • MSU students tour Columbus AFB

    Aerospace Engineering students from Mississippi State University got the chance to apply the concepts they learned in the classroom in a real-world environment during a tour April 12 on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.  The students started their tour off with a wing mission brief, detailing

  • Local car club chapter holds race on Columbus AFB

    The local Mississippi chapter of the Sports Car Club of America roared onto SAC ramp during a two-day Autocross event April 16-17 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The car racing event was open to all Columbus AFB Airmen as well as pre-registered off-base participants.  The Autocross is an