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  • CCRI to evaluate Columbus AFB

    The Defense Information Systems Agency will conduct a Command Cyber Readiness Inspection of Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 14-18. The CCRI team evaluates the base’s cybersecurity posture and is mandated by the Department of Defense to ensure Air Force networks are effectively secured.

  • A team to fill two hats

    The 14th Flying Training Wing executes its mission to Produce Pilots, Advance Airmen and Feed the Fight every day. To ensure this continues to happen, the base and its Airmen need to be sure they are prepared for anything that comes their way. For the inspector generals’ office, this meant

  • Airmen attend 48th FTS reunion

    Eight 48th Flying Training Squadron crews from Columbus AFB recently traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to take part in the annual 48th Squadron Reunion.

  • AF releases Form 910, implements forced distribution

    The revised Air Force Form 910, Enlisted Performance Report (AB Thru TSGT), and Interim Change 3 to Air Force Instruction 36-2406, Officer And Enlisted Evaluation Systems, have been published on the Air Force e-Publishing website. The interim change codifies forced distribution of promotion

  • Air University focused on deterrence

    The end of the Cold War, coupled with the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, caused American decision-makers to focus on present-day conflicts, but a resurgent Russia, the rise of new non-state actors and new threats in the cyber realm have brought about a renewed focus on the concept of deterrence,

  • 49th FTS IP turned F-22, F-35 pilot returns to Columbus AFB

    Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft visited Team BLAZE Nov. 13 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Piloting one of the aircraft was Lt. Col. Dan “Freeze” Hingley, 33rd Fighter Wing Chief of Safety and 58th Fighter Squadron Instructor Pilot from Eglin AFB, Florida.Hingley was a prior 49th Fighter

  • Team BLAZE surpasses CFC goal before final day

    By Nov. 10, one day before the Combined Federal Campaign was set to end, Team BLAZE donated more than $89,000, surpassing the 14th Flying Training Wing’s goal of $88,000. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support humanity through an employee-focused program, cost-efficient and effective in

  • Great American Smoke out to reach 39th Anniversary

    Nov.19 marks the 39th anniversary of the American Cancer Society Great American Smoke-out. Columbus Air Force Base Health Promotion will celebrate by distributing “quit kits” to tobacco users who challenge themselves to give up their tobacco for 24 hours. While efforts on that day will be geared at

  • Members of Team BLAZE participate in third annual Zombie Run

    A group of Columbus Air Force members run from a zombie during the third annual Zombie Run 5k Oct. 31 at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The participants had to protect three flags hanging from their waist as they went through obstacles and past the undead. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class John

  • Hayes stresses readiness to new SUPT graduates

    Col. Jerome Hayes, the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Division Chief, Air Force Senate Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, spoke to Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 16-01 during their graduation ceremony here Oct. 23.Hayes began by thanking all in