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  • 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

  • Columbus AFB dental, medical services under one roof

    On Oct. 29, all departments of the 14th Medical Group will begin moving into the newly renovated Koritz Clinic here. Only the affected departments will be closed during the move. Departments already located in the new facility will remain open, to include the Pharmacy and Primary Care. The Dental,

  • IP offers personal look into what CFC stands for

    The Combined Federal Campaign is something I look forward to each year. It is important to me because it easily permits me to support organizations that raise awareness, funds research, and assists those afflicted by a rare genetic disorder that runs in my family.  One of my older brothers and his

  • Justice Times: Article 15s at Columbus

    ¨ An Airman 1st Class received a reduction to E-1 and a reprimand for dereliction of duty, Article 92; and failure to go, Article 86. The A1C failed to attend a scheduled meeting with the first sergeant and on the same afternoon, the A1C arrived at work without required gear. On a separate occasion,

  • WWII flying ace encounters new generation of aircraft

    Seventy five years ago, a 20-year-old Tom "Ginger" Neil flew a Hawker Hurricane for the Royal Air Force, shielding his homeland against thousands of German bombers in the Battle of Britain -- the first ever battle decisively fought in the air. This month marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the

  • 2016 promotion cycle study reference CDCs now available online

    The 2016 promotion cycle Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) study reference Career Development Courses (CDCs) are now available on the WAPS Online Reference Library Database (eWORLD).During the 2015 cycle, 257 promotion tests were administered in support of WAPS and the United States Air Force