News

  • Simmons encourages new aviators

    Brig. Gen. Jesse Simmons, Georgia Air National Guard Commander, spoke to Columbus Air Force Base's newest Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training graduates Aug. 14 in the Kaye Auditorium.During his speech Simmons spoke of stories from his personal experience relating to what it will take to succeed

  • Eighteen Team BLAZE Airmen selected for staff sergeant

    Congratulations to Columbus Air Force Base's newest staff sergeant selectees:Rommel Aquino, 14th Security Forces SquadronSarah Bruce, 14th Operations Support SquadronRobert Carino, 14th Medical Operations SquadronKwadwo Dankyi, 14th MDOSKyle Ellis, 14th OSSStephanie Englar, 14th Wing Staff

  • Plastic: the good, bad, ugly facts

    Project AWARE is all about what is happening to our waterways, beaches, reefs and oceans from a recreational diving perspective.Their perspective is focused on recreational diving, but it is directly related to what we are doing here in Columbus, Mississippi, on dry land. Their biggest concern right

  • Boy Scouts: recreational activity for youth

    Boy Scouts of America is a national program for young men from 11-18 years old that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participatory citizenship, and develops personal fitness. Many BLAZE members were once Scouts themselves. Within the local area, there are many opportunities

  • 63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony

    Twenty honor guardsmen from Columbus Air Force Base and four T-38 Talons supported a missing in action ceremony Aug. 10 for a Mississippi Airman, exactly 63 years after his aircraft crashed.A native of Sumner, Capt. Frederick Partridge served in both World War II and the Korean War during his eight

  • What is the Bioenvironmental Engineering Enterprise?

    The Bioenvironmental Engineering Enterprise consists of officer and enlisted career fields specializing in providing operational health risk assessment expertise to decision makers at all levels, to improve the health of Airmen and the base public. Bioenvironmental Engineers and BE Technicians

  • Air Force upgrades 100-year-old technology

    Spatial disorientation, the inability to determine one's position in an open space, can be a cause of aircraft accidents.This disorientation is caused when the body's internal gyros do not match up with aircraft instrument readings and what the pilot expects to see. It occurs because current trainer

  • Columbus AFB says goodbye to Army MWD veterinarian

    When it comes to the U.S. military, what is the first thought that comes to mind?For many it may be the war on terrorism, protecting the country and so on, but the thought of taking care of sick animals may not be prevalent.That is unless you are U.S. Army Capt. Teri Vaughn, the Redstone Arsenal

  • Pleus inspires new aviators, displays F-35s

    A 1990-1991 undergraduate pilot training student returned to Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, in an F-35A Lightning II July 23, 24 years after his graduation.Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing Commander and Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-12 graduation speaker,