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  • Security forces continues to keep Team BLAZE safe

    Whether you see security forces coming through one of the gates or passing you in a patrol car, they are constantly defending the entire Columbus Air Force Base installation.Without their support, the mission would not be possible."We protect, defend and provide police services to enable mission

  • Columbus AFB Unit Effectiveness Inspection near

    The 14th Flying Training Wing Unit Effectiveness Inspection takes place March 23-27.About 70 Air Education and Training Command Inspector General team members will evaluate the wing on how it complies, on a regular basis, with the four major graded areas, or MGAs, of Managing Resources, Leading

  • Columbus Airmen train for AF Marathon, encourage others to join

    Two Columbus Air Force Base noncommissioned officers are in the process of training for September's 2015 Air Force Marathon and are encouraging other Team BLAZE members to join them.Tech. Sgt. Thomas Russell, 14th Force Support Squadron Fitness Assessment Cell Manager, and Air Force Staff Sgt.

  • Celebrating anniversary of returned hero

    March 14 marks the 42nd anniversary of Richard "Gene" Smith's repatriation after he served as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam for five years.Smith was born in Marks, Mississippi, in the 1930s and attended Mississippi State University where he studied Chemical Engineering. He commissioned into the Air

  • AETC CC observes 81st FS training mission

    Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command, visited the 81st Fighter Squadron here March 2-3, to assess the day-to-day operations of Moody's tenant unit's unique Afghan training mission.The squadron reactivated in January to train 30 pilots and 90 maintainers who will become

  • Uzbekistan AF members visit CAFB

    Six of Uzbekistan's Air Force members visited Columbus Air Force Base March 3 - 5 to see the 14th Flying Training Wing mission firsthand.The Uzbekistan airmen came here to learn how they could structure their own pilot training program."Uzbekistan is currently going through a restructuring of their

  • Putting face on prevention training

    The Air Force recently changed its annual suicide prevention training from a computer-based course to face-to-face training.The new, in-person training, which went into effect Feb. 11, 2015, replaces the annual computer-based training for active-duty and Reserve Airmen, while civilians have the

  • Columbus AFB February Top 3 Spotlight

    Airman 1st Class Jason Rodriguez, 14th Communications Squadron, receives a Top 3 Spotlight award certificate from Master Sgt. Samuel Gutierrez, Top 3 President, March 4 at the 14th Communications Squadron. One top performing Airman from Columbus Air Force Base is chosen monthly for the Top 3