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  • Enlisted Airmen learn about LEAD program

    Master Sgt. Brian Fisher, 14th Flying Training Wing Career Assistance Advisor, is available to discuss the LEAD program and other career broadening opportunities at any time. Fisher can be reached at 434-7004. For more LEAD information, visit the USAFA Admissions website at academyadmissions.com,

  • Enlisted promotion system changes continue with weighted factor adjustments

    This January, changes to the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) will continue with adjustments to the scoring model for promotions to technical sergeant and below, all designed to help ensure job performance is the most important factor when evaluating and identifying Airmen for promotion.The

  • Key Spouse program supports military families

    Keeping deployed members' spouses involved and in the loop can be difficult for commanders and first sergeants to keep up. The key spouse program exists to make sure families are taken care of."The key spouse program mission is based on readiness, retention and resiliency," said Carmine Muscarella,

  • Lile Outdoors: Bow hunting in full swing on base

    (Editor's note: This is the fourth article in a series about hunting.)Bow hunting season opened in Mississippi at the beginning of October. With rifle season still a ways off, some Airmen pick up bows in order to pursue deer early in the season."I love both rifle and bow hunting," said Staff Sgt.

  • Lessons from a 35-year career pilot

    Retired Maj. Gen. Stephen Schmidt, former 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, spoke during Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-01's graduation Oct. 24 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.Schmidt graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1979 and received his wings one

  • Quarterly awards ceremony distinguishes great performers

    The 14th Flying Training Wing's best of the best were showcased during the third quarterly awards ceremony of 2014 Oct. 28 at the Kaye Auditorium.The Team BLAZE third quarter award winners are:Airman of the Quarter: Senior Airman Jared Perkins, 14th Operations GroupNCO of the Quarter: Tech. Sgt.

  • Hearts Apart brings military families together

    Deployments can be a rough process; not just on the military member but on the families involved as well.When Uncle Sam says a service member is needed elsewhere, it leaves an absence without replacement while they are gone. That is where the Airman and Family Readiness Center steps in with Hearts

  • Keltz assumes command of 19th AF

    Maj. Gen. Michael A. Keltz assumed command of 19th Air Force in a ceremony here Oct. 24.Air Education and Training Command officially activated the numbered Air Force Oct. 1, 2014, marking another milestone in its flying education and training program for the Air Force, other services and the

  • National Breast Cancer Awareness month at Columbus AFB

    The month of October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Columbus Air Force Base. This presents an opportunity to inform Team BLAZE members about breast cancer and the services Columbus AFB provides to combat it.Breast cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells in the breast tissue grow