News

  • 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

  • Professional Development Courses teach Airmen tricks of trade

    The Columbus Air Force Base Chiefs Group and Top 3 Organization held a Professional Development class Oct. 22 to teach junior enlisted Airmen and NCOs the skills they will need to excel in their careers.This class was the second course in a series of Professional Development courses. While the first

  • Columbus holds final Autocross of 2014

    The Sports Car Club of America held a two-day Autocross event Oct. 18 and 19 on Columbus Air Force Base's SAC ramp.The event occurs several times a year on base and allows drivers to race their personal vehicles around a track, competing against others for the best time."Autocross is an entry form

  • Tricare Provider Collaboration tours Columbus AFB

    First Lt. Jennifer Mouser, 14th Medical Group Clinical Laboratory Flight Commander (center), briefs Dr. Barbrette Baldwin, OB/GYN, The Women's Group (left), and Angela Pendas, Columbus Orthopedic Clinic (right), Oct. 16 in the newly renovated MDG building about the services the MDG laboratory

  • MSU veterinary students watch MWD demo

    Students from the Mississippi State University's Veterinary School Club watch as Cherry, a military working dog, and his partner, Staff Sgt. Jason Ashmore, 14th Security Forces Squadron, take down Senior Airman Michael Hitchens, 14th SFS, during a MWD demonstration Oct. 17 at the MWD kennel. The